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"Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" is a Christmas song performed by English singer-songwriter David Bowie and American singer Bing Crosby. Recorded on 11 September 1977 at ATV Elstree Studios near London for Crosby's television special Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas, the song features Crosby singing the 1941 standard "The Little Drummer Boy" while Bowie sings the counterpoint tune "Peace ...
Busta Rhymes in 2002. "Drummer Boy" features added rap verses from him and Bieber. Months before Believe (2012), a Christmas album by Justin Bieber, Under the Mistletoe (2011), was released on November 1, 2011, and promoted via donations to several charities, such as Make-A-Wish, Pencils of Promise, and a food bank Bieber's family once depended on named Startford House of Blessing. [1]
David Van Cortlandt Crosby (August 14, 1941 – January 18, 2023) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He first found fame as a member of the Byrds, with whom he helped pioneer the genres of folk rock and psychedelia in the mid-1960s, [2] and later as part of the supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash, who helped popularize the California sound of the 1970s. [3]
American singer Bing Crosby has released 71 studio albums, 83 compilation albums and 409 singles over the course of his career. Crosby is one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold more than 200 million records as of 1960 [1] according to different sources his sales could be 300 million, [2] 500 million records, tapes, compact discs and digital downloads globally. [3]
The Little Drummer Boy", a popular Christmas song written in 1941 "Drummer Boy" (Justin Bieber song), a rendition of "The Little Drummer Boy" with added rap verses by Justin Bieber and Busta Rhymes from the album Under the Mistletoe; Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy, a version performed by Bing Crosby and David Bowie
Crosby recorded the song with Lennie Hayton's orchestra on October 22, 1933, [2] and it reached the No. 3 spot in the charts of the day during a 12-week stay. [3] He recorded it again with John Scott Trotter 's Orchestra on March 3, 1945 [ 4 ] and also for his 1954 album Bing: A Musical Autobiography .
The song was written for the Paramount Pictures release Road to Morocco and published in 1942 in connection with the film. Vic Schoen (staff arranger for Paramount) wrote the arrangement. The song has been recorded many times, becoming a standard, but the recording by Bing Crosby on June 12, 1942 [ 4 ] is the best known.
Bing Sings the Hits is a Decca Records album by Bing Crosby of hit songs from the early 1950s. It was issued as a 10-inch LP with catalog number DL 5520. It was issued as a 10-inch LP with catalog number DL 5520.