The Little Drummer Boy

Name: The Little Drummer Boy
Duration: 3 min 7 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.5	The Little Drummer Boy	3:07	The Supremes	Merry Christmas	The Supremes	Album	DE1999	Motown	012 153 355-2
1.11	Little Drummer Boy	3:07	The Supremes	Motown Christmas (5 CD Set)	The Supremes, The Jackson 5, The Temptations, The Miracles, The Four Tops	Album + Compilation	US2000	GSC Music, Universal Music Special Markets	#18486, 314560009-2, 314560010-2, 314560011-2, 314560012-2, 314560013-2
1.5	The Little Drummer Boy	3:07	The Supremes	The Best of The Supremes: The Christmas Collection	The Supremes	Album + Compilation	JP2003-11-21	Motown, Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division)	UICY-1560
1.5	The Little Drummer Boy	3:09	The Supremes	20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection: The Best of The Supremes	The Supremes	Album + Compilation	US2003	Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division)	B0000675-02
1.3	The Little Drummer Boy	3:09	The Supremes	So Fresh: Songs for Christmas 2009	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2009-11-13	Sony BMG Music Entertainment Strategic Marketing Group	88697546172
1.5	The Little Drummer Boy	3:09	The Supremes	Christmas With Diana Ross and Stevie Wonder	Various Artists	Album + Compilation

producer:	Harvey Fuqua

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

lyricist and composer:	Katherine K. Davis (Katherine Kennicott Davis) (in 1941)
additional composer:	Henry Onorati (in 1958) Harry Simeone (in 1958)

publisher:	EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated) International Korwin Corp. Warner Chappell Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music) Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)

referred to in medleys:	Medley 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 parody versions:	Arabischer Bam
later translated versions:	Der Kleine Trommler Der Trommelmann (The Little Drummer Boy) Jochie met een trommeltje Kleine trommelaar L'enfant au tambour La canción del tamborilero Little Drummer Boy (Kuhn / Alexander) Mazais bundzinieks Pieni rumpali Zwei von Tausenden המתופף הקטן
later versions:	Little Drummer Boy (Poema version of the carol) The Little Rummerboy
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 (arr. Mensinger/Noris) Little Drummer Boy (Destiny's Child version)
arrangements:	Carol of the Drum (catch‐all for arrangements) Little Drummer Boy (arr. Lawson & McCarthy) Little Drummer Boy (Mannheim Steamroller arrangement) Mitt hjarta slar for dig (The Little Drummer Boy, "Carol of the Drum") (translated) My Little Drum The Little Drummer Boy (arr. Chris Walden) The Little Drummer Boy (Psalty's Family Christmas Sing Along - arr Rettino/Kerner)
lyrics quoted in:	Christmas Tree Drummer Boy