Harry Moses Simeone Newark New Jersey May 9 1911 - February 22 2005 New York City United States Was A Distinguished Arranger Conductor And Composer Best Known For Arranging The Classic Christmas Song The Little Drummer Boy For Which He Received Co-Writing Credit. Sparked By His Childhood Passion For The Metropolitan Opera Simeone Sought A Career As A Concert Pianist And Eventually Attended The Juilliard School Of Music For Three Years Before Leaving To Take Work At CBS As An Arranger For Bandleader Fred Waring.
"The Little Drummer Boy" Originally Known As "Carol Of The Drum" Is A Popular Christmas Song Written By The American Classical Music Composer And Teacher Katherine K. Davis 1 In 1941. It Was Recorded In 1955 By The Trapp Family Singers 2 And Further Popularized By A 1958 Recording By The Harry Simeone Chorale. This Version Was Re-Released Successfully For Several Years And The Song Has Been Recorded Many Times Since. 1 Other Spelling Katherine Kennicott Davis 2 Other Spelling Trapp Family Singers Http //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Little_Drummer_Boy