• "Mary's Boy Child", also known as "Mary's Little Boy Child", is a 1956 Christmas song written by Jester Hairston. It is widely performed as a Christmas...
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  • "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" is a 1978 Christmas single by Boney M., a cover of Harry Belafonte's 1956 hit "Mary's Boy Child", put in medley with the...
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  • million-selling 1978 Christmas number one "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" and it yielded two further single releases, "Little Drummer Boy" in 1981, which became a Top...
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    "Sunny", "Rasputin", "Rivers of Babylon/Brown Girl in the Ring", "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" and "Gotta Go Home". German singer-songwriter Frank Farian...
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    2023 and 2024, making it the first consecutive Christmas number one. "Mary's Boy Child" is the only song to be Christmas number one for two artists – Harry...
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  • where the Megamix was backed with a remix of their 1978 chart-topper "Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord". 7" single / Hansa Records 111 973-100, 1988 "Megamix"...
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    Mitchell (Boney M.) viert haar 68e verjaardag - Hitzound". 12 July 2020. "Mary's Boy Child: Boney M brought my dad fame and tragedy". Mirror.co.uk. 23 December...
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    Nativity include "I Wonder as I Wander" (1933), "Mary's Boy Child" (1956), "Carol of the Drum" ("Little Drummer Boy") (1941), and "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (1962)...
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  • St Kitts issued a complementary sheet with the slightly older song "Mary's Boy Child". The long-running BBC programme Songs of Praise invited viewers to...
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    court case ran for more than 20 years in Germany. "Rivers of Babylon"/"Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" is a 1988 remix single that was issued to launch the...
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    "You're the One That I Want" – John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John "Mary's Boy Child" – Boney M. "Summer Nights" – John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John...
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    She sang the a capella intros of Boney M.'s 1978 Christmas hit, "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord", and "Ribbons of Blue", was lead singer of "No Time to...
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  • for the Christmas release and furthermore added "Little Drummer Boy" and "Mary's Boy Child" from the first Christmas Album and replaced "Exodus" with "Children...
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  • (originally by Harry Belafonte), "Jamaica Farewell", "Hot Hot Hot", "Mary's Boy Child" and "Big Bamboo". In addition to their characteristic sound, they...
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  • Field and a 1964 hit for the Impressions, and the Christmas song "Mary's Boy Child." Hairston was born in Belews Creek, a rural community on the border...
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  • to the 1958 release. Side 2: "Mary's Boy Child" - 4:20 "Silent Night" - 3:35 "Christmas Is Coming" - 2:56 "Mary, Mary" - 3:34 "Jehova the Lord Will Provide"...
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  • Billy Gilman) "O Come, All Ye Faithful" "Little Drummer Boy" "The First Noel" "Mary's Boy Child" "Ding Dong Merrily on High" "Winter Wonderland" "The Christmas...
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  • "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" (Remix '92) (Hairston, Lorin, Farian, Jay) - 3:58 (Arista 74321 12512 7) 12" "Megamix" (Long Version) - 6:12 / "Mary's...
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  • their biggest hits up until that point, including non-album singles "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" and "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday", album tracks...
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    including "Daddy Cool", "Rivers of Babylon", "Rasputin" and a remake of "Mary's Boy Child". As later with Milli Vanilli, Farrell did not actually sing; in performances...
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    Father Abraham & The Smurfs made up the top five. Singles by Boney M. ("Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord"), Bee Gees, The Boomtown Rats, ABBA and Brian and Michael...
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  • "Rock Around the Clock", Paul Anka's "Diana" and Harry Belafonte's "Mary's Boy Child" – all sold over one million copies. The following artists achieved...
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  • auditorium, where Marley, Tina and Unique perform "Mary's Boy Child" for the role of Virgin Mary, and Marley notices Kitty's strange reaction to their...
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    Song)", "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)", "Jamaica Farewell", and "Mary's Boy Child". He recorded and performed in many genres, including blues, folk,...
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    UK charting top 10 single in 1979. The 1978 Christmas number-one, "Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord" by Boney M., remained at number-one for the first two...
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    pop icon celebrates the 40th anniversary of Boney M's chart topping Mary's Boy Child". Kilburn Times. "Boney M (Feat. Liz Mitchell)". NMPLive. Retrieved...
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  • tracks 18 and 19. "Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord" (Jester Hairston, Lorin, Frank Farian, Fred Jay) – 5:09 1981 edit "When a Child Is Born" (Fred Jay,...
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  • with "The Model" in 1982 and Boney M with "Rivers Of Babylon" and "Mary's Boy Child" in 1978. 7" vinyl single 12" vinyl single French singer Séverine recorded...
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  • 1953 – February 1957), previously known as the "Boy in the Box", "Boy in a Box" or "America's Unknown Child", was an American 4-year-old male whose nude...
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  • Pinky Valdez) "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (Gloria Shayne, Noël Regney) "Mary's Boy Child" (Jester Hairston) "Christmas in Our Hearts" (with Liza Chan) (Chan...
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