| The Magic of Christmas | ||||
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| Released | 1960 | |||
| Recorded | July 5–7, 1960 | |||
| Studio | Capitol (Hollywood)[1] | |||
| Genre | Christmas music | |||
| Length | 31:00 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Lee Gillette | |||
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
The Magic of Christmas is a 1960 album by Nat King Cole, arranged and conducted by Ralph Carmichael.[3]
This was Cole's only complete album of Christmas songs, although he had recorded several holiday singles earlier in his career. One of these, "The Christmas Song", originally recorded in 1946, was re-recorded for the 1961 album The Nat King Cole Story.
It is the best-selling Christmas album released in the 1960s, and was certified by the RIAA for shipments of 6 million copies in the U.S.[4] The 1963 version reached number 1 on Billboard's Christmas Albums chart and remained for two weeks.
- ^ Nat King Cole with Ralph Carmichael Orchestra. "Capitol Tower, Los Angeles, CA: July 5-7, 1960". Jazz Disco. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ The Magic of Christmas at AllMusic
- ^ Grein, Paul (December 19, 2012). "Chart Watch Extra: Christmas Albums, From Bing to Buble". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved December 19, 2012.