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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.
"Do You Hear What I Hear?" is a song written in October 1962, with lyrics by Noël Regney and music by Gloria Shayne. [1] The pair, married at the time, wrote it as a plea for peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis. [2] Regney had been invited by a record producer to write a Christmas song, but he was hesitant due to the commercialism of ...
There was a medley of some of Crosby's Christmas pop hits with Clooney consisting of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Here Comes Santa Claus" and a rendition of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" by the entire cast. Ferrer added a reading of "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" - the 1897 New York Sun editorial.
You can hear it all in their delightfully strange holiday song, "Space Christmas." The song, released in 1991, asks Santa to please bring a space ship while riding a "bison sleigh."
The song has become a standard recorded by many artists. IT was first a hit for Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra on September 18, 1951, released on RCA Victor as 47-4314 (45 rpm) and 20-4314 (78 rpm). Bing Crosby recorded a version on October 1, 1951, which was also popular.
The 1935 version of "Silent Night" was not released due to Crosby's feelings that a popular entertainer should not profit on such a religion-based song; [2] however, once the proceeds were arranged to be donated to charity, a second recording of the song was released as a single in 1935 and was later packaged as part of a 1940 album.
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town—With the 50 Best Santa Jokes! Kelsey Pelzer. December 24, 2023 at 12:41 PM. ... How do Santa’s clothes stay so clean? He washes them with (Yule)Tide. 8.
On October 1, 1943, Crosby recorded the song under the title "I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams)", with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra for Decca Records; [3] it was released as a 78 rpm single, Decca 18570A, Matrix #L3203, and reissued in 1946 as Decca 23779. Within a month of release, the song charted for 11 weeks, with a peak ...