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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 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 ...
Cledus T. Judd in 1996 released a parody called "Grandpa Got Run Over by a John Deere" as a sequel to "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" and as well did a cover of the song in 2002. Stan Boreson sings a Norwegian-American version, "Lena Got Run Over by a Reindeer" on his Christmas album, Stan Boreson Fractures Christmas .
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 ]
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.
"A Holly Jolly Christmas (Single)" Burl Ives: 2:13: 8. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" Gene Autry: 3:12: 9. "Little Saint Nick" The Beach Boys: 2:00: 10. "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" Alvin and the Chipmunks: 2:20: 11. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" The Jackson 5: 2:22: 12. "Run Rudolph Run" Chuck Berry: 2:42: 13. "Grandma Got ...
And he thought, 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree.' And there it was." The song wasn't an immediate hit, but Lee went on to become the most successful female star of the 1960s, scoring two No. 1 ...
Another song that "There's No One Quite Like Grandma" prevented from reaching number one was "Stop the Cavalry" by Jona Lewie, which has since become a Christmas favourite in the UK that finished at number three on the Christmas chart. More recently, the song was used within the one-off Channel 4 comedy by Peter Kay called Britain's Got the Pop ...