little drummer boy

Back in 1958, a little known group called The Harry Simeon Chorale had a surprise hit with a song called 'The Little Drummer Boy'. The song got up to #13 and reappeared on the charts every year thereafter until 1962. Since that time, the song has had a life of it's own. It's been rerecorded by many artists and, over the years, it's been adapted for TV, movies and the ballet. This weekend, you can

It was in September of 1977 that Bing Crosby began filming what would be his last Christmas special. Bing, whose recording of "White Christmas" was, and still is, the best selling record of all time, had become a sort of symbol of Christmas and his yearly Christmas TV specials were always a big favorite. As was the custom back then, stars like Bing Crosby or Andy Williams would always in