Covers:

1956:

Harry Belafonte [as Mary's Boy Child; first single to sell over a million copies in UK]

1956:

Mahalia Jackson

1956:

Four Lads

1960:

Blue Diamonds [as Mary's Boy Child]

1962:

Springfields

1963:

Jim Reeves

1965:

Andy Williams

1965:

Jester Hairston

1970:

Rolf Harris

1977:

André Hazes [as Maria's Kind]

1978:

Boney M [n°1 UK as Mary's Boy Child]

1986:

Kiri Te Kanawa

1994:

Koen Crucke

1994:

Neil Diamond

2003:

Cliff Richard & Helmut Lotti [as Mary's Boy Child]

2005:

Aaron Neville [idem]

2005:

Harry Connick Jr.

2008:

Roger Whittaker [like Boney M in medley with Oh My Lord]