It was the most unlikely of pairings, and yet it turned into one of the best duets and Christmas duos of all time.
On this day in 1977, the crooner opened the door on his last televised Christmas special, Bing Crosby’s Merrie Olde Christmas, and welcomed David Bowie inside.
Together the pair sang the holiday chestnuts “Peace on Earth” and “Little Drummer Boy” together and melted hearts everywhere.
Crosby, the 74-year-old star of stage and screen dressed like a doting grandpa in a baby blue cardigan covering a casual dress shirt paired nicely with Bowie who wore a blue sportcoat and a dress shirt of his own.
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