who wrote the little drummer boy
Modern-day Little Drummer Boy reenactment actor, from the show Data-Driven Drumming.. . 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 Kennicott Davis in 1941. It was recorded in 1955 by the Trapp Family Singers and further popularized by a 1958 recording by the Harry Simeone Chorale.