<Tr> <Th> Composer (s) </Th> <Td> Gloria Shayne Baker </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Lyricist (s) </Th> <Td> Noël Regney </Td> </Tr> <P> "Do You Hear What I Hear?" is a song written in October 1962, with lyrics by Noël Regney and music by Gloria Shayne Baker . The pair, married at the time, wrote it as a plea for peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis . Regney had been invited by a record producer to write a Christmas song, but he was hesitant due to the commercialism of the Christmas holiday . It has sold tens of millions of copies and has been covered by hundreds of artists . </P> <P> Regney wrote the lyrics for the song, while Shayne composed the music in October 1962 . This was an unusual arrangement for the two writers . Usually it was Shayne who wrote the lyrics for their songs while Regney composed the music, as they did when they wrote a song based on the classic children's song "Rain Rain Go Away". </P>

When was the christmas song do you hear what i hear written