Written in 1941 by Katherine K. Davis and words added in 1977 for David Bowie and Bing Crosby.
We have "back to back jacks" by Mr. Crosby and for my #3 favourite Christmas song of all time he included his neighbor David Bowie. The unnatural pairing of the mid 20th century music and motion picture star with Ziggy Stardust was genius.
Peace on Earth/Little Drummer was originally recorded for Bing's final album, Seasons, and his final TV Christmas special with David Bowie and Twiggy. Bing actually dies two months after recording this song (and special).
The beautiful thing about this song is it has been and will forever be accompanied by the nostalgic 70's video with Bing and David sauntering around a very Christmas themed piano/den.
I love this Christmas classic so much, I could conceivably listen to it on loop for hours (no joke)
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