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For the Brian Culbertson album, see A Soulful Christmas (Brian Culbertson album). "Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto" redirects here. For the Snoop Dogg song, see Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto. 1968 studio album by James Brown

A Soulful Christmas

Studio album by James Brown

Released

1968

Recorded

1968

Genre

Funk, Christmas

Length

34:29

Label

King

Producer

James Brown

James Brown chronology

Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things
(1968)

A Soulful Christmas
(1968)

Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud
(1969)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

A Soulful Christmas is the 22nd studio album and second Christmas album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in 1968, by King Records.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto"	Alfred Ellis, Charles Bobbit, Hank Ballard	3:02
2.	"Santa Claus, Santa Claus"	Charles Bobbit, Nat Jones	4:04
3.	"Believers Shall Enjoy (Non Believers Shall Suffer)"	Bud Hobgood, Nat Jones	2:16
4.	"Soulful Christmas"	Alfred Ellis, Charles Bobbit, Hank Ballard	3:08
5.	"Tit for Tat (Ain't No Taking Back)"	Charles Bobbit, Nat Jones	3:06
6.	"Christmas is Coming"	Bud Hobgood, Nat Jones	2:39
7.	"Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud, Pts. 1 & 2"	James Brown	4:48
8.	"In the Middle, Pt. 1"	Bud Hobgood, Nat Jones	2:44
9.	"Let's Unite the Whole World at Christmas"	Charles Bobbit, Nat Jones	2:45
10.	"You Know It"	Alfred Ellis, Bud Hobgood	2:22
11.	"Santa Claus Gave Me a Brand New Start"	Bud Hobgood, Nat Jones	3:49

References

^ "A Soulful Christmas - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-07-14.
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 - A Soulful Christmas by James Brown". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2015-07-14.

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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 Star Time 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! Roots of a Revolution Foundations of Funk – A Brand New Bag: 1964–1969 Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang JB40 – 40th Anniversary Collection Make It Funky – The Big Payback: 1971–1975 The Singles, Volume I: The Federal Years: 1956–1960 The Singles, Volume II: 1960–1963 The Singles, Volume III: 1964–1965 The Singles, Volume IV: 1966–1967
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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