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Elmo Earl Shropshire [1] (born October 26, 1936) is an American veterinarian, competitive runner, and country music singer. Shropshire, who typically performs under the name "Dr. Elmo", is best known for his Christmas novelty song "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer".
The Ivy Three were an American pop vocal trio from Garden City, Long Island, New York. The group was formed by three undergraduates at Adelphi University in 1959. They signed to Shell Records ; their first single, "Yogi", was written by Shell founders Lou Stallman and Sid Jacobson along with member Charles Koppelman .
The promotional music video for Elmo & Patsy's "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" was released in the mid-1980s, and aired on MTV for at least 18 years. The video could also be seen on VH1 , CMT , TNN , GAC , and VH1 Classic during the holiday season, as well as on Spike 's official website and YouTube .
In 1983 he made the bold decision to sell his veterinary hospital and spend $30,000 of the proceeds on making a music video of the song. MTV started playing it, and the rest is history.
While it does include the "horrifyingly bad 'Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer'," it also includes "Charles Brown's 'Please Come Home for Christmas', maybe the best R&B Christmas song ever". [6] The album peaked at #15 on Billboard's Top Christmas Albums chart in 1991 and charted a total of 59 weeks.
A Very Special Christmas [25] Various Artists: 1987 12/12/1987 #1 3 7 7 2 Once Upon A Christmas [26] Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton: 1984 12/15/1984 2 5 11 3 Alabama Christmas: Alabama: 1985 12/21/1985 4 9 4 Kenny Rogers' Christmas Album: Kenny Rogers: 1981 12/17/1983 6 5 A Fresh Aire Christmas [27] Mannheim Steamroller: 1988 12/24/1988 4 6 Merry ...
Get your tissues out: Chevy’s new Christmas commercial is here, and it might make you weep. It will certainly teach you a bit about a therapy that may help patients with Alzheimer’s disease ...
Harry Simeone's album The Little Drummer Boy (LPs #1) [64] and Nat King Cole's album The Christmas Song (LPs #1) tie at second, both charting 35 weeks between 1963 and 1973. Crosby's Merry Christmas, Cole's The Christmas Song and Johnny Mathis' Merry Christmas (LPs #2) spent more than 25 weeks each in the top 10.