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Bing Crosby - Do You Hear What I Hear? - 1963
" Do You Hear What I Hear? " is a song written in October 1962, with lyrics by Noël Regney and music by Gloria Shayne . The pair, married at the time, wrote it as a plea for peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis . Regney had been invited by a record producer to write a Christmas song but he was hesitant due to the commercialism of Christmas. It has sold tens of millions of copies and has been covered by hundreds of artists.
"Do You Hear What I Hear?" was released shortly after Thanksgiving in 1962. The song was originally recorded for Mercury Records by the Harry Simeone Chorale , a group that had also popularized " The Little Drummer Boy ," and released as part of the album The Wonderful Songs of Christmas with the Harry Simeone Chorale . As a 45 rpm single, it went on to sell more than a quarter-million copies during the 1962 Christmas holiday season.
Bing Crosby made the song a hit when he recorded his own version of it on October 21, 1963, with the record being released as a single on October 26. Crosby also performed the song on a Bob Hope Christmas television special on December 13 of that year. Over the years, Crosby's recording of the song has been widely played on the radio and has been available on numerous compilation Christmas albums and compact discs put out by Capitol Records . - source
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" Do You Hear What I Hear? " is a song written in October 1962, with lyrics by Noël Regney and music by Gloria Shayne . The pair, married at the time, wrote it as a plea for peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis . Regney had been invited by a record producer to write a Christmas song but he was hesitant due to the commercialism of Christmas. It has sold tens of millions of copies and has been covered by hundreds of artists.
"Do You Hear What I Hear?" was released shortly after Thanksgiving in 1962. The song was originally recorded for Mercury Records by the Harry Simeone Chorale , a group that had also popularized " The Little Drummer Boy ," and released as part of the album The Wonderful Songs of Christmas with the Harry Simeone Chorale . As a 45 rpm single, it went on to sell more than a quarter-million copies during the 1962 Christmas holiday season.
Bing Crosby made the song a hit when he recorded his own version of it on October 21, 1963, with the record being released as a single on October 26. Crosby also performed the song on a Bob Hope Christmas television special on December 13 of that year. Over the years, Crosby's recording of the song has been widely played on the radio and has been available on numerous compilation Christmas albums and compact discs put out by Capitol Records . - source
#music #charttoppers #tangled #Christmas
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