The Spirit of Christmas (Chuck Brown album)

The Spirit of Christmas
Studio album by Chuck Brown
Released	1999
Genre	Go-go Christmas soul
Length	48:50
Label	Raw Venture
Producer	Ivan Goff (exec) Chuck Brown
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. 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".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Merry Christmas Baby"	Lou Baxter Johnny Moore	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"	Donny Hathaway Nadine McKinnor	4:47
5.	"Silent Night"	Franz Grüber Joseph Mohr	6:15
6.	"God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen"	English traditional Christmas carol	5:07
7.	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	Ralph Blane Hugh Martin	5:58
8.	"The Christmas Song" (featuring Eva Cassidy)	Mel Tormé Robert Wells	5:33
9.	"That Spirit of Christmas" (featuring Eva Cassidy)	Parnell Davison Mable John Joel Webster	4:54
Total length:			48:50

Personnel

• Chuck Brown – lead vocals, electric Guitar
• John M. Buchannan – keyboards, trombone
• Leroy Fleming – tenor saxophone, background vocals
• Curtis Johnson – keyboards
• Donald Tillery – trumpet, background vocals
• Ricardo D. Wellman – drums
• Rowland Smith – congas, background vocals
• Glenn Ellis – bass guitar, percussion