Mary’s Boy Child

~ Recording by Matt Monro

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.11Mary's Boy Child3:18Matt MonroIf I Never Sing Another SongMatt MonroAlbum
  • -1979-03
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)SCX 6605
2.1Mary's Boy Child3:21Matt MonroChristmas With the StarsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)
1.11Mary's Boy Child3:22Matt MonroTotally ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)CD GOLD 1100
2.8Mary's Boy Child3:19Matt MonroNu Är Det Jul Igen (4CD compilation)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CMC (Danish label)5240072
2.4Mary's Boy Child3:20Matt MonroThe Best Christmas Album in the World... Ever! 2000Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2000-10-30
Virgin TVVTDCD 347
3.17Mary’s Boy Child3:20Matt MonroThe Best Nat ‘King’ Cole, Dean Martin, Tom Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Matt Monro, Peggy Lee, Louis Armstrong …and Friends Album in the World …Ever! Vol. 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Virgin TVVTDCDX 333
2.4Mary’s Boy Child3:19Matt MonroMerry Christmas (disc 2)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2001
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)724353590222
1.3Mary's Boy Child3:21Matt MonroIt's ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2002-10-07
Crimson Productions (UK budget reissue label; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.)CRIMBX41/1, CRIMBX41/2, CRIMBX41/3
2.9Mary's Boy Child3:19Matt MonroCardigans at ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-11-10
Virgin TV7243 5 95679 2, VTDCD 588
1.14Mary’s Boy Child3:20Matt MonroChristmas Memories …Are Made of ThisVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-11-29
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)VTDCD 663
1.4Mary’s Boy Child3:20Matt MonroChristmas Crooners & DivasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Gold724386618924
2.7Mary’s Boy Child3:19Matt MonroThe Best Christmas Album in the World... Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)VTDCD 648
5.1Mary’s Boy Child3:20Matt MonroBest Christmas 100Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)0946 349337 2 8
2.5Mary's Boy Child3:18Matt MonroNow That's What I Call XmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2006-11-20
Virgin TVVTDCD 836
2.13Mary’s Boy Child3:18Matt MonroBest Ever Christmas Mix 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2006-11-27
EMI Music Australia (not for release label use!)0946 3 81927 2 5
3.14Mary’s Boy Child3:20Matt MonroThe Best Christmas …Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music Poland3 78468 2
2.28Mary’s Boy Child3:20Matt Monro101 Christmas SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-11-19
Virgin TVVTDCDX890
1.13Mary’s Boy Child3:19Matt MonroLennert’s Best of Christmas, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
2.13Mary’s Boy Child3:20Matt MonroChristmas: The Best Platinum CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.13Mary’s Boy Child3:19Matt MonroNow That’s a Download: ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
2.11Mary's Boy Child3:17Matt MonroNow XmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)264432 2
2.5Mary's Boy Child3:18Matt MonroNow That’s What I Call XmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2010-11-15
EMI TV, Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited), Virgin TVVTDCD 1017
1.8Mary’s Boy Child3:21Matt MonroChristmas: The CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)825646397891
3.10Mary’s Boy Child3:22Matt MonroWhite Christmas (New Edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2014-11-03
Rhino (reissue label)
3.10Mary’s Boy Child3:22Matt MonroWhite ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-11-11
1.23Mary's Boy Child3:22Matt MonroTop 100 Xmas SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2015-11-06
Rhino (reissue label)825646003686
2.6Mary’s Boy Child3:20Matt MonroClassic ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label), Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label), Universal UMCUWCLA016
1.17Mary’s Boy Child3:21Matt MonroChristmas: The Collection (2017 version)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2017-10-27
Rhino (reissue label)0190295729127
1.13Mary’s Boy Child?:??Matt Monro100 Greatest: ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)0190295734343
1.71Mary’s Boy Child3:22Matt MonroFly Me to the MoonVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2018-11-16
Rhino (reissue label)
1.22Mary’s Boy Child3:21Matt Monro100 Greatest Christmas Songs Ever (Top Xmas Pop Hits)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2019-10-04
Rhino (reissue label)
1.23Mary's Boy Child3:21Matt Monro100 Greatest: Xmas (2019 edition of the Rhino 100 Greatest: Christmas series)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)
1.17Mary’s Boy Child3:21Matt MonroA Christmas CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)724349753228
1.8Mary’s Boy Child3:20Matt MonroThe Christmas CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
HMV (record store promos)5294532

Relationships

lead vocals:Matt Monro
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Parlophone Records Ltd. (not for release label use! a Warner Music Group company) (in 1977)
recording of:Mary’s Boy Child (cover)

Related works

Mary’s Boy Child

lyricist and composer:Jester Hairston
publisher:Bourne Music Ltd.
referred to in medleys:Mary’s Boy Child / Oh My Lord (order: 1)
Megamix 4 (It Must Be Christmas) (order: 1)
Mix Four (Greatest Ever Christmas Party Megamix) (order: 1)
Mix 2 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 6)
later translated versions:Denn es ist Weihnachtszeit
Kuningas hän on
Maria fekk eit guttebarn (Norwegian (nynorsk) translation of "Mary's Boy Child")
Maria’s kind (Mary’s Boy Child)
Marian poika
Marias guttebarn
Seinier Cyrn, A Chaner Clych!
Und Frieden für die Welt
arrangements:Mary’s Boy Child (arr. Langford)
Mary’s Little Boy Child