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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.
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town is a 1970 American stop-motion Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions in 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.
The music video for "Santa's Coming for Us" was released on 22 November 2017 and stars Kristen Bell hosting a Christmas party. Guests include her real-life husband Dax Shepard as her husband, JB Smoove as Santa Claus, Susan Lucci and Henry Winkler as the grandparents, and Sophia Lillis, Wyatt Oleff, and Caleb McLaughlin as the children.
The song reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and peaked at number 8 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [1] It is their only Top 40 Country hit to date. The song was rewritten as "Santa Claus Is Comin' (In a Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train)" on the 1995 album Have Yourself a Tractors Christmas.
"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 "Mama's Song" (Medlocke, G. Rossington, Thomasson, J. Van Zant) – 3:52 "Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'" – 3:39 "Classical Christmas" (Medlocke, J. Van Zant) – 2:09
Andy Kellman of AllMusic credited Bieber "for the effort he put in" and for not "sleepwalking" through the Christmas album like "most artists," although he did feel that Bieber "definitely sounds more enthused by the original songs" while calling Bieber's "Drummer Boy" goofy but complimenting his version of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town."
In Singapore, "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" charted at number 4 on January 1, 1966 [5] before peaking at number 1 on January 15, 1966 — the same week it charted at number 2 in Malaysia. [6] In February 1966, "My Favorite Things" charted at number 10 in Singapore.
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie: 2:12: 10. "What a Merry Christmas This Could Be" Cochran, Harlan Howard: 3:05: Total length: 26 ...