answers: Harry Simeone Chorale
context: the entire song at the time they wrote it because of the emotions surrounding the Cuban Missile Crisis. "Our little song broke us up. You must realize there was a threat of nuclear war at the time." "Do You Hear What I Hear?" was released shortly after Thanksgiving in 1962. The song was originally recorded for Mercury Records by the Harry Simeone Chorale, a group which had also popularized "The Little Drummer Boy"; and it was released as part of the album ""The Wonderful Songs Of Christmas With The Harry Simeone Chorale"". As a 45 rpm single, it went on </s> when the Supremes' "Nothing but Heartaches" failed to make it to the Top Ten, missing it by just one position and breaking the string of number-one Supremes hits initiated with "Where Did Our Love Go." Motown chief Berry Gordy was displeased with the performance of "Nothing but Heartaches," and circulated a memo around the Motown offices that read as follows: Holland-Dozier-Holland therefore set about breaking their formula and trying something new. The result was "I Hear a Symphony," a song with a more complex musical structure than previous Supremes releases. "Symphony" was released as a single in place of another </s> James Bond film, and was originally titled "Run James Run". Wilson wrote and recorded an unrelated song with this same title for his 2015 album "No Pier Pressure", but was not released until 2017 for the compilation "". According to AFM sheets and Brad Elliot: Pet Sounds (instrumental) "Pet Sounds" is an instrumental composed and produced by Brian Wilson and is the 12th track on the 1966 album "Pet Sounds" by American rock band the Beach Boys. Originally called "Run James Run", Wilson intended it to be used as the theme of a James Bond film. It was then titled
question: who sang the original version of do you hear what i hear