The Christmas Spirit

The Christmas Spirit
Johnny Cash (studijski album)
Žanr	country
Objavljen	studeni 1963.
Snimanje	14. kolovoza 1959. - 17. rujna 1963.
Izdavač	Columbia Records
Producent(i)	Don Law, Frank Jones
Recenzije
All Music Guide
Kronologija albuma – Johnny Cash
Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash (1963.) The Christmas Spirit (1963.) I Walk the Line (1964.)

The Christmas Spirit je božićni, 17. album Johnnyja Casha objavljen 1963. u izdanju Columbia Recordsa. Sadrži četiri originalne božićne pjesme koje je napisao Cash i osam pjesama drugih autora, uključujući "Blue Christmas", "Silent Night" i "Little Drummer Boy".

Popis pjesama

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)

Izvođači

• Johnny Cash - vokali
• Luther Perkins, Grady Martin, Jack Clement - gitara
• Marshall Grant - bas
• W.S. Holland - bubnjevi
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Bill Pursell - orgulje/klavir
• Maybelle Carter - autoharfa
• Anita Kerr - orgulje
• Bob Johnson - flauta

Ljestvice

Album - Billboard (Sjeverna Amerika)

Godina	Ljestvica	Pozicija
1963.	Pop albumi	7

Singlovi - Billboard (Sjeverna Amerika)

Godina	Singl	Ljestvica	Pozicija
1959.	"The Little Drummer Boy"	Country singlovi	24
1959.	"The Little Drummer Boy"	Country singlovi	63