Bing Crosby and David Bowie - “Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth”
The original plan had been for Bowie and Crosby to sing just “Little Drummer Boy.” But “David came in and said: ‘I hate this song. Is there something else I could sing?’” [song co-writer Ian] Fraser said. “We didn’t know quite what to do.”
Fraser, [Buz] Kohan and [Larry] Grossman left the set and found a piano in the studios’ basement. In about 75 minutes, they wrote “Peace on Earth,” an original tune, and worked out an arrangement that weaved together the two songs. Bowie and Crosby nailed the performance with less than an hour of rehearsal.
