Thursday, 21. December 2006

David Bowie and Bing Crosby Christmas Duet


One of the most successful duets in Christmas music history — and surely the weirdest — might never have happened if it weren't for some last-minute musical surgery. David Bowie thought "The Little Drummer Boy" was all wrong for him. So when the producers of Bing Crosby's Christmas TV special asked Bowie to sing it in 1977, he refused.

Bing and Bowie: An Odd Story of Holiday Harmony [washingtonpost]

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