A perfect martini-and-mistletoe combo, Christmas Cocktails will gaily seduce you with its bevy of nostalgic and occasionally campy holiday fare. Vocal vixens Peggy Lee, Julie London (her "I'd Like You for Christmas" will melt the ice cubes in your fridge), Kay Starr and Nancy Wilson join forces with perennial crooners such as Lou Rawls, Dean Martin and the immortal Nat "King" Cole, along with a handful of instrumental big-band numbers and odd, at times cheese-ball-shaped jazz organ pieces from Jimmy McGriff and the flammable Eddie Dundstedter, among others. But the essential item that makes plunking down your pelts for this very chi-chi set is none other than Billy May's lovably kitschy workout called "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer Mambo." It's a scream!
Tracklist:
–Billy May Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer Mambo 2:40
–Peggy Lee Winter Wonderland 1:54
–Ray Anthony Christmas Trumpets / We Wish You A Very Merry Christmas –Lou Rawls Christmas Is 3:15
–Jimmy McGriff Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town / White Christmas 6:48
–Julie London I'd Like You For Christmas 2:37
–Al Caiola & Riz Ortolani Holiday On Skis 2:32
–Kay Starr (Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag 2:42
–Hollyridge Strings* Jingle Bells / Jingle Bell Rock 5:15
–Dean Martin I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm 2:44
–Eddie Dunstedter I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus / Jingle Bells Bossa Nova –Ray Anthony Christmas Kisses 1:58
–Jackie Gleason / Jack Marshall I'll Be Home For Christmas / Baby, It's Cold –Nancy Wilson What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? 2:25
–Capitol Studio Orchestra Cha-Cha All The Way 2:22
–Nat King Cole The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) 3:12
–Les Brown & His Band Of Renown* The Nutcracker Suite 6:32
–Fred Waring & The Pennsylvanians Ring Those Christmas Bells 5:00
–Renzo Cesana Today I Buy You Violets 2:26
–Nat King Cole & Peggy Lee & Nancy Wilson Marine Corps Reserve Toys For Tots –Capitol Studio Orchestra Jingle Bells From Capitol Records 1:21
