12 Songs of Christmas (Etta James album)

12 Songs of Christmas
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 13, 1998 (1998-10-13)
RecordedMay 7 – June 19, 1998
GenreBlues, Christmas[1]
Length62:41
LabelPrivate Music
ProducerJohn Snyder
Etta James chronology
Life, Love & the Blues
(1998)
12 Songs of Christmas
(1998)
Heart of a Woman
(1999)

12 Songs of Christmas is the twenty-second studio album and the first Christmas album by American blues singer Etta James. Private Music released the album in October 1998. Produced by John Snyder, the album includes standards arranged mostly by pianist Cedar Walton and solos by Walton, George Bohanon on trombone, and Red Holloway on tenor saxophone. Critical reception of the album was positive overall. Following its release, 12 Songs reached a peak position of number five on Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart.

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