When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. The Little Drummer Boy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Drummer_Boy

    "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 ...

  3. Christmas (Mannheim Steamroller album) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_(Mannheim...

    Louis F. "Chip" Davis Jr. - drums, percussion (including camel bells), recorder, bells, dulcimer, crumhorn, vocals, pencil, dry ice Eric Hansen - bass, lute; Jackson ...

  4. Katherine Kennicott Davis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Kennicott_Davis

    Katherine Kennicott Davis (June 25, 1892 – April 20, 1980) was an American composer, pianist, arranger, and teacher, whose most well-known composition is the Christmas song "Carol of the Drum," later known as "The Little Drummer Boy".

  5. Here are the 10 absolutely worst Christmas songs of all time ...

    www.aol.com/10-absolutely-worst-christmas-songs...

    The original “Carol of the Bells” is based on the Ukrainian song for which English lyrics were written in 1934. ... sterile drum-machine beat and Carey’s vapidly airy vocals. After numerous ...

  6. The Surprising Origins of Popular Christmas Songs - AOL

    www.aol.com/surprising-origins-popular-christmas...

    "Carol of the Bells" The song is an English version of a Ukrainian folk chant by Mykola Leontovych in 1916 called Shchedryk (“Bountiful Evening”), about a sparrow flying around a home.

  7. Harry Simeone - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Simeone

    After being introduced to an obscure song by producer and credited song co-author Henry Onorati, titled "Carol of the Drum" (originally composed by Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941 and arranged to present form by Jack Halloran [2] [3] [4]), Simeone changed the title to "The Little Drummer Boy" and recorded it under that title for his album ...

  8. Christmas (Kenny Rogers album) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_(Kenny_Rogers_album)

    The album features several songs that were already well known at the time including "White Christmas," "When A Child is Born," "Carol of the Bells" and "My Favorite Things." Several original Christmas songs are also included, which have also now become well-known via this album.

  9. Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Eve/Sarajevo_12/24

    Both of the tunes used in "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24" were in the public domain in 1995: "Shchedryk" was released in 1918 (although the English lyrics to "Carol of the Bells," dating to 1936, were still under copyright and were not included in the recording), while "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" dated back several centuries.