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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.
“They wanted one more song, and Randy said, ‘OK, I’ve got one,’ ” said Sparks, now a resident of Virginia City, Nevada. “They didn’t know what to think.”
Randy Brooks wrote a Christmas novelty song and it was originally recorded by the duo Elmo Shropshire and his then-wife Patsy in 1979, called "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer". It tells the tragic-comic story of a family grandmother (loosely based on Brooks's uncle Foster Brooks) who meets her end on Christmas Eve. After having drunk too ...
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.
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] The title and story are based on the 1979 novelty song of the same name. [3]
Loretta Lynn's legacy lives on. The country music icon's granddaughter, Emmy Russell, made a stunning debut on American Idol's season 22 premiere on Sunday. The soft-spoken 24-year-old performed a ...
Also that year, a compilation titled For Diehards Only was released, featuring a selection of songs from the group's first four albums. Da Yoopers' 1993 album One Can Short of a Six-Pack featured both regular and