The Little Drummer Boy

~ Recording by 101 Strings Orchestra

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.5The Little Drummer Boy3:11101 Strings OrchestraMerry Christmas101 Strings OrchestraAlbum
1.2The Little Drummer Boy3:13101 Strings Orchestra25 Christmas Favorites101 Strings OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
Madacy RecordsK12 1043
1.5The Little Drummer Boy3:13101 Strings OrchestraChristmas Favorites101 Strings OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
Madacy Special ProductsTK2 52688
1.2The Little Drummer Boy3:13101 Strings Orchestra25 Christmas Favorites101 Strings OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
Madacy EntertainmentKI2 1043
4.4The Little Drummer Boy3:13101 StringsChristmas Favorites101 StringsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2005
Madacy Special Products
1.5Little Drummer Boy3:11101 Strings OrchestraChristmas With the 101 Strings Orchestra, Vol. 2101 Strings OrchestraAlbum
  • XW2008-10-30
CHV Music Factory
1.2The Little Drummer Boy3:13101 Strings Orchestra25 Christmas Favorites101 StringsAlbum + Compilation
Sonoma Entertainment (most content on this label features re-recordings)SBX2 0217
1.11Little Drummer Boy3:11101 Strings OrchestraChristmas with the 101 Strings Orchestra & Singers101 Strings OrchestraAlbum
  • XW2013-11-26
Suite 102

Relationships

instruments arranger:M. Naughtin
R. Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
recording of:Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”) (instrumental)

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.
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
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
Little Drummer Boy (Destiny's Child version)
arrangements:Carol of the Drum (catch‐all for arrangements)
Little Drummer Boy (arr. 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