The Spirit of Christmas contains ten songs from the original album: What Child Is This," The Little Drummer Boy," Santa Claus is Coming to Town," This Time of Year is Near," Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer," That Spirit of Christmas," All I Want for Christmas," Christmas in My heart," Winter Wonderland" and Christmas Time." Also included is a non-album never-before-released bonus track, Frank Loesser's Baby It's Cold Outside" in a duet with Betty Carter.
As usual, Charles has surrounded himself with top musicians. Freddie Hubbard (trumpet/flugelhorn) and Rudy Johnson (tenor sax) appear both on What Child is This" and All I Want for Christmas." The Raeletts provide their signature vocals on The Little Drummer Boy." And both Kevin Turner and Jeff Pevar contribute guitars throughout.
Ray Charles is a 17-time Grammy Award-winning artist and #10 on Rolling Stone's Greatest Artists of All Time. The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame inductee (1986) has sold more than 10 million albums in the SoundScan era alone.
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