Little Drummer Boy

Name: Little Drummer Boy
Duration: 3 min 13 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.7	Little Drummer Boy	3:13	Ronan Keating	Stay	Ronan Keating	Album	AU2009-11-13	Polydor (British label, see annotation)	2726245
1.7	Little Drummer Boy	3:13	Ronan Keating	Winter Songs	Ronan Keating	Album	GB2009-11-16 DE2009-11-27	Polydor (British label, see annotation)	2720982
2.4	Little Drummer Boy	3:14	Ronan Keating	Winter Wonderland: The Very Best of Christmas	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2011	Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”)	06007 5335865 8
2.5	Little Drummer Boy	3:13	Ronan Keating	Bravo Hits X‐Mas Party	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2021	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”), Warner Music Central Europe (valid for release label use, but is also a distributor)	5054197-1145-6-4

programming, producer and mixer:	Stephen Lipson
keyboard:	Pete Murray (Australian singer‐songwriter)
membranophone:	Ashley “Stixman” Soan
background vocals:	Tracy Ackerman
guest vocals:	Stephen Gately
vocals:	Ronan Keating
arranger:	Pete Murray (Australian singer‐songwriter)

recording of:	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