Little Drummer Boy

~ Recording by Bob Dylan

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.6Little Drummer Boy2:52Bob DylanChristmas in the HeartBob DylanAlbum
  • DE2009-10-09
  • GB2009-10-12
  • XE2009-10-13
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697 57323 2
1.6Little Drummer Boy2:52Bob DylanChristmas in the HeartBob DylanAlbum
  • XW2009-10-11
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)G010001862763D
1.6Little Drummer Boy2:52Bob DylanChristmas in the HeartBob DylanAlbum
  • US2009-10-13
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)88697 57323 2
1.6Little Drummer Boy2:52Bob DylanChristmas in the HeartBob DylanAlbum
  • US2009-11-23
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)88697 59614 2
1.6Little Drummer Boy2:52Bob DylanChristmas in the HeartBob DylanAlbum
  • -2009
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)88697 59614 2
44.6Little Drummer Boy2:54Bob DylanThe Complete Album Collection, Vol. OneBob DylanAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88691924312
1.12Little Drummer Boy2:52Bob DylanChristmas CafeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2016-09-09
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
2.4Little Drummer Boy2:54Bob DylanUltimate Christmas HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88985430942
2.5Little Drummer Boy2:53Bob DylanChristmas WonderlandVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2020
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)19439756822

Relationships

recording engineer and mixer:David Bianco (American engineer and record producer)
additional engineer:David Spreng
assistant engineer:Bill Lane (engineer)
Glenn Suravech
producer:Jack Frost (pseudonym for Bob Dylan)
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 (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 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
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