The Christmas Spirit

Infobox Album | Name = The Christmas Spirit
Type = Album
Artist = Johnny Cash


Released = November 1963
Recorded = August 14, 1959 - September 17, 1963
Genre = Country
Label = Columbia
Producer = Don Law, Frank Jones
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1rdqoayayijd link]
Last album = ""
(1963)
This album = "The Christmas Spirit"
(1963)
Next album = "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

# "The Christmas Spirit" (Cash)
# "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John B. Calkin)
# "Blue Christmas" (Bill Hayes, Jay Johnston)
# "The Gifts They Gave" (Cash)
# "Here Was a Man" (Johnny Bond, Tex Ritter)
# "Christmas as I Knew It" (June Carter, Jan Howard)
# "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Josef Mohr)
# "The Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine Davis, Henri Onerati, Harry Simeone)
# "Ringing the Bells for Jim" (Carter, Howard)
# "We Are the Shepherds" (Cash)
# "Who Kept the Sheep" (Cash, Carter)
# "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

* [http://www.luma-electronic.cz/lp/c/Cash/cash_christmasspirit.htm Luma Electronic entry on "The Christmas Spirit"]