Mary’s Boy Child (single version)
~ Recording by Harry Belafonte
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.8 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:19 | Harry Belafonte | An Evening With Belafonte | Harry Belafonte | Album |
| RCA Victor | |
| 1.1 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:25 | Harry Belafonte | To Wish You a Merry Christmas | Harry Belafonte | Album |
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| 2.16 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:26 | Harry Belafonte | The Time‐Life Treasury of Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TCD‐107A, TCD‐107B |
| 2.16 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:26 | Harry Belafonte | The Time‐Life Treasury of Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TCD-0107R1 |
| 1.10 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:21 | Harry Belafonte | 30 Years of Number 1's, Volume 1: 1956-58 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Connoisseur Collection | TYNO CD 100 |
| 1.8 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:25 | Harry Belafonte | Nipper’s Greatest Christmas Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | 9859-2-R |
| 1.7 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:24 | Harry Belafonte | To Wish You a Merry Christmas | Harry Belafonte | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | ND 89108 |
| 1.1 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:25 | Harry Belafonte | To Wish You a Merry Christmas | Harry Belafonte | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 2626-2-R |
| 2.3 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:26 | Harry Belafonte | Christmas Magic | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyTel | 515 678-2 |
| 1.16 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:23 | Harry Belafonte | Gold: 20 Super Hits | Harry Belafonte | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 74321 15598 2 |
| 2.13 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:22 | Harry Belafonte | The Best Christmas... Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD 23 |
| 2.13 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:22 | Harry Belafonte | The Best Christmas... Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCD 23 |
| 2.4 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:19 | Harry Belafonte | 100% Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| K Industria Cultural SL | TCD 2754 |
| 2.10 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:20 | Harry Belafonte | That's Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 8 31630 2 1 |
| 2.13 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:18 | Harry Belafonte | Absolute Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Sweden) | EVACD 5021 |
| 1.10 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:21 | Harry Belafonte | P4’s Julefavoritter | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| The Record Collection | 525 190-2 |
| 3.5 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:21 | Harry Belafonte | Christmas Wonderland | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyTel | 525 944 |
| 2.18 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:17 | Harry Belafonte | Rock Christmas: Best Of | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany), RTL | 535 083-2 |
| 1.5 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:26 | Harry Belafonte | The Time-Life Treasury of Christmas: Christmas Memories | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Special Products, Time–Life Music | M18109, T9024, TCD-802 |
| 2.6 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:19 | Harry Belafonte | Absolute Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records ANS (Norway) | EVACD133 |
| 2.10 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:19 | Harry Belafonte | Absolute Christmas 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Denmark) | 8444322 |
| 3.5 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:26 | Harry Belafonte | The Time-Life Treasury of Christmas (special edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Special Products, Time–Life Music | M18112 14406, TCD-802 |
| 1.12 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:22 | Harry Belafonte | K-Tel's Original Christmas Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| K‐tel (International budget record label) | 4145 |
| 1.4 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:20 | Harry Belafonte | Nu är det jul igen! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.6 | Mary’s Boychild | 4:23 | Harry Belafonte | Fetenkult präsentiert Christmas Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 74321 71679 2 |
| 2.18 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:19 | Harry Belafonte | Absolute Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Sweden) | EVACD 4010 |
| 1.3 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:25 | Harry Belafonte | A Fabulous Fifties Christmas, Holiday Memories | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI‐Capitol Music Special Markets, Time–Life Music | 72435-26934-2-9, M18630 |
| 1.6 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:25 | Harry Belafonte, William Lorin, Millard Thomas & Frantz Casséus | The Time-Life Treasury of Christmas (2000 release, discs one & two) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | A 31966, M18556, TCD857 |
| 1.10 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:24 | Harry Belafonte | Traditional Christmas, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Compass Productions (budget compilations) | 72435-29426-2-6 |
| 1.10 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:25 | Harry Belafonte | Crooners Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Products, North Star Music (Rhode Island, USA) | A 50286, NS135 |
| 1.7 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:25 | Harry Belafonte | Christmas (Original recording remastered) | Harry Belafonte | Album |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | RCA 07863 68044-2 |
| 1.22 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:22 | Harry Belafonte | Very Best of Harry Belafonte | Harry Belafonte | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 07863 68097 2 |
| 2.5 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:26 | Harry Belafonte | The Time-Life Treasury of Christmas (2-disc collection) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Special Products, Time–Life Music | M18800, TCD-802, TCD-802AR, TCD-802CR |
| 2.16 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:25 | Harry Belafonte | The Time-Life Treasury of Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | |
