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Katherine K. Davis (1892–1980)
Composer ("Carol of the Drum" ["Little Drummer Boy"]), author and teacher, educated at Wellesley College and a student of Stuart Mason and Nadia Boulanger. She taught at Wellesley and in private schools in Philadelphia and Concord, and was a freelance editor and arranger from 1910. She joined ASCAP in 1941.
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Born:in St. Joseph, Missouri, USADied:(age 87) in Littleton, Massachusetts, USA |
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Soundtrack (94 credits)
Soundtrack (94 credits)
2017
The 25 Songs of Christmas
(TV Movie) (lyrics: "Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy (1977/1941)" - as KK Davis) / (music: "Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy (1977/1941)" - as KK Davis)
2017
The Vietnam War
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- The River Styx (January 1964-December 1965)
(2017)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy")
2016
The Angry Video Game Nerd
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Sega Activator Interactor Menacer
(2016)
... (music: "Little Drummer Boy" - uncredited)
2016
This Is Us
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Last Christmas
(2016)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy" - uncredited)
2016
Come Together: A Fashion Picture in Motion
(Short) (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy" - uncredited)
2013-2015
Mike and Mike in the Morning
(TV Series) (writer - 5 episodes)
- Episode dated 23 December 2015
(2015)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy")
- Episode dated 22 December 2015
(2015)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy" - uncredited)
- Episode dated 17 December 2014
(2014)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy")
- Episode dated 20 December 2013
(2013)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy")
- Episode dated 19 December 2013
(2013)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy")
2015
Dolezal Backstage
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Das Weihnachts-Special
(2015)
... (writer: "Little Drummer Boy")
2015
Sounds of the 80s
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- 2015 Christmas Special with Kim Wilde
(2015)
... (writer: "Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy")
2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Chris Hemsworth/Jim Gaffigan/Jamie Lawson
(2015)
... (music: "The Little Drummer Boy" - uncredited)
2015
Arrow
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Dark Waters
(2015)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy" - uncredited)
2013
Home & Family
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode #2.59
(2013)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy")
- Holiday Special
(2013)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy")
2003-2013
Saturday Night Live
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Jimmy Fallon/Justin Timberlake
(2013)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy" - uncredited)
- Elijah Wood/Jet
(2003)
... (writer: "Little Drummer Boy")
2013
Eastbound & Down
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Chapter 28
(2013)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy" - uncredited)
2012
Two and a Half Men
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Give Santa a Tail-Hole
(2012)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy" - as Katherine Kennicott Davis, uncredited)
2012
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #21.55
(2012)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy" - uncredited)
2011
No me la puc treure del cap
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Nadal
(2011)
... (writer: "Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth", "El tamborilero")
2011
Britain's Favourite Christmas Songs
(TV Movie documentary) (writer: "Peace on Earth - Little Drummer Boy")
2011
American Horror Story
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Afterbirth
(2011)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy" by nm1871957)
2011
VeggieTales: The Little Drummer Boy
(Video) (writer: "Little Drummer Boy" - as Katherine K. Davis)
2010
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.194
(2010)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth" - uncredited)
2010
La tarde, aquí y ahora
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 10 December 2010
(2010)
... (writer: "El Tamborilero")
2010
Fireplace for your Home: Christmas Music
(writer: "Little Drummer Boy" - as Katherine Kennicott Davis, uncredited)
2009
The Jay Leno Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.71
(2009)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy" - uncredited)
2009
SuperNews!
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Christmas Bailout
(2009)
... (writer: "Little Drummer Boy")
2009
Grey's Anatomy
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Holidaze
(2009)
... (writer: "Little Drummer Boy" - uncredited)
2008
Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey - Essential Collection
(Video) (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy")
2008
House M.D.
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- It's a Wonderful Lie
(2008)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy")
2007
Ugly Betty
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Giving up the Ghost
(2007)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy" - as Katherine Kennicott Davis, uncredited)
2005-2006
The Office
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- A Benihana Christmas
(2006)
... (writer: "Little Drummer Boy")
- Pilot
(2005)
... (writer: "Little Drummer Boy")
2001-2006
The Sopranos
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Kaisha
(2006)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy" - uncredited)
- To Save Us All from Satan's Power
(2001)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy (Carol of the Drum)")
2006
See No Evil: The Moors Murders
(TV Mini-Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.2
(2006)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy" - uncredited)
2005
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jon Lovitz
(TV Special) (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy" - uncredited)
2004
Veronica Mars
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- An Echolls Family Christmas
(2004)
... (writer: "Little Drummer Boy" - uncredited)
2001-2003
Cuéntame
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- El principio del fin
(2003)
... (writer: "El tamborilero")
- Una Nochebuena..., con Esperanza
(2001)
... (writer: "El tamborilero")
2003
Malcolm in the Middle
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Christmas Trees
(2003)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy")
2003
Interaktiv
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- TV Allstars X-Mas Special
(2003)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy")
2002
Will & Grace
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- All About Christmas Eve
(2002)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy" - uncredited)
2000
Kun joulu on - Arja Korisevan joulukonsertti
(TV Movie) (writer: "Pieni rumpali" (Little Drummer Boy))
2000
Dream a Dream: Charlotte Church in the Holy Land
(Video documentary) (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy")
1999
The Three Tenors Christmas
(TV Special) (writer: "Carol of the Drum" (aka "The Little Drummer Boy") - as Katherine D. Davis)
1999
The West Wing
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- In Excelsis Deo
(1999)
... (writer: "Little Drummer Boy" - uncredited)
1998
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Christmas Amnesia
(1998)
... (writer: "Little Drummer Boy" - uncredited)
1997
Mystery Science Theater 3000
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies
(1997)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy")
- I Was a Teenage Werewolf
(1997)
... (writer: "Little Drummer Boy" - as Katherine K. Davis, uncredited)
1995
The Simpsons
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Marge Be Not Proud
(1995)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy" - uncredited)
1994
Home Improvement
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Some Like It Hot Rod
(1994)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy" - uncredited)
1993
Beavis and Butt-Head
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- A Very Special Christmas with Beavis and Butt-Head
(1993)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy")
1993
Animaniacs
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- A Christmas Plotz/Little Drummer Warners
(1993)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy" - uncredited)
1993
Tales of the City
(TV Mini-Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.6
(1993)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy" - as Katherine Kennicott Davis)
1992
Tiny Toon Adventures
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special
(1992)
... (music: "Little Drummer Boy" - uncredited)
1989
Midnight Caller
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Do You Believe in Miracles?
(1989)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy")
1981
WWF Club
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 18 December 1981
(1981)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy")
1979
WKRP in Cincinnati
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Jennifer's Home for Christmas
(1979)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy" - uncredited)
1977
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
(TV Special) (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth" - uncredited)
1970
The Johnny Cash Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Johnny Cash Christmas Show
(1970)
... (writer: "Little Drummer Boy")
1963
The Dick Van Dyke Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Alan Brady Show Presents
(1963)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy" - uncredited)
1957-1959
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Jay North
(1959)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy (Carol of the Drum)" - uncredited)
- Lee Aaker & Rin Tin Tin
(1957)
... (writer: "The Little Drummer Boy (Carol of the Drum)" - uncredited)
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