| "Mary's Boy Child" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 German single sleeve | ||||
| Single by Harry Belafonte | ||||
| from the album An Evening with Belafonte | ||||
| B-side | "Venezuela" | |||
| Released | December 1956 | |||
| Recorded | July 1956[1] | |||
| Studio | Grand Ballroom, Webster Hall, New York City | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 4:20 (album version; UK single version)[4][5] 2:53 (US single version)[5] | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jester Hairston | |||
| Harry Belafonte singles chronology | ||||
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"Mary's Boy Child", also known as "Mary's Little Boy Child", is a 1956 Christmas song written by Jester Hairston.[6] It is widely performed as a Christmas carol.
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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Belafonte Tracks - A Discography of Original Recordings - Albums 1949 - 1959". Belafontetracks.ca. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
Mary's Boy Child (4:20). RCA-LPM-1402 'An Evening With Belafonte', Matrix Nos: G2PP-9882 / 9883, [recorded in:] 1956 [as a] 33 rpm LP. (Note about 'LPM' (33 rpm Long-Play Monaural Record): RCA assigned this prefix to their early LPs which were all monaural (or single channel) recordings... up until 1962)
- ^ a b "Belafonte Tracks - A Discography of Original Recordings - Single-Play Recordings RCA Victor (1952-67)". Belafontetracks.ca. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
Mary's Boy Child, 2:53, released in 1956, RCA Catogue number: 47-6735, RCA Matrix Number: G2PW-4902. (Note: [An] alternate take of Mary's Boy Child [was] chosen for release on single because of the shorter duration. The corresponding LP track was concert length.)
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