Album 1986 Christmas
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November 19, 2014
All I Want For Christmas
Read moreAlbum: The Spirit Of Christmas, Columbia 39415, January 1986. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with members of the Ray Charles Orchestra, The Raelettes and session musicians in the fall of 1984 (maybe into early 1985). With Mark Curry, Jim Seeley, Robbie Kwock, Jeff Kaye, Johnny Coles – trumpets; Mayo Tiana, John Boice, Dan Weinstein, […]
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November 15, 2014
Christmas In My Heart
Read moreAlbum: The Spirit Of Christmas, Columbia 39415, January 1986. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with bass, drums, strings and singers (all uncredited) in the fall of 1984 (maybe into early 1985). Arranged by Ray Charles and Bill McElhiney.
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November 15, 2014
Christmas Time (2)
Read moreAlbum: The Spirit Of Christmas, Columbia 39415, January 1986. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with members of the Ray Charles Orchestra, The Raelettes and session musicians in the fall of 1984 (maybe into early 1985). Mark Curry, Jim Seeley, Robbie Kwock, Jeff Kaye, Freddie Hubbard, Johnny Coles – trumpets; Mayo Tiana, John Boice, Dan […]
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October 30, 2014
Little Drummer Boy
Read moreAlbum: The Spirit Of Christmas, Columbia 39415, January 1986. The tracks of this album were recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles – almost all of them with members of the Ray Charles Orchestra – in the fall of 1984. The one exception was this tune, which was recorded “off season” (i.e. in a hiatus between […]
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October 20, 2014
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
Read moreAlbum: The Spirit Of Christmas, Columbia 39415, January 1986. The album was recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with members of the Ray Charles Orchestra and session musicians in the fall of 1984 (maybe into early 1985). Mark Curry, Jim Seeley, Robbie Kwock, Jeff Kaye, Freddie Hubbard, Johnny Coles – trumpets; Mayo Tiana, John Boice, […]
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October 20, 2014
Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town [2 versions]
Read moreOriginal – Album: The Spirit Of Christmas, Columbia 39415, January 1986. Film – Album3 (soundtrack CD): Miracle on 34th Street, Fox Records 7822-11022-2, 15 November 1994. The original version was recorded for the Spirit album at RPM International in Los Angeles, with members of the Ray Charles Orchestra in the fall of 1984 (or maybe in early 1985). Arranged […]
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October 13, 2014
That Spirit Of Christmas
Read moreAlbum: The Spirit Of Christmas, Columbia 39415, January 1986. The album was recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with members of the Ray Charles Orchestra, and The Raelettes in the fall of 1984 (maybe into early 1985). Mark Curry, Jim Seeley, Robbie Kwock, Jeff Kaye, Johnny Coles – trumpets; Mayo Tiana, John Boice, Dan Weinstein, […]
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October 10, 2014
This Time Of The Year
Read moreAlbum: The Spirit Of Christmas, Columbia 39415, January 1986. The album was recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with members of the Ray Charles Orchestra, The Raelettes and session musicians in the fall of 1984 (maybe into early 1985). Album’s personnel: Mark Curry, Jim Seeley, Robbie Kwock, Jeff Kaye, Freddie Hubbard, Johnny Coles – trumpets; […]
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October 9, 2014
What Child Is This?
Read moreAlbum: The Spirit Of Christmas, Columbia 39415, January 1986. Recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with members of the Ray Charles Orchestra, The Raelettes and session musicians in the fall of 1984 (maybe into early 1985). Mark Curry, Jim Seeley, Robbie Kwock, Jeff Kaye, Freddie Hubbard, Johnny Coles – trumpets; Mayo Tiana, John Boice, Dan […]
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October 8, 2014
Winter Wonderland
Read moreAlbum: The Spirit Of Christmas, Columbia 39415, January 1986. The album was recorded at RPM International in Los Angeles, with members of the Ray Charles Orchestra, The Raelettes and session musicians in the fall of 1984 (maybe into early 1985). Mark Curry, Jim Seeley, Robbie Kwock, Jeff Kaye, Freddie Hubbard, Johnny Coles – trumpets; Mayo Tiana, […]
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December 24, 2013
A Second Version Of Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town (1994)
Read moreSanta Claus Is Comin’ To Town was part of Ray Charles’ The Spirit Of Christmas album, recorded in the Fall of 1984, and officially released in early 1986. Today, hearing this – radically different – version came as a big surprise: This rendition was produced for the movie Miracle On 34th Street (1994). Ray almost […]