Wednesday, January 05, 2022

Carol of the Little Drummer Boy--another restored link

 


I discovered yet another 2020 (actually, early 2021) Xmas post that Workupload somehow lost.  I've restored the link for my "Carol of the Little Drummer Boy" entry, which you can read here.  I tell the rather disgusting story of how Katherine K. Davis was successfully ripped off when her 1941 Carol of the Drum was suddenly reborn (minus her permission) as The Little Drummer Boy in 1958.  She managed to regain partial credit for her own work, but partial credit only.  Ah, the music publishing biz.

The post features four versions of Carol of the Drum which predate the famous 1958 Harry Simeone hit, plus a fake-hit version on SPC in both a mono and (true) stereo edition.  We can assume the fake-hit SPC version (which is surprisingly excellent) is contemporaneous with Simeone's recording.



Lee


No comments: