''Every Time I Feel the Spirit'' is a 1959

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by Nat King Cole, of spirituals, arranged by Gordon Jenkins. Cole is accompanied by the

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Choir of

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. The album was re-issued by

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in 1966 under the new title, ''Nat King Cole Sings Hymns and Spirituals.'' Several bonus tracks, recorded between 1951 and 1961 and arranged by

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and others, were added to later CD re-issues.

Track listing

# " Every Time I Feel the Spirit" – 1:49 # "I Want to Be Ready" – 1:47 # "Sweet Hour of Prayer" – 1:50 # "Ain't Gonna Study War No More" – 2:39 # "I Found the Answer" (

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) – 2:00 # "Standin' in the Need of Prayer" – 2:13 # " Oh, Mary, Don't You Weep" (

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, Gordon Jenkins) – 1:58 # " Go Down Moses" – 1:51 # "

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" – 2:46 # "

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) – 1:55 # "I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray" – 1:54 # "Steal Away" – 2:49 Bonus tracks added to later re-issues: #

"The First Baseball Game" (

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) – 2:30 # "This Holy Love" ( Haven Gillespie, Larry Shay) – 3:05 # "Peace of Mind" ( Gus Kahn) – 2:56 # "Easter Sunday Morning" (Cole,

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, Jimmy Shirl) – 3:02 # "Believe" (

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) – 2:23 # "The Lighthouse in the Sky" ( Hal David, Morty Nevins) – 2:37 All songs are traditional Negro spirituals, other composers indicated.

Personnel

Performance

* Nat King Cole –

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* The

Choir * Gordon Jenkins –

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, conductor

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