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Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town is a 1970 American stop-motion Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions in New York, New York. The film is narrated by Fred Astaire and stars the voices of Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Robie Lester, Joan Gardner, and Paul Frees, as well as an assistant song performance by the Westminster Children's Choir.
A still of Kris Kringle with children from the film 'Santa Claus is Comin' to Town', 1970 Credit - ABC Photo Archives. M arching through somber streets, men in uniform confiscate items, entering ...
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town This classic movie is in stop-motion, making it one creative way to spread Christmas cheer. You'll learn a lot about the history of Santa and his pals in this one!
Richard Carpenter took these tracks and recorded new material of instrumental and choral music to make it into a full length album. [2] The album includes the slower version of "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town", a different version of which was previously released on Christmas Portrait.
Robie Lester (March 23, 1925 – June 14, 2005) was an American voice artist, actress, and singer, best known as the voice of "Miss Jessica" in the Rankin/Bass animated special Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, the singing voice of Eva Gabor in Disney's The Aristocats and The Rescuers, and the original "Disneyland Story Reader" for Walt Disney Records read-alongs.
'Santa Claus is Comin' to Town' (1970) Rankin/Bass clearly dominate Christmas, and this movie is proof. Fred Astaire narrates this story with Mickey Rooney as Kris Kringle (aka Santa).
The arrangement of Bruce Springsteen's version of "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" is based in part on the Crystals' version of the song, and U2's late-1980s remake of "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" that appeared on the first A Very Special Christmas album is patterned after the Darlene Love original that appeared on the Spector LP. The ...
We're ready for Old Saint Nick's arrival with the greatest Santa Claus jokes.