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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 ...
"Peace on Earth" (U2 song), 2000 "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy", by David Bowie and Bing Crosby, 1982 "Peace on Earth", by Big Daddy Weave from Christ Is Come, 2009 ...
The man was listening to Bing Crosby sing, "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive". I stopped and smiled in grateful acknowledgment. The Hindu nodded and smiled back. The whole world knew and loved Bing Crosby." [77] His popularity in India led many Hindu singers to imitate and emulate him, notably Kishore Kumar, considered the "Bing Crosby of India". [78]
Crosby recorded it for Decca Records that same year with the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra [1] and it was in the hit parade for 11 weeks reaching a peak position of No. 7. [2] Crosby recorded the song again in 1954 for his album Bing: A Musical Autobiography.
"The Little Drummer Boy" (originally known as "Carol of the Drum") is a popular Christmas song written by American composer Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941. [1] First recorded in 1951 by the Austrian Trapp Family, the song was further popularized by a 1958 recording by the Harry Simeone Chorale; the Simeone version was re-released successfully for several years, and the song has been ...
David Bowie (1947–2016) was an English musician who recorded over 400 different songs in a career which spanned six decades. [ 1 ] [ a ] Bowie worked with numerous artists throughout his career, including producers Tony Visconti , Brian Eno and singer Iggy Pop , and was the primary songwriter for most of his songs; he recorded cover versions ...
"Zing a Little Zong" is a popular song written by Harry Warren, the lyrics by Leo Robin. The song was published in 1952 and written for the 1952 movie Just for You where it was performed by Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman. [1] It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song of 1952 but lost out to "High Noon". [2]
The recording by Bing Crosby (with Carmen Cavallaro on piano) [1] was recorded on August 7, 1945 [2] and released by Decca Records as catalog number 23457. It first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on November 15, 1945, and lasted for 17 weeks on the chart, peaking at No. 1.