The Little Drummer Boy

~ Recording by Jackson 5

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.6The Little Drummer Boy3:20The Jackson 5Christmas AlbumThe Jackson 5Album
Motown3746352502
1.19Little Drummer Boy3:16The Jackson 5Superstar ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-10-14
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 68750
1.12Little Drummer Boy3:16Jackson 5Best of Christmas: The Superstar AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music MediaSMM 489231 2
1.19Little Drummer Boy3:16The Jackson 5Superstar ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Direct (Canadian label)CD 9109
1.6The Little Drummer Boy3:20The Jackson 5Christmas AlbumThe Jackson 5Album
  • GB2001-10-26
Motown, Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)550 141 2
1.19The Little Drummer Boy3:16The Jackson 5Superstar ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2001-11-07
Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS walking eye imprint)SICP-24
1.14Little Drummer Boy3:15The Jackson 520 Christmas Stars IVVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
KId's RecordsCMND-0151
1.6The Little Drummer Boy3:19The Jackson 520th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection: The Best of Jackson 5The Jackson 5Album + Compilation
  • -2003
1.14Little Drummer Boy3:15Jackson 5Absolute Christmas 2006Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
NOW Music (Denmark, compilations)NOW 984 415 3
1.15Little Drummer Boy3:09The Jackson 5Christmas JukeboxVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2008-12-01
Universal Music on Demand
1.15The Little Drummer Boy3:10The Jackson 5Christmas JukeboxVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-12-01
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)
1.6The Little Drummer Boy3:20Jackson 5Christmas AlbumJackson 5Album
  • JP2009-09-09
MotownUICY-94298
1.6Little Drummer Boy3:16Jackson 5Ultimate Christmas CollectionJackson 5Album + Compilation
Motown
1.6Little Drummer Boy3:16Jackson 5Ultimate Christmas CollectionJackson 5Album + Compilation
  • US2009-10-13
MotownB0013448-02
1.6Little Drummer Boy3:14The Jackson 5Merry ChristmasThe Jackson 5Album
Universal Music Catalogue (aka UMC)
11.6The Little Drummer Boy3:16The Jackson 5Dear Michael: The Motown CollectionMichael Jackson / Jackson 5Album + Compilation
  • JP2011-06-08
Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)UICY-75070/81
1.6The Little Drummer Boy3:19Jackson 5Christmas AlbumJackson 5Album
Motown
1.6Little Drummer Boy3:16Jackson 5Christmas AlbumJackson 5Album
Motown
1.6The Little Drummer Boy3:20The Jackson 5Christmas Album (192kHz/24bit)Jackson 5Album
Motown
1.8The Little Drummer Boy3:17The Jackson 5Christmas Time With MotownVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
2.10Little Drummer Boy3:17The Jackson 5It's Christmas TimeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

phonographic copyright (℗) by:Motown Records (not for label use; use “Motown” instead) (in 2013)
recording of:Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)

Related works

Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)

lyricist and composer:Katherine K. Davis (in 1941)
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)
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)
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