Bing Crosby & David Bowie – Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth
In 1977 Bing Crosby was the old crooner from the 1930s and 1940s. He was more well known then for his annual Christmas Specials and his recording of White Christmas, as well as his old films, when on September 11th he and 30 year old glam rocker David Bowie recorded this song for Bing’s 1977 Christmas Special.
The song was originally just to be a duet of the Little Drummer Boy, but Bowie was not a fan of the song and requested to sing something else. Buz Kohan, Larry Grossman and Ian Fraser quickly wrote the song Peace on Earth and created an arrangement for the two songs.
This song was one of the last recordings of Bing crosby, who died of a heart attack after completing a round of golf on October 14th. The Christmas Special would be shown a month after his death.
The song didn’t really become popular until it was released as a Christmas single in 1982.