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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 ...
"I've Been Everywhere" is a song written by Australian country singer Geoff Mack in 1959, and popularised by Lucky Starr. A version of the song with different lyrics was popularised by Hank Snow in 1962. The song's lyrics as originally written comprise mainly the place names (toponyms) of various
The lyrics were written by Bing Crosby and Harry Tobias, The music was composed by Harry Barris. The song was released as a Brunswick Records 78 single and the recording reached no. 1 on the pop singles charts for three weeks in the U.S., with a chart run of nine weeks. [2] The song was published by Robbins Music Corporation in New York.
While promoting his 1977 album "Heroes", Bowie sang a duet, the Christmas song "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy", with Bing Crosby (pictured in 1951) for Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas. RCA Records eventually released the duet as a single in 1982. [76] [77] Bowie was good friends with singer Iggy Pop (pictured in 1987) throughout his career.
David Bowie solo version [120] "A Foggy Day (In London Town)" 1998 Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove: with Angelo Badalamenti [121] "Nature Boy" 2001 Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film: David Bowie and Massive Attack [122] "Pictures of Lily" Substitute: The Songs of The Who: The Who cover [123] "Your Turn to Drive" 2003 N/A ...
The Singles Collection is a compilation album by the English musician David Bowie, released in 1993 in the UK and (with some changes) as The Singles 1969 to 1993 in the United States. A video companion, Bowie – The Video Collection , was released on VHS at the same time.
Quicksilver is a song, which became a hit for Bing Crosby in 1950. It was written by Eddie Pola, George Wyle and Irving Taylor. A composition of the same name by jazz pianist Horace Silver was first recorded in 1952 and has become most associated with him.
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.