The Christmas Spirit (stereo)

~ Release by Johnny Cash (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
#TitleRatingLength
A1The Christmas Spirit
recording of:
The Christmas Spirit
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
5:03
A2I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
arranger:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
cover recording of:
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
lyricist:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (American poet)
composer:
John Baptiste Calkin (composer)
is based on:
Christmas Bells
recording of:
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
lyricist:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (American poet)
composer:
John Baptiste Calkin (composer)
is based on:
Christmas Bells
2:32
A3Blue Christmas
cover recording of:
Blue Christmas
writer:
Bill Hayes (songwriter) and Jay Johnson (songwriter of “Blue Christmas”)
publisher:
Anglo-Pic Music Co. Ltd., Bibo Music Publishing, Inc., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) and Universal Polygram International, Inc.
32:25
A4The Gifts They Gave
recording of:
The Gifts They Gave
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
version of:
The Friendly Beasts
3:34
A5Here Was a Man
cover recording of:
Here Was a Man
writer:
Johnny Bond (country music guitarist, singer, songwriter and historian) and Tex Ritter
2:44
A6Christmas as I Knew It
cover recording of:
Christmas as I Knew It
writer:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter) and Jan Howard
3:41
B1Silent Night
arranger:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
cover recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
33:30
B2The Little Drummer Boy
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 1963) and Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1963)
cover recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (Katherine Kennicott Davis) (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
52:36
B3Ringing the Bells for Jim
cover recording of:
Ringing the Bells for Jim
writer:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter) and Jan Howard
2:47
B4We Are the Shepherds
recording of:
We Are the Shepherds
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
3:13
B5Who Kept the Sheep
recording of:
Who Kept the Sheep
writer:
Ezra J. Carter and Johnny Cash (country music legend)
1:58
B6The Ballad of the Harp Weaver
cover recording of:
The Ballad of the Harp Weaver
lyricist:
Edna St. Vincent Millay
4:22

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printed in:United States