“We had decided that we wanted them to do a duet of a ‘Little Drummer Boy,’ and when we told Bowie about the number, he said, ‘I won’t sing that song.' We said, ‘Why?’ and he said, ‘I hate that song,' ...

For Bowie to agree, the writers of the Merrie Olde Christmas special had to make tweaks to the song “We had decided that we wanted them to do a duet of a ‘Little Drummer Boy,’ and when we told Bowie ...

Bowie and Crosby sang together in 1977's 'Merrie Olde Christmas' special Screen Archives/Getty David Bowie almost walked away from his famous and unlikely duet with Bing Crosby The rock singer agreed ...

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