The Spirit of Christmas (Chuck Brown album)

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The Spirit of Christmas
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Studio album by Chuck Brown
Released 1999
Genre
Length48:50
Label Raw Venture
Producer
Chuck Brown chronology
Timeless
(1998)
The Spirit of Christmas
(1999)
Your Game...Live at the 9:30 Club
(2001)

The Spirit of Christmas is a studio album by Washington, D.C.-based go-go musician Chuck Brown, released in 1999. [1] This is Chuck Brown's first and only Christmas album, and features go-go renditions of nine traditional Christmas carols, including the remake of Johnny Moore's Three Blazers song "Merry Christmas, Baby". [1]

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Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Merry Christmas Baby"
4:55
2."White Christmas" Irving Berlin 4:53
3."What Are You Doing New Year's Eve" Frank Loesser 6:28
4."This Christmas"
4:47
5."Silent Night"6:15
6."God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen"English traditional Christmas carol 5:07
7."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"5:58
8."The Christmas Song" (featuring Eva Cassidy)5:33
9."That Spirit of Christmas" (featuring Eva Cassidy)
4:54
Total length:48:50

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Chuck Brown: The Spirit of Christmas at AllMusic . Retrieved 30 September 2016.