The Christmas Spirit

The Christmas Spirit
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	November 1963
Recorded	August 14, 1959 - September 17, 1963
Genre	Country
Label	Columbia
Producer	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 and seventeenth 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".

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)

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

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

External links

• Luma Electronic entry on The Christmas Spirit

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