David Bowie almost walked away from his famous and unlikely Christmas duet with Bing Crosby. The rock singer agreed to the ...
But the story doesn't end there. "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" arrived as a single five years later, in November 1982, and became a massive U.K. chart hit, landing at No. 3 in early 1983. It was ...
In 1977, a young David Bowie teamed up with legendary crooner Bing Crosby, 74, for one of the most iconic Christmas duets of ...
David Bowie nearly passed on his iconic Christmas duet with the legendary Bing Crosby because he hated the song choice.
Everyone remembers his duet during Bing Crosby's 1977 Christmas special, but David Bowie's performance of "Heroes" is a ...
The two singers from entirely different worlds sang a mash-up of “Little Drummer Boy”, sung by Crosby, and “Peace on Earth”, sung by Bowie. The latter counterpart was added after Bowie said he ...
Bing Crosby’s son lost his father when he was 19 years old, but he still hears his voice every year at any Christmas party he attends. The crooner, who remains a holiday staple with songs like "White ...
Crosby died in 1977 of a sudden heart attack at a golf course in Spain. Just a month prior, he had his final televised ...
As oddball collaborations go, it takes some beating: veteran crooner with a penchant for cardigans and golf throws his lot in with one of the edgiest and most innovative artists of the age. Neither ...
Our quest to discover rock’s best Christmas song has reached the final four. Only Elvis Presley, David Bowie (with Bing ...
My facts of life in the late 1970s — a self-absorbed teenager and the youngest member of my divorced family — erected barriers that sometimes stymied my boyish notions of happy living. One of the ...