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"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" is a Christmas song written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie, and first recorded by Harry Reser and His Orchestra. [1] When it was covered by Eddie Cantor on his radio show in November 1934 it became a hit; within 24 hours, 500,000 copies of sheet music and more than 30,000 records were sold.
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Coots was born in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York [A] When he was 17, he began to work with Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. in New York [8] In 1916, his first hit song published, "Mr. Ford You've Got the Right Idea," words by Ray Sherwood, music by Coots; A. J. Stasny Music Co., publisher OCLC 726927577 [8] In 1919, actor-producer Eddie Dowling gave Coots his first chance at writing a musical score for ...
"Christmas Time Again" (Rickey Medlocke, Dale Krantz Rossington, Gary Rossington, Hughie Thomasson, Johnny Van Zant) – 4:34 "Greensleeves" (Traditional) – 2:18 "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (credited on the album as being performed by Charlie Daniels) (Haven Gillespie) – 3:08 "Run Run Rudolph" (Marvin Brodie, Marks) – 3:32
The song talks about Hank Williams giving a concert on October 15, 1951 (known from the lyrics "I Love Lucy debuted on TV"). In the words of C. Eric Banister (Johnny Cash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Man in Black), Cash and Jennings sing "of the excitement that accompanied an appearance by Williams" and of "the memories they'll always have of him."
The song is commonly attributed to Robert Burns, like many Scottish songs which are actually traditional or of unknown origin. Burns did write a version with some different verses, which he published in the Scots Musical Museum, a collection of Scottish folk songs (and some new songs) published between 1787 and 1803. [4]
The song was used for the final sequence in the ninth episode of the first season of TNT's continuation of Dallas. The song was used in the opening sequence on season 10 episode 10 of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation "Better Off Dead". The song is used in the opening credits on Season 3 Episode 16 of Criminal Minds "Elephant's Memory".
[6] Record World called it "a moving Bob Dylan song" and that there is "joy, joy, joy in [the trio's] voices." [7] In 1972, Arlo Guthrie covered the song for the album Hobo's Lullaby, with an organ backing Guthrie. The Pogues covered it on their album Pogue Mahone, as an upbeat Irish-trad tune with Spider Stacey on vocals.