Hallo,
inspiriert durch Hardys Beitrag* über den Harry Simeone Chorale, hier ein paar Infos zur Geschichte dieses Ohrwurms. Der folgende Text ist auf englisch, geschrieben von Dawn Halloran Charouhas, der Tochter von Jack Halloran (The Jack Halloran Singers). Das Original von "The Little Drummer Boy" erschien auf Schallplatte erstmals 1957 unter dem Titel "Carol of the drum" auf einer DOT-LP.
With great interest, I read your recent column about The Little Drummer Boy. And although your answer to the matter of the Harry Simeone Choral and the Johnny Cash recordings is correct, Harry Simeone did not release the first recording of the song. What's more, Harry Simeone did not even co-write it, as is commonly thought. His writing credit comes about through the magic of publication, not composition. My father, Jack Halloran, did the original choral arrangement and recorded it for Dot Records in 1957 (one year before Simeone), with the title “Carol of the Drum.” This is its original name, as a Czech carol — simplistically arranged for church choirs by Katherine K. Davis — as found on the 1957 “Christmas is a-Comin'” album by the Jack Halloran Singers. One of the producers on the project was Henry Onorati, who took the chart from the original recording session to Harry Simeone, urging him to record it and get it out before the Dot release. Simeone made a minimal number of changes to the chart, added finger cymbals (my father's version is a cappella), changed the title, hired all the same singers, and recorded it. Dot unfortunately didn't put the single out for the 1957 Christmas season, and Simeone succeeded in getting composing credit (along with Henry Onorati and Katherine K. Davis) for a piece he had nothing to do with. My father's album was repackaged in 1959, with the title changed to “The Little Drummer Boy,” but by then it was too late. Credit for “The Little Drummer Boy” will always remain with Harry Simeone.
Dawn Halloran Charouhas.
Gruß Ralf
* Hardis Beitrag findet man hier: viewtopic.php?t=6040&sid=a6dae…fc18f9f6b8
inspiriert durch Hardys Beitrag* über den Harry Simeone Chorale, hier ein paar Infos zur Geschichte dieses Ohrwurms. Der folgende Text ist auf englisch, geschrieben von Dawn Halloran Charouhas, der Tochter von Jack Halloran (The Jack Halloran Singers). Das Original von "The Little Drummer Boy" erschien auf Schallplatte erstmals 1957 unter dem Titel "Carol of the drum" auf einer DOT-LP.
With great interest, I read your recent column about The Little Drummer Boy. And although your answer to the matter of the Harry Simeone Choral and the Johnny Cash recordings is correct, Harry Simeone did not release the first recording of the song. What's more, Harry Simeone did not even co-write it, as is commonly thought. His writing credit comes about through the magic of publication, not composition. My father, Jack Halloran, did the original choral arrangement and recorded it for Dot Records in 1957 (one year before Simeone), with the title “Carol of the Drum.” This is its original name, as a Czech carol — simplistically arranged for church choirs by Katherine K. Davis — as found on the 1957 “Christmas is a-Comin'” album by the Jack Halloran Singers. One of the producers on the project was Henry Onorati, who took the chart from the original recording session to Harry Simeone, urging him to record it and get it out before the Dot release. Simeone made a minimal number of changes to the chart, added finger cymbals (my father's version is a cappella), changed the title, hired all the same singers, and recorded it. Dot unfortunately didn't put the single out for the 1957 Christmas season, and Simeone succeeded in getting composing credit (along with Henry Onorati and Katherine K. Davis) for a piece he had nothing to do with. My father's album was repackaged in 1959, with the title changed to “The Little Drummer Boy,” but by then it was too late. Credit for “The Little Drummer Boy” will always remain with Harry Simeone.
Dawn Halloran Charouhas.
Gruß Ralf
* Hardis Beitrag findet man hier: viewtopic.php?t=6040&sid=a6dae…fc18f9f6b8
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