"Mary's Boy Child" | ||||
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![]() German single sleeve | ||||
Single by Harry Belafonte | ||||
from the album An Evening with Belafonte | ||||
B-side | "Venezuela" | |||
Released | December 1956 | |||
Recorded | July 1956[1] | |||
Studio | Grand Ballroom, Webster Hall, New York City | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 4:20 (album version; UK single version)[4][5] 2:53 (US single version)[5] | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jester Hairston | |||
Harry Belafonte singles chronology | ||||
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"Mary's Boy Child", also known as "Mary's Little Boy Child", is a 1956 Christmas song, written by Jester Hairston.[6] It is widely performed as a Christmas carol.
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Mary's Boy Child (4:20). RCA-LPM-1402 'An Evening With Belafonte', Matrix Nos: G2PP-9882 / 9883, [recorded in:] 1956 [as a] 33 rpm LP. (Note about 'LPM' (33 rpm Long-Play Monaural Record): RCA assigned this prefix to their early LPs which were all monaural (or single channel) recordings... up until 1962)
Mary's Boy Child, 2:53, released in 1956, RCA Catogue number: 47-6735, RCA Matrix Number: G2PW-4902. (Note: [An] alternate take of Mary's Boy Child [was] chosen for release on single because of the shorter duration. The corresponding LP track was concert length.)
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