The Little Drummer Boy

Name: The Little Drummer Boy
Duration: 3 min 33 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.3	The Little Drummer Boy	3:33	Delta Goodrem	Only Santa Knows	Delta Goodrem	Album	XW2020-11-12	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
1.3	The Little Drummer Boy	3:34	Delta Goodrem	Only Santa Knows	Delta Goodrem	Album	AU2020-11-13	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), The House of Oz Records (Delta Goodrem’s own record label)	19439826462
1.3	The Little Drummer Boy	3:34	Delta Goodrem	Only Santa Knows (deluxe edition)	Delta Goodrem	Album	XW2021-11-18	Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd. (not for release label use! AU subsidiary of SME since 2009)
1.3	The Little Drummer Boy	3:33	Delta Goodrem	Only Santa Knows (deluxe edition)	Delta Goodrem	Album	AU2021-11-19	Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd. (not for release label use! AU subsidiary of SME since 2009)

recording engineer and mixer:	Tom Garnett (engineer)
producer:	Matthew Copley Delta Goodrem
drums (drum set) [drums]:	Luke Davison
choir vocals:	Mount Druitt Gospel Choir
lead vocals:	Delta Goodrem
choir vocals [gospel choir] arranger:	Matthew Copley

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd. (not for release label use! AU subsidiary of SME since 2009) (in 2020)

recorded at:	Studios 301 (Sydney, NSW, AU; use this only for mastering in AU since 2006, and for recording/mixing in Sydney since Nov 1999) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia The Music Farm in Byron Bay (Byron Bay, New South Wales), New South Wales, Australia

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

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