The Associated Press' Music Writer Maria Sherman has compiled some of the best new holiday releases for your listening pleasure. Ella Fitzgerald's 1960 holiday record and Cher's first holiday album are among the highlights.
What is a holiday season without festive music? The classics are great, but the classics performed by some of the best performers across pop, R&B, rock, opera, soul and beyond? That's a real reason to celebrate. In honor of the most wonderful time of the year, The Associated Press' Music Writer Maria Sherman has compiled some of the best new holiday releases for your listening pleasure. Because sometimes the best thing that can happen to an old classic is revitalizing it with a new performance.
Don't bore us, get to the chorus -- or in the case of this collectible vinyl release of"Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas," give us the hits! Ella Fitzgerald's 1960 holiday record is largely considered by critics to be one of the greatest of all time -- so why not celebrate the best of the best on a new piece of wax? It's not a bad gift idea, either. Somehow,"Christmas" is Cher's first holiday album -- not that she hasn't been asked to do one in the past."I just didn't want to do one," she told the AP."I didn't know how I was going to make it a 'Cher Christmas albu
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