When was little drummer boy released

Robinson", a name under which Davis sometimes published. Simeone and Onorati claimed joint composition credits with Davis. The album and the song were an enormous success, the single scoring on the U. In , the album was reissued under the title The Little Drummer Boy: A Christmas Festival , capitalizing on the single's popularity.

The following year the album was released in stereo. The story depicted in the song is somewhat similar to a 12th-century legend retold by Anatole France as Le Jongleur de Notre Dame Template:Lang-fr , which was adapted into an opera in by Jules Massenet. Gary Morris. John Denver. Dolly Parton. The Gatlins. Drummer Boy. Vanessa Bell Armstrong. The Roches. Skip Ewing.

Take 6. Brave Combo. The Allen Toussaint Orchestra. Doc Severinsen. Medley Taxi X'mas. Neil Diamond. Audrey Landers. Harry Connick, Jr. Da Little Drummerboy. The Merry Carol Singers. Tori Amos. Glenn Medeiros. Little Drummer Bitch. Red Aunts.

Christmas Medley. Natalie Cole. Ben Keith and Friends. Kofi [GH]. The Dandy Warhols. The Nylons. Patrick Norman [CA].

The Little Drumnmer Boy. The Flaming Lips. Cassandra Wilson. The Four Tops. Debbie Duncan. Bo Katzman Chor. John Berry [US Country]. The Boys Choir of Harlem. Collin Raye. Little Drummer Girl. Alicia Keys. Vanessa Williams. Engine Kid. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Roberta Flack. Jeffrey Osborne. Tonic Sol-fa. Die Roten Rosen. Blues Jumpers feat. Eldridge Taylor. Ty Tender. Shirley Caesar. Paul Brandt. The Blenders [US2]. Teddy Pendergrass. Etta James. Voice Male [US]. Cami Thompson.

Carola [SE]. Debi Sander Walker. Ringo Starr. The Alley Cats. The Noel Freidline Quartet. Mindy Simmons. Missile Toe. Yolanda Adams. Little Drum N' Bass Boy. The Wiggles. Roch Voisine.

Charlotte Church. The Coats. Sam Harris. Annie Haslam. Oliver Lake Steel Quartet. The December People. The Seekers. Four Shadow. David Gough. Destiny's Child featuring Solange. Bobby Farrell. Jane Olivor. Tom Munch. Colin Boyd. Gary Puckett. Hi Tide. The Fatal Flowers. Patty Loveless with Rebecca Lynn Howard. The Tumbleweed Pimps feat. Hugh Pool. Martha's Trouble. Monday Off with Bucky Pizzarelli.

Bright Eyes. John Blaylock. Craig Richey. The Tractors. Dorothy Moore. Crash Test Dummies. Scot Wisniewski. Audio Adrenaline.

Irish Tenors. Eclipse 6. Whitney Houston featuring Bobbi Kristina Brown. Demis Roussos. David Clayton-Thomas. Robert Robinson. William Hung. Nick Baker. Jessica Simpson with Ashlee Simpson. Reigning Frog. The Swingle Singers. Sarah Lentz. Cherish the Ladies. Shawn Thies. Dianne Reeves. Bertie Higgins. Tony Paglia and His Orchestra. Matt Dusk featuring Hawksley Workman. Marlene Young. Cheryl Porter.

Crystal Theory. Kidz Bop Kids. Bryan Duncan and the NehoSoul Band. Billy Dean. Michelle Wright. Martin Sexton.

Peter Ostroushko. Jenny Evans. Pieces of 8. Jimmy Maddox. Brian Roberts [US1]. San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus. Mark Bishop. Celtic Woman. Christopher Lee. Nina Kristin. Sufjan Stevens. Mark Kozelek. Greg Bonin with Mark Colozzi. Lionel Richie. David M. Chris Blanton. Jordan Knight. The Jodi Beach Trio. Jaime Thietten. Groovy Waters. Josh Groban featuring Andy McKee.

