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In 1970, Rankin-Bass produced Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, an hour-long animated TV film based on the song, with Fred Astaire narrating the origin of Santa Claus. The same year, the Jackson 5 included the song on their best-selling album Jackson 5 Christmas Album. The Jackson 5 version would chart 50 years later on the Billboard 100 at #33.
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.
"Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" is a popular Christmas song originally performed by Gene Autry, with music composed by Autry, Oakley Haldeman and Harriet Melka. [3] Autry's original recording (in which he pronounces Santa Claus as "Santy Claus") was a top-10 hit on the pop and country charts; the song would go on to be ...
Sugarcult, "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" One of the most criminally underrated bands of all time delivers an energized take on "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town." 114.
"Hooray for Santa Claus" Al Hirt: 1964 Peaked at #9 on Billboard's Christmas Chart 12/19/1964. Written by Milton DeLugg and Roy Alfred. From the 1964 science fiction film Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. [293] "How Lovely Is Christmas" Bing Crosby: 1957 With the Arthur Norman choir and orchestra. Written by Arnold Sundgaard and Alec Wilder. [189]
The song has been one of the most successful of all time, earning an estimated $25 million in royalties, according to the 2012 BBC documentary “Richest Songs in the World.” “Santa Claus Is ...
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.
A popular belief in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, holds that Willson wrote the song while staying in Yarmouth's Grand Hotel. [1] The song refers to a "tree in the Grand Hotel, one in the park as well..."; the park being Frost Park, directly across the road from the Grand Hotel, which still operates in a newer building on the same site as the old hotel. [2]