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"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" is a novelty Christmas song. Written by Randy Brooks, the song was originally performed by Elmo Shropshire in 1979 under the brand of Elmo and Patsy, the double act Shropshire had with his then-wife Patsy Trigg.
In 1979, Shropshire recorded "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" (written by his friend Randy Brooks). At the time, he was part of a double act with his then-wife Patsy Trigg; though he effectively recorded the song as a solo record without Trigg's help, they released the record credited as a duet, which he stated was "another story."
"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" by Elmo & Patsy Much to the chagrin of Christmas-celebrating grandmothers everywhere, when it comes to funny Christmas songs, this one is often at the top of ...
Randy Brooks first sang “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer” 40 years ago in Dallas at a now-gone Greenville Avenue steakhouse and lounge, the Railhead, seen in this commercial postcard.
In 1979 he recorded “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,” which was written by musician friend Randy Brooks. “I thought it would be funny, people could listen to it and they’d laugh once ...
Randy Brooks wrote a Christmas novelty song and it was originally recorded by the duo Elmo Shropshire and his then-wife Patsy in 1979, called "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer". It tells the tragic-comic story of a family grandmother (loosely based on Brooks's uncle Foster Brooks) who meets her end on Christmas Eve. After having drunk too ...
“Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” ... This tender ballad was originally recorded as a kind of joke by Elmo Shropshire and his then-wife Patsy Trigg in 1979 (a rough year for Christmas music ...
Elmo 'N Patsy's "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" spent the most weeks at top of the Christmas Hits singles chart during the 1980s with 4 consecutive weeks starting December 24, 1983. [100] It was also the only single that crossed over charting the Hot Country Singles chart at No. 92 in 1984.