| 2.7 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:18 | Harry Belafonte | Absolute Christmas Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.11 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:25 | Harry Belafonte | Vox Christmas Classics 2002 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 74321 96649 2 |
| 4.12 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:22 | Harry Belafonte | Island in the Sun | Harry Belafonte | Album + Compilation |
| Bear Family Records | BCD 16262 EL |
| 4.12 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:22 | Harry Belafonte | Island in the Sun | Harry Belafonte | Album + Compilation |
| Bear Family Records | |
| 1.10 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:24 | Harry Belafonte | Winter Wonderland: Traditional Christmas, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.12 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:23 | Harry Belafonte | The Essential Harry Belafonte | Harry Belafonte | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 82876692422 |
| 2.10 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:18 | Harry Belafonte | Absolute Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Sweden) | EVACD 4054 |
| 1.2 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:23 | Harry Belafonte | American Wintertime - A Holiday Album | Harry Belafonte | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 00316 |
| 2.3 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:22 | Harry Belafonte | So Fresh: Songs for Christmas 2006 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) | 88697019682 |
| 1.17 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:18 | Harry Belafonte | Absolute Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records ANS (Norway) | EVACD193 |
| 2.11 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:23 | Harry Belafonte | Christmas Classics 2006 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) | 82876 80964 2 |
| 1.18 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:19 | Harry Belafonte | The No.1 DJ Collection: 50's, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | CD195 |
| 2.15 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:23 | Harry Belafonte | The Best of Harry Belafonte | Harry Belafonte | Album + Compilation |
| Not Now Music | NOT2CD268 |
| 2.9 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:19 | Harry Belafonte | Absolute Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Sweden) | EVACD 4085 |
| 2.9 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:18 | Harry Belafonte | Absolute Christmas 2009 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.2 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:24 | Harry Belafonte | Kuschelrock: Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 76389 2 |
| 1.60 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:23 | Harry Belafonte | Die Hit-Giganten: Best of Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Nitron Music | ||
| 4.7 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:22 | Harry Belafonte | 8 Classic Albums | Harry Belafonte | Album + Compilation |
| Real Gone | RGMCD006 |
| 3.19 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:25 | Harry Belafonte | Die Hit-Giganten: Best of Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697960062 |
| 2.18 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:22 | Harry Belafonte | Crooners and Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Special Products (A Service of Sony Music) | |
| 2.2 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:24 | Harry Belafonte | Kuschelrock: Christmas 2012 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88765 40259 2 |
| 2.12 | Mary’s Boychild | 4:24 | Harry Belafonte | Last Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Euro Trend | CD 246.907 |
| 2.7 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:21 | Harry Belafonte | Super Christmas Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | |
| 2.12 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:22 | Harry Belafonte | RTL2 Weihnachts-Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88985 37794 2 |
| 2.12 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:22 | Harry Belafonte | RTL2 Weihnachts-Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.13 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:24 | Harry Belafonte | Kuschelrock Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| SME Media (Sony Music) | 7721325 |
| 2.13 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:23 | Harry Belafonte | RTL2 Weihnachts-Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 88985 47168 2 |
| 2.13 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:21 | Harry Belafonte | Kuschelrock Christmas (Standard Edition, 2018) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| SME Media (Sony Music) | 7721325 |
| 1.7 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:25 | Harry Belafonte | Christmas | Harry Belafonte | Album | |||
| 1.12 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:23 | Harry Belafonte | Christmas Crooners | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| 3.18 | Mary’s Boy Child | 4:17 | Harry Belafonte | The No.1 DJ Collection: 50s (Digital Collection) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | SET476 |
| 1.19 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:25 | Harry Belafonte | The Perfect CD-Collection: Perfect Christmas | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.5 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:19 | Harry Belafonte | Traditionell Jul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.15 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:26 | Harry Belafonte | The Time-Life Treasury of Christmas (disc 2) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | |
| 1.6 | Mary's Boy Child | 4:25 | Harry Belafonte | The Time-Life Treasury of Christmas (disc 1) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
Relationships
| vocals: | Harry Belafonte |
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| recording of: | Mary’s Boy Child (on 1956-07-20) |
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Related works
Mary’s Boy Child
| lyricist and composer: | Jester Hairston |
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| publisher: | Bourne Music Ltd. |
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| referred to in medleys: | Mary’s Boy Child / Oh My Lord (order: 1) Megamix 4 (It Must Be Christmas) (order: 1) Mix Four (Greatest Ever Christmas Party Megamix) (order: 1) Mix 2 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 6) |
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| later translated versions: | Kuningas hän on Maria fekk eit guttebarn (Norwegian (nynorsk) translation of "Mary's Boy Child") Maria’s kind (Mary’s Boy Child) Marian poika Seinier Cyrn, A Chaner Clych! Und Frieden für die Welt |
| arrangements: | Mary’s Boy Child (arr. Langford) Mary’s Little Boy Child |