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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 ...
"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 ...
Regney wrote the lyrics for the song, while Shayne composed the music in October 1962. [2] This was an unusual arrangement for the two writers. Usually, it was Shayne who wrote the lyrics for their songs while Regney composed the music, as they did when they wrote a song based on the classic children's song "Rain Rain Go Away".
David Bowie and Bing Crosby, "Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth "Traditionally, "Little Drummer Boy" is known as one of the most interminable Christmas carols. But then came David Bowie and Bing ...
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
"That's What Life Is All About" is a 1975 song recorded by Bing Crosby. It was originally written by Peter Dacre (lyrics) and Les Reed (music). Later, Crosby re-wrote the lyrics with Ken Barnes .
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. [ 48 ]
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.