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The best-known Christmas song from Texas has it all: elves, eggnog, Santa and a runaway sleigh and reindeer that flattened poor Grandma.. In December 1977, young Dallas folk singer Randy Brooks ...
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 .
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer is a 2000 animated Christmas television special directed by Phil Roman. The special was first released on home video on October 31, 2000, [1] and then aired on The WB network on December 21, 2001. [2] The title and story are based on the 1979 novelty song of the same name. [3]
Shropshire, who typically performs under the name "Dr. Elmo", is best known for his Christmas novelty song "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer". He originally recorded the song in 1979 with his then-wife Patsy, then re-recorded it solo for the 1992 album Dr. Elmo's Twisted Christmas and again in 2000 for the album Up Your Chimney.
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 ...
The quintessential Christmas crush song, Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" finally hit No. 1 in 2019—25 years after its initial release! 2. Nat King Cole, "The Christmas Song"
The song was written by Randy Brooks and recorded by Elmo and Patsy in 1979. It was re-recorded by the Irish Rovers in 1983, per their website and per The Irish Rovers Wikipedia page. SOUND RECORDING REGISTRATION: 1979-11-15 Title: Grandma got run over by a reindeer / Randy Brooks ;[performed by] Elmo 'n' Patsy.
This list of best-selling Christmas singles in the United States includes artists from around the world, but only reflects sales in the United States.According to the Guinness Book of World Records, "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby is not only the best-selling Christmas single in the United States, but also the best-selling single of all time since the advent of recorded music, with estimated ...