The Little Drummer Boy

~ Recording by The Temptations

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.10The Little Drummer Boy3:23The TemptationsThe Temptations Christmas CardThe TemptationsAlbum
  • US1970-10-30
GordyGS 951
2.1The Little Drummer Boy3:15The TemptationsA Motown ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1973-09-25
MotownM795V2
1.13The Little Drummer Boy3:26The TemptationsA Motown ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1992-09-01
Motown3746352562
1.8The Little Drummer Boy3:25The TemptationsChristmas HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.)314 520 255-2
1.10Little Drummer Boy3:24The TemptationsHappy Holidays, Volume 33Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.13The Little Drummer Boy3:22The TemptationsA Motown ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-10-05
Motown012 153 354-2
1.13The Little Drummer Boy3:22The TemptationsA Motown ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • CA1999-10-05
Motown012 153 354-2
1.10The Little Drummer Boy3:23The TemptationsThe Temptations Christmas CardThe TemptationsAlbum
Motown3746352512
1.3The Little Drummer Boy3:25The TemptationsThe Best of ChristmasThe TemptationsAlbum + Compilation
Motown440 014 594-2
1.3The Little Drummer Boy3:25The TemptationsThe Very Best of ChristmasThe TemptationsAlbum + Compilation
1.5The Little Drummer Boy3:26The Temptations20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection: The Best of Motown Christmas, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-09-13
MotownB0005034-02
2.9The Little Drummer Boy3:21The TemptationsMotown ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
983 395-0
2.5The Little Drummer Boy3:20The TemptationsThe Ultimate Motown Christmas CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2009-10-13
MotownB0013383-02
1.10The Little Drummer Boy (Davis, Onorati, Simeone)3:26The TemptationsMerry ChristmasThe TemptationsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2009
1.8The Little Drummer Boy?:??The TemptationsMotown ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Madacy EntertainmentTCE2 54423
1.24The Little Drummer Boy3:22The TemptationsThe Christmas Dinner AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2010-09-06
Universal UMC, Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)0600753300503, SPEC2048
1.4Little Drummer Boy3:25The TemptationsSleigh Ride Side by SideVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2010-11-01
Starbucks Entertainment, EMI Music Special Markets509999-06684-2-5, NSPENT10PKG-00371
1.13The Little Drummer Boy3:22The TemptationsA Motown ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2018-08-10
Motown
1.4Little Drummer Boy3:26The Temptations1960s ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.10The Little Drummer Boy3:25The TemptationsA Motown Christmas CarolVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.8The Little Drummer Boy3:25The TemptationsMotown ChristmasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music Special Markets, Madacy EntertainmentB0013311-02, TCE2 54423
1.11Little Drummer Boy3:26The TemptationsStarbucks Hi-Fidelity HolidayVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.10The Little Drummer Boy3:26The TemptationsThe Temptations' Christmas CardThe TemptationsAlbum

Relationships

producer:Clay McMurray (producer, songwriter, engineer)
Barrett Strong
recording of:Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”) (cover)

Related works

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 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
lyrics quoted in:Drummer Boy