In 1977, a young David Bowie teamed up with legendary crooner Bing Crosby, 74, for one of the most iconic Christmas duets of ...

David Bowie nearly passed on his iconic Christmas duet with the legendary Bing Crosby because he hated the song choice.

The now-iconic duet between Bing Crosby and David Bowie almost didn’t happen. Filmed for Crosby’s 1977 holiday special, ...

“We had decided that we wanted them to do a duet of a ‘Little Drummer Boy,’ and when we told Bowie about the number, he said, ‘I won’t sing that song.' We said, ‘Why?’ and he said, ‘I hate that song,' ...

For Bowie to agree, the writers of the Merrie Olde Christmas special had to make tweaks to the song “We had decided that we wanted them to do a duet of a ‘Little Drummer Boy,’ and when we told Bowie ...