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"Mary's Boy Child", also known as "Mary's Little Boy Child", is a 1956 Christmas song written by Jester Hairston. [6] It is widely performed as a Christmas carol.
Hairston wrote the song "Mary's Boy Child" in 1956. He also arranged the song "Amen", which he dubbed for the Sidney Poitier film Lilies of the Field, and arranged traditional Negro spirituals. [16] Most of Hairston's film work was in the field of composing, arranging and choral conducting.
"Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" [nb 1] is a 1978 Christmas single by Boney M., a cover of Harry Belafonte's 1956 hit "Mary's Boy Child", put in medley with the new song "Oh My Lord". The single had its premiere on 2 November 1978 on the German TV-show "Starparade" (Episode 44) which aired on ZDF.
A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert is an 89-minute television film starring the opera singers Kathleen Battle and Frederica von Stade, the jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, the Wynton Marsalis Septet, the American Boychoir, the Christmas Concert Chorus, the Orchestra of St. Luke's and the pianist and conductor André Previn.
Boney M. is the only artist to appear twice in the top 12 best selling singles of all time in the UK, with "Rivers of Babylon" in seventh place and "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" at number 11. [36] They are also one of six artists to sell a million copies with two singles in the same year.
Mary's Boy Child. Label: Columbia; 1971 Instant Music. Label: Columbia; Jake the Peg in Vancouver Town. Label: Capitol; Reached No. 61 on the Canadian Albums Chart [2] 1972 The Boy from Bassendean. Label: Rolf Harris Enterprises; 1973 In Many Moods. Label: Columbia; You Name It. Label: Capitol; Canadian release 1975 She'll Be Right. Label ...
A Neil Diamond Christmas is a 2022 collection of Christmas songs recorded by Neil Diamond.It was released on October 28, 2022, in four physical configurations: a 180-gram black vinyl double album set; a limited-edition gold opaque 180-gram vinyl double album set; two CDs; and one CD.
Harry Belafonte had three UK top 10 entries this year, including the year's Christmas number-one, "Mary's Boy Child". Andy Williams made his UK chart debut in May 1957 with his version of Charlie Gracie 's " Butterfly ", which spent two weeks at number-one.