Elliott Yamin. Toby Keith. Jars of Clay. Little Drummer Boy Interlude. Olivia Newton-John. Natasha Miller. Little Drummer Boy - Peace on Earth. The Friendly Beasts. The Annual Christmas Album Band. Big Wide Grin. Andrew Dale and David Chafe. Riff Raff. Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles. Christopher Cross. Rahsaan Patterson. Faith Hill. Susie Tallman. The Almost. The Heavenly States. Future of Forestry. Sir Terry Wogan and Aled Jones. Barbara Jean. Elena Zoubareva.

Robert Kochis. Calling Levi. Jeremy Pape. Tim Tamashiro. The Gifted Children [US]. Jeffrey Hattrick. Wendy Moten. Hayley Westenra. Mark Harris. Family Force 5. Magnus Carlsson [SE1]. Carola feat. Bob Dylan. Robby Krieger. REO Speedwagon. Ronan Keating. Rachel West Kramer. Sean Kingston. Merry Ellen Kirk. Amy Ward. Meaghan Smith. Teddy Tahu Rhodes - David Hobson. Dan Van Oss. Sarah Jane McMahon. Johnny Reid. Anthony Evans.

The Hit Co. Beth Waters. Point of Grace. Matt Papa. Wilson Phillips. The Priests featuring Shane MacGowan.

The Priests [GB]. Mariah Carey. Royal Crown Revue. Daniel O'Donnell. The Gothard Sisters. Pink Martini. Eve Selis. Flying Pickets. Jolie Edwards. The Browns [US2]. Chris Loggins. Kelly Mittleman. Bryan M. Valerie [US]. Christian Bautista. Cris Barber. Phil Wickham. Racquel Whipple. Deep Blue Something. The Bowie Knives. Joseph Leo Bwarie. Justin Bieber feat. Busta Rhymes.

Joey McIntyre. Maura Shaftoe. Nicole Atkins. Green River Ordinance. Glee Cast. The Lower Lights. Iggy Pop. Don Campbell [US]. Joe McElderry featuring Kathryn Tickell. Celtic Angels. Ted Kirkpatrick. Jeremy Erickson.

James Fruits. Death by Railroad. Dana Winner. Kim Hill. Jim Hitchcock. The song lyrics are said to be based on an old Czech carol. But Davis isn't the only person credited with writing the song.

According to some reports, Henry Onorati and Harry Simeone penned the lyrics to the song. Just as it's not entirely certain who deserves lyrical songwriting credit for the "Little Drummer Boy," questions surround the music composition credits for the song as well.

Jack Halloran recorded it in His daughter, Dawn, stated in a letter to famous music collector Jerry Osborne that her father "did the original choral arrangement and recorded it for Dot Records in Over the years, it's been recorded by many artists, some of whom have even charted with it on Billboard 's singles charts. Pentatonix hit No. The Harry Simeone Chorale hit No. The Jack Halloran Singers' version made it only to No.

Decades ago, stop-motion animation was all the rage in television "Rudolph," anyone? If you're of a certain age, you may have seen this version when it debuted. Although the "Little Drummer Boy" is often remembered for the lines that famously imitate a drum, a review of the song's lyrics reveal why it is indeed a Christmas carol.

Hope you find one you like. The Jimi Hendrix one was wayyy out, but great, how about that one?? Nice of you to comment here, thanks, I do appreciate it! Wow - that is so many versions of the song! I have to admit it isn't one of my favorites.

It's not that I don't like the song, it's that I don't like some of the most commonly played versions of it. I've always liked a couple of the less-common versions, and now that I know there are about more versions that I was aware of, maybe now I can find other ones I like. Glimmer Twin Fan.

I must listen to the Bob Seger version then, thanks for mentioning it - and for your comment. Great hub about my all time favorite carol. Love the list of different artists that recorded it. One that was recently released was by Bob Seger. Not a bad version either. Nice hub! Appreciate your votes. This is so well researched and so interesting - I admit I hadn't thought about it before. It is a carol I enjoy - the lyrics resound - I had no idea so many people had recorded it and all the history behind it.

Thank you for this. Voted up and interesting. The "Little Drummer Boy" has always been one of my favorite Christmas carols. The lyrics are so sweet and humbling. When I was a child, my mom would make me play it on the piano every time someone came to visit. I'm surprised I still enjoy it, but I do. Very good hub, you did a lot of good research here.

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