Little Drummer Boy

~ Recording by John Denver

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.10Little Drummer Boy3:22John DenverChristmas Like a LullabyJohn DenverAlbum
  • -1990
Windstar Records (founded by John Denver)MCCDX 012
1.10Little Drummer Boy3:22John DenverCountry ChristmasJohn DenverAlbum
Roman Disc280716
1.10Little Drummer Boy3:22John DenverChristmas Like a LullabyJohn DenverAlbum
LaserLight Digital12 762
1.17Little Drummer Boy3:20John DenverASCAP Presents… Holiday: 25 of our Most Performed Holiday SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Disc Marketing, Inc.
1.15Little Drummer Boy3:20John DenverWhite Christmas: Internationale Stars singen die schönsten WeihnachtsliederVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Delta Music (main label of Delta Music GmbH and its UK & US subsidiaries)1181
1.15Little Drummer Boy3:19John DenverWhite ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.16Little Drummer Boy3:18John DenverWhite Christmas: Die schönsten amerikanischen WeihnachtsliederVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Music Digital55295
1.15Little Drummer Boy3:19John DenverWhite Christmas: Die schönsten amerikanischen Weihnachtslieder (3x CD with 15, 16 and 16 tracks instead of 16,18 and 16 tracks. Also on the back cover the track titles are bold and listed above the track artists instead vice versa.)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Music Digital55295
1.9Little Drummer Boy3:31John DenverChristmas Celebration ConcertJohn DenverAlbum + Live
BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation)
1.10Little Drummer Boy3:20John DenverChristmas Like a LullabyJohn DenverAlbum
Windstar Records (founded by John Denver)
1.6Little Drummer Boy3:19John DenverThank God It's ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Promotion
1.6Little Drummer Boy3:21John DenverPure Weinachten mit CDVarious ArtistsAlbum
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)[none]
(unknown)
1.11Little Drummer Boy3:19John DenverSimply - Xmas Classic's Vol 1Various Artists

Relationships

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

Related works

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

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 (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–)
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 kleine Trommlerjunge (Durch die Stille der Nacht)
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
Kleiner Trommler
Little Drummer Bitch
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)
The Little Drummer Boy (arr. Goodwin)
lyrics quoted in:Christmas Tree
Drummer Boy