Bing Crosby and David Bowie: Little Drummer Boy

It's been posted here in years past...........but does it ever get old this time of year?

Excellent - great singing. Hilarious at first, then they pull out the stops with a great vocal arrangement - never heard the Bowie part before.

never heard the Bowie part before.
That's because Bowie wrote it expressly for this performance. He only agreed to do it if he could ad lib his part. Yeah, I think it's pure genius...........best version of this tune I have ever heard. What could be better than two popular music legends coming from completely different genres?

Bowie was adlib? wow. I thought it was composed. Bing was clearly diggin it. I forwarded that link to family and friends.

Bowie was adlib?
OK, maybe I don't know the true meaning of ad lib. I didn't mean it was a spontaneous performance. I'm sure Bowie wrote his part beforehand and had rehearsed it quite a bit with Bing. The polish shows.

Got it, meaning he did his own stuff. Real good - did he say "agents coming down the chimney" to Bing? lol, that's what I heard. Bowie was a strange one.
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