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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.
The title track has become the official theme song of College Gameday, albeit with different lyrics that talk about specific college football teams. Cowboy Troy appears in the revamped version and the corresponding video. [5] The track "I Pray for You" was one of the first songs which Big Kenny and John Rich wrote together.
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 ...
"Comin' to Your City" is a song written and recorded by American country music duo Big & Rich. It was released in September 2005 as the lead single and title track from the album of the same name. The song reached number 21 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and number 72 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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.
"Winter Wonderland" (Words and music by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith) "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Words and music by Johnny Marks) "The Christmas Song" (Words and music by Mel Tormé and Robert Wells) "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (Words and music by Haven Gillespie and J. Fred Coots) "White Christmas" (Words and music by Irving ...
The platinum-selling and Grammy-winning Little Big Town was up this week, and during one round the fans had to try and guess the name of a Little Big Town song based on a very short snippet being ...
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."