Sometimes Christmas magic comes to us in weird ways. In 1977 David Bowie was trying to "normalize" his career and only appeared on the holiday TV special because his mother liked Bing Crosby. The writer of the Peace on Earth half of the song Ian Fraser said it was never clear if Crosby knew who Bowie was either. "If Bing didn't know him, his kids certainly did.".
The Piece on Earth part was written for the performance because David Bowie hated the Little Drummer Boy and requested to sing something else. Even though Crosby was oblivious to what was going on and Bowie was ignorant to how big of a pain in the butt he was being this performance resulted in a duet that became an instant classic. Sadly Bing Crosby died five weeks after the recording of the Christmas special which aired in the states on November 30, 1977.
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