Gloria Shayne Baker

Gloria Shayne Baker (born Gloria Adele Shain; 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.

Early life Baker was born to a Jewish family in Brookline, Massachusetts, on September 4, 1923, 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. Baker began her music career as part of a singing trio, The Shain Sisters, alongside her older sisters, Esther and Thelma. Baker also arranged music for composers such as Stephen Sondheim and Irving Berlin.