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“We Need A Little Christmas” is a contemporary Christmas song recorded by the American large-ensemble folk-pop group, The New Christy Minstrels, founded by Randy Sparks in 1961. The group has recorded more than 20 albums and scored several hits, including “Green, Green”, “Saturday Night”, “Today”, “Denver”, and “This Land Is Your Land”. The group’s 1962 debut album, Presenting The New Christy Minstrels, won a Grammy Award and was on the Billboard charts for two years.
The group sold millions of records, was in demand at concerts and on television shows, and helped launch the musical careers of several musicians in the group, including, Kenny Rogers, Gene Clark, Kim Carnes, Larry Ramos, and Barry McGuire.
The single, as titled, was also a musical adaptation from the Broadway play “Mame”. “We Need A Little Christmas” was recorded and released for the holiday season on the Columbia label, November 1966.
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Source: Wikipedia
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