LOS ANGELES -- Lee Mendelson, the producer who changed the face of the holidays when he brought "A Charlie Brown Christmas" to television in 1965 and wrote the lyrics to its signature song, "Christmas ...

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of 1976’s It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown AND the 60th Anniversary of the second Peanuts special, 1966’s Charlie Brown All Stars!, this Extended Soundtrack is Perfect ...

It might be the most famous jazz album in the country — Vince Guaraldi’s soundtrack for A Charlie Brown Christmas, which first aired 60 years ago in December. Jason Mendelson — the son of Lee ...

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (KGO) -- Americans will see the classic "A Charlie Brown Christmas" for the 50th time on Monday, with an extra bonus thrown in about the making of that legendary show. The man who ...

Jason Mendelson tells PEOPLE why his father, 'Peanuts' producer Lee Mendelson, wasn't sure it would be a success at all 60 years after its release, A Charlie Brown Christmas is now an iconic part of ...

The song became the theme of 1965's 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' Vince Guaraldi’s soundtrack for 1965’s A Charlie Brown Christmas is now a classic, but when he first wrote the score for the TV special, ...

Mendelson unpacks why the iconic special and its music resonate with us today It might be the most famous jazz album in the country — Vince Guaraldi’s soundtrack for A Charlie Brown Christmas, which ...

CNN — Lee Mendelson, the longtime executive producer of numerous specials for the TV animated series "Peanuts," has died, his family said. The producer, 86, passed away at his San Francisco Bay Area ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LEE MENDELSON FILM PRODUCTIONS via Alamy 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' (1965). 60 years after its release, A Charlie Brown Christmas ...