Little Drummer Boy

Name: Little Drummer Boy
Duration: 5 min 58 s

~ Recording by Kitaro

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.5	Little Drummer Boy	5:58	喜多郎	Peace on Earth	喜多郎	Album	XE1996-09-17	DOMO (independent US label)	71014-2
1.5	Little Drummer Boy	5:58	Kitaro	Peace on Earth	Kitaro	Album	US1996-09-17	DOMO (independent US label)	71014-2
13.5	Little Drummer Boy	5:58	Kitaro	The Ultimate Kitaro Collection: Silk Road Journey (Digital Version)	Kitaro	Album + Compilation	US2012-08-14	Domo Records (Israeli psychedelic trance label)	73152-2

recording engineer:	Gary Barlough Peter R. Kelsey
assistant engineer:	Daijiro Miyazawa Steve Mixdorf
executive producer:	Eiichi Naito
producer:	Gary Barlough Kitaro (Kitaro, new age keyboardist)
mixer:	Peter R. Kelsey
Blaster Beam [Beam], electric guitar, gong, Hammond organ, synthesizer [lead synthesizers] and taiko:	Kitaro (Kitaro, new age keyboardist)
cello:	Kevin Johnson (cellist)
flute:	Kristen Stordahl Kanda
guitar:	Massito
harp:	Pamela Eldridge
keyboard [analog keyboards] and synclavier:	Gary Barlough
keyboard [keyboards]:	Keith Heffner
percussion:	Derek Zimmerman
viola:	Daniel Flick
violin [violin 1]:	Annamaria Karacson (violinist)
violin [violin 2]:	Gyongyver Petheo
choir vocals:	International Peace Choir
conductor:	Keith Heffner
arranger:	Keith Heffner

recorded at:	Mochi House in Ward, United States NRG Studios in North Hollywood, United States
mixed at:	NRG Studios in North Hollywood, United States

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

lyricist and composer:	Katherine K. 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:	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 L'enfant au tambour La canción del tamborilero Little Drummer Boy (Kuhn / Alexander) Mazais bundzinieks Pieni rumpali
later versions:	Little Drummer Boy (Poema version of the carol) The Little Rummerboy
part of:	Psalty's Family Christmas Sing-A-Long
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) Mitt hjarta slar for dig (The Little Drummer Boy, "Carol of the Drum") (translated) My Little Drum The Little Drummer Boy (arr. Chris Walden)
lyrics quoted in:	Drummer Boy