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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
Within an hour, the composer/lyricists Buz Kohan, Larry Grossman and Ian Fraser quickly came up with lyrics to "Peace on Earth" as a counterpart to Crosby and "The Little Drummer Boy". Crosby and Bowie met for the first time on the morning of the taping on September 11, 1977, at ATV Elstree Studios ; they rehearsed for an hour and recorded the ...
It was on this special that Crosby recorded a duet of "The Little Drummer Boy" and "Peace on Earth" with rock musician David Bowie. Their duet was released in 1982 as a single 45 rpm record and reached No. 3 in the UK singles charts. [46] It has since become a staple of holiday radio and the final popular hit of Crosby's career.
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.
David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie (/ ˈ b oʊ i / BOH-ee), [1] was an English singer, songwriter, musician and actor. . Regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1
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.
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.