The Christmas Spirit

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The Christmas Spirit
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	November 1963
Recorded	August 14, 1959 - September 17, 1963
Genre	Country
Label	Columbia
Producer(s)	Don Law, Frank Jones
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Johnny Cash chronology
Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash (1963)	The Christmas Spirit (1963)	I Walk the Line (1964)

The Christmas Spirit is a Christmas album by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in November 1963 (see 1963 in music). It contains four original Christmas songs written by Cash and eight tracks originally penned by other artists, including "Blue Christmas", "Silent Night" and "Little Drummer Boy".

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Charts 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "The Christmas Spirit" (Cash)
2. "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John B. Calkin)
3. "Blue Christmas" (Bill Hayes, Jay Johnston)
4. "The Gifts They Gave" (Cash)
5. "Here Was a Man" (Johnny Bond, Tex Ritter)
6. "Christmas as I Knew It" (June Carter, Jan Howard)
7. "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Josef Mohr)
8. "The Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine Davis, Henri Onerati, Harry Simeone)
9. "Ringing the Bells for Jim" (Carter, Howard)
10. "We Are the Shepherds" (Cash)
11. "Who Kept the Sheep" (Cash, Carter)
12. "Ballad of the Harp Weaver" (Vincent Millay)

[edit] Personnel

• Johnny Cash - Vocals
• Luther Perkins, Grady Martin, Jack Clement - Guitar
• Marshall Grant - Bass
• W.S. Holland - Drums
• Hargus Pig Robbins, Bill Pursell - Organ/Piano
• Maybelle Carter - Autoharp
• Anita Kerr - Organ
• Bob Johnson - Flute

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1963	Pop Albums	7

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1959	"The Little Drummer Boy"	Country Singles	24
1959	"The Little Drummer Boy"	Country Singles	63

[edit] See also

• Johnny Cash discography

[edit] External links

• Luma Electronic entry on The Christmas Spirit

Johnny Cash

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