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"Mary's Boy Child", also known as "Mary's Little Boy Child" or "Mary's Little Boy Chile", is a 1956 #ChristmasSong written by #JesterHairston. It is widely performed as a #ChristmasCarol. The song is most associated with #HarryBelafonte who released it as a single in December 1956, and on his album the following year, #AnEveningWithBelafonte. The song has been recorded twice by #AndyWilliams; once on his 1965 album #MerryChristmas.
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"Mary's Boy Child", also known as "Mary's Little Boy Child" or "Mary's Little Boy Chile", is a 1956 #ChristmasSong written by #JesterHairston. It is widely performed as a #ChristmasCarol. The song is most associated with #HarryBelafonte who released it as a single in December 1956, and on his album the following year, #AnEveningWithBelafonte. The song has been recorded twice by #AndyWilliams; once on his 1965 album #MerryChristmas.
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"Mary's Boy Child", also known as "Mary's Little Boy Child" or "Mary's Little Boy Chile", is a 1956 #ChristmasSong written by #JesterHairston. It is widely performed as a #ChristmasCarol. The song is most associated with #HarryBelafonte who released it as a single in December 1956, and on his album the following year, #AnEveningWithBelafonte. The song has been recorded twice by #AndyWilliams; once on his 1965 album #MerryChristmas.
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"Mary's Boy Child", also known as "Mary's Little Boy Child" or "Mary's Little Boy Chile", is a 1956 #ChristmasSong written by #JesterHairston. It is widely performed as a #ChristmasCarol. The song is most associated with #HarryBelafonte who released it as a single in December 1956, and on his album the following year, #AnEveningWithBelafonte. The song has been recorded twice by #AndyWilliams; once on his 1965 album #MerryChristmas.
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Jester Hairston (1901–2000) was #BornOnThisDay.
Choral director of classic films from the 1930s-50s. Songwriter (“Amen” from LILLIES OF THE FIELD and “Mary’s Boy Child”). Actor on radio, film and TV.
“A very special person” his AMEN and THAT'S MY MAMA co-star Clifton Davis told me in a 2019 interview.