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"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 ...
Harry Moses Simeone (May 9, 1910 – February 22, 2005) was an American music arranger, conductor and composer who popularized the Christmas song "The Little Drummer Boy", for which he received co-writing credit. [1]
The Little Drummer Boy (with Harry Simeone and Henry Onorati), SA or SATB chorus and keyboard, 1958, Shawnee Press Our God is a Rock, mixed voices and keyboard, 1949, C.C. Birchard Seasonal Anthems for junior choirs (7 original works and 3 arrangements), two-part children's chorus and keyboard, 1963, B.F. Wood Music
"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 ...
In 2015, Theocracy instead were working on a new album, therefore did not have any time to record a new Christmas song. 2003: "Theocracy Christmas" 2004: "Little Drummer Boy" 2005: "Deck the Joy (To the Halls)" 2006: "Christmas Medley" (2006 Remix) 2007: "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" 2008: "Rudolph vs. Frosty" 2009: "Angels from the Realms of Glory"
Evancho performed "Little Drummer Boy", together with Il Volo, on NBC's Today Show in New York City on December 14, 2016, [11] and the title track on Fox's Good Day Chicago the following day. [12] She sang "Someday at Christmas" on NBC's America's Got Talent Holiday Spectacular on December 19, 2016 [ 13 ] and on Harry on December 20.
"The Chipmunk Song" — The Chipmunks with David Seville (Hot 100 #1, Christmas singles chart #5) "The Little Drummer Boy" — The Harry Simeone Chorale (Hot 100 #13, Christmas singles chart #1) "Mary's Boy Child" — Harry Belafonte (Best Sellers in Stores #12, Christmas singles chart #5) "Blue Christmas" — Elvis Presley (Christmas singles ...
Two songs on this compilation album are edited compared to the original releases: "We've Got Tonight" is the single edit, which is about one minute shorter than the album version, and "Katmandu" is a newly edited version which omits the second verse, making the song also about one minute shorter compared to the original album version.