Little Drummer Boy
~ Recording by Chris Botti
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 1.9 | Little Drummer Boy | 3:06 | Chris Botti | December | Chris Botti | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 86864 |
| 1.11 | Little Drummer Boy | 3:05 | Chris Botti | December | Chris Botti | Album |
| 82876 75381 2 | |
| 1.11 | Little Drummer Boy | 3:05 | Chris Botti | December (iTunes/Deezer/Spotify) | Chris Botti | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 3.8 | Little Drummer Boy | 3:07 | Chris Botti | Ultimate Holiday Collection, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 886975816521 |
Relationships
| engineer: | Nathaniel Kunkel |
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| producer: | Bobby Colomby |
| mixer: | Al Schmitt |
| bass: | Jon Ossman |
| drums (drum set): | Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer) |
| guitar: | Shane Fontayne |
| Rhodes piano: | Billy Childs (US composer/jazz pianist) |
| synthesizer: | C.J. Vanston |
| tenor saxophone: | Brandon Fields |
| trumpet: | Chris Botti |
| arranger: | Chris Botti |
| recording of: | Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”) (instrumental) |
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Related works
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
| lyricist and composer: | Katherine K. Davis (in 1941) |
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| additional composer: | Henry Onorati (in 1958) Harry Simeone (in 1958) |
| publisher: | EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated) International Korwin Corp. Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964) |
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| referred to in medleys: | Jolly Old St. Nicholas / The Little Drummer Boy (order: 2) Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy (order: 2) Mix 3 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 3) |
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| later parody versions: | Rapapapam The Little Drum Machine Boy (Aqua Teen Hunger Force version) |
| later translated versions: | Der Kleine Trommler Der Trommelmann (The Little Drummer Boy) Jochie met een trommeltje L'enfant au tambour La canción del tamborilero Mazais bundzinieks Pieni rumpali |
| later versions: | Little Drummer Boy (Poema version of the carol) The Little Rummerboy |
| part of: | Psalty's Family Christmas Sing-A-Long |
| is based on: | Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”) |
| is the basis for: | A rum a dum dum And Your Boy Can Drum Drummer Boy Little Drummer Boy Little Drummer Boy (Destiny's Child version) |
| arrangements: | Carol of the Drum (catch-all for arrangements) Little Drummer Boy (arr. McCarthy) Mitt hjarta slar for dig (The Little Drummer Boy, "Carol of the Drum") (translated) My Little Drum |
| lyrics quoted on: | Drummer Boy |