In the Christmas Spirit

In the Christmas Spirit is the fourth album by the R&B/soul band Booker T. & the M.G.'s, released in November 1966. It charted 9 weeks peaking at #13 on Billboard's Best Bets For Christmas album chart December 2, 1967.[1] The album features instrumental versions of traditional Christmas carols and songs.

In the Christmas Spirit
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1966
Recorded1966
StudioStax Recording Studio, Memphis, Tennessee
GenreChristmas music, Southern soul, instrumental rock
Length34:09
LabelStax/Atlantic
ProducerJim Stewart
Booker T. & the M.G.s chronology
And Now!
(1966)
In the Christmas Spirit
(1966)
Hip Hug-Her
(1967)
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Track listing

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Side one
  1. "Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont)
  2. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)
  3. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard Bernhard Smith)
  4. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin)
  5. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells)
  6. "Silver Bells" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston)
Side two
  1. "Merry Christmas Baby" (Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore)
  2. "Blue Christmas (Bill Hayes, Jay Johnson)
  3. "Sweet Little Jesus Boy" (Bob MacGimsey)
  4. "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr)
  5. "We Three Kings" (John Henry Hopkins Jr.)
  6. "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" (Traditional)

Personnel

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Booker T. & the M.G.s

References

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  1. ^ "Billboard Best Bets For Christmas." Billboard, vol. 79, no. 48, December 2, 1967, p. 8. worldradiohistory.com.