Little Boy and the Old Man

"Little Boy and the Old Man"
Song
Released 1953 (1953)
Songwriter(s) Wayne Shanklin

"Little Boy and the Old Man" is a song with words and music by Wayne Shanklin, first recorded by Frankie Laine and Jimmy Boyd in 1953[1][2].

In 1956, a new version of the song with French lyrics by René Rouzand, "L'Homme et L'Enfant," was used in the soundtrack for the French film of the same name[3]. The French lyrics were subsequently adapted into a third version of the song, "Little Child,"[4], which charted on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1956 for Cab Calloway and his daughter, as well as Eddie Albert and Sondra Lee[5].

References

  1. ↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. Copyright Office, Library of Congress. 1953. p. 470.
  2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxvgHDgg08w
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180711102914/https://musicagiono.wordpress.com/lhomme-et-lenfant-de-wayne-shanklin-1953
  4. ↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. Copyright Office, Library of Congress. 1957. p. 243.
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180728191553/https://top40weekly.com/1956-all-charts/
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