James Brown Sings Christmas Songs is the thirteenth studio album and first Christmas album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in November 1966, by King Records.^[5]^[3] It charted for 11 weeks peaking at #13 on Billboard's Best Bets For Christmas album chart December 16, 1967.^[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by James Brown and Nat Jones; except where specified.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Let's Make Christmas Mean Something This Year"		6:30
2.	"Sweet Little Baby Boy Part 1"		2:40
3.	"Sweet Little Baby Boy Part 2"		2:35
4.	"Merry Christmas, I Love You"		2:30
5.	"Signs of Christmas"		4:38
6.	"The Christmas Song (Version 2)"	Robert Wells, Mel Tormé	2:45
7.	"Merry Christmas Baby"	Lou Baxter, Johnny Moore	3:54
8.	"The Christmas Song (Version 1)"	Robert Wells, Mel Tormé	2:40
9.	"Please Come Home for Christmas"	Charles Brown, Gene C. Redd	3:20
10.	"This Is My Lonely Christmas Part 1"	Gene C. Redd, James Brown	3:00
11.	"This Is My Lonely Christmas Part 2"	Gene C. Redd, James Brown	4:45
12.	"Christmas In Heaven"	Billy Ward	2:54

Personnel

James Brown – lead vocals, organ ("This Is My Lonely Christmas Part 1"), piano ("This Is My Lonely Christmas Part 2")

The Charmaines

Gigi Griffin, Dee Watkins, Irene Vinegar – backing vocals

The James Brown Orchestra

Frank Brown, Denny Bayliss, Dick Coghill – trumpet
Levi Rasbury – valve trombone
Nat Jones – alto saxophone, arrangement
Pee Wee Ellis, Gordon Brisker, James McGary – tenor saxophone
James McGary – baritone saxophone
Joe Sherman, Ray Castillo, Ron Konieczka, Herman Wasserman – violin
Bobby Byrd – organ, electric piano
Jimmy Nolen – guitar
Michael Moore – bass
Clyde Stubblefield – drums

References

1 2 Leeds, Alan (2024). The Complete James Brown Christmas (Vinyl ed.). p. 3.
1 2 Leeds, Alan (August 2007). The Singles, Volume 4: 1966–1967 (published October 19, 2007). pp. 9, 10 & 21–22.
1 2 "James Brown & His Famous Flames Sing Christmas Songs - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
↑ Cross, Charles R. (2004). "James Brown". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 109. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
↑ "iTunes - Music - Christmas Songs by James Brown". iTunes. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
↑ "Billboard Best Bets For Christmas." Billboard, vol. 79, no. 50, December 16, 1967, p. 61. worldradiohistory.com.

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Studio albums	Please Please Please Try Me! Think! The Amazing James Brown James Brown and His Famous Flames Tour the U.S.A. Prisoner of Love Showtime Grits & Soul Out of Sight Papa's Got a Brand New Bag James Brown Plays James Brown Today & Yesterday I Got You (I Feel Good) Mighty Instrumentals James Brown Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo) It's a Man's Man's Man's World James Brown Sings Christmas Songs Handful of Soul James Brown Sings Raw Soul James Brown Plays the Real Thing Cold Sweat I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me I Got the Feelin' James Brown Plays Nothing But Soul Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things A Soulful Christmas Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud Gettin' Down to It The Popcorn It's a Mother Ain't It Funky Soul on Top It's a New Day – Let a Man Come In Hey America Sho Is Funky Down Here Hot Pants There It Is Get on the Good Foot Black Caesar The Payback Hell Reality Sex Machine Today Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump Hot Get Up Offa that Thing Bodyheat Mutha's Nature Jam 1980's Take a Look at Those Cakes The Original Disco Man People Soul Syndrome Nonstop! Bring It On! Gravity I'm Real Love Over-Due Universal James I'm Back The Merry Christmas Album The Next Step
Live albums	Live at the Apollo Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal The James Brown Show Live at the Garden Live at the Apollo, Volume II Sex Machine Super Bad Revolution of the Mind: Live at the Apollo, Volume III Hot on the One Live in New York Live at Chastain Park Soul Session Live Love, Power, Peace: Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971 Live at the Apollo 1995 Say It Live and Loud: Live in Dallas 08.26.68
Notable compilation albums	Good, Good, Twistin' Solid Gold: 30 Golden Hits In the Jungle Groove Motherlode Roots of a Revolution Star Time 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! Sex Machine: The Very Best of James Brown Foundations of Funk – A Brand New Bag: 1964–1969 Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang The Godfather: The Very Best of James Brown JB40 – 40th Anniversary Collection Make It Funky – The Big Payback: 1971–1975 The Singles (1 - 2 - 3 - 4)
Band members	Bobby Byrd Lyn Collins Catfish Collins Bootsy Collins Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis Maceo Parker Melvin Parker St. Clair Pinckney John "Jabo" Starks Clyde Stubblefield Fred Thomas Fred Wesley
Associated acts	The Famous Flames The J.B.'s
Related articles	Discography Record labels owned by James Brown Super Bowl XXXI halftime show "(Do the) Mashed Potatoes" James Brown: Man to Man Live at the Boston Garden: April 5, 1968 Future Shock Tomi Rae Hynie Get on Up

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