Gloria Shayne Baker  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump
to: navigation, search  Gloria Shayne Baker (September 4, 1923 –
March 6, 2008) was an American composer and songwriter best
known for composing the "Do You Hear What I Hear?" Christmas
carol in 1962 with her then husband, Noël Regney.[1]  Early
life[edit]  Baker was born as Gloria Adele Shain in Brookline,
Massachusetts, on September 4, 1923. Born to a Jewish family,
daughter of Attorney Mark Shain and Professor Rose Wies Shain,
she grew up next door to Joseph and Rose Kennedy and their
children, including John F. Kennedy. She began her music career
as part of a singing trio, The Shain Sisters, alongside her
older sisters, Esther and Thelma.[1] She changed the spelling of
her last name from Shain to Shayne early on in her career for
professional reasons.[1] She earned her bachelor's degree from
the Boston University School of Music.[1] She moved to New York
City during the 1940s, where she worked as a pianist performing
on demos and in front of