Ray Charles
The Spirit of Christmas
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AMG Review of The Spirit of Christmas
Al Campbell
All Music GuideRecorded in 1985, The Spirit of Christmas finds Ray Charles performing a variety of holiday favorites with vocal assistance from the Raelettes and an appearance by jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. The ten tracks mix standards and originals, including "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," and the ballad "That Spirit of Christmas," which was featured in the movie National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. The Spirit of Christmas is perfect background music for any holiday celebration.
It's Waay too early! Humbug! Fie on politicians!
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Have the telephone calls, emails, and incessant TV and radio spots finally stopped? Good. I'll take this time to start The Season off at a much-too-early time. But if they can hammer at us for nearly two years, I say it's time for a little "sweetness and light"! I'm ready for you, Ebenezer Fudd! Holly quarter staffs in the middle of Sherwood forest at midnight! Until then, here's brother Ray's...
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In the spirit of Sterfish and x-mas
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All right, so Sterfish has inspired me to come clean and admit that not only have I been listening to every Christmas post, and loving them, but I've got a few jewels of my own.This is a classic song, and the best version I've ever heard. I love the simplicity and earnestness of "Little Drummer Boy" in it's composition. Ray Charles' version of this holiday tune is as honest and bare as his re...
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Ray Charles Albums Re-Releasing and Go Digital!
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MUSIC NEWS - Concord Music Group announced today an exclusive agreement with the Ray Charles Foundation to develop the post 1960 record catalog of legendary pianist & soul singer, Ray Charles . The deal contains Charles's classic work from the ABC and Tangerine labels. Many of the masters will be made available digitally for the first time ever , including such iconic recordings as "Geo...
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Concord Starts Ray Charles Reissue Program
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Concord Records has announced that they have entered an agreement with the Ray Charles Foundation to begin releasing the singer's catalog, covering his work on the ABC and Tangerine labels. The program will include both physical and, for the first time on many titles, digital media. The first reissue will be Charles' 1985 release The Spirit of Christmas . This year, it will be made availab...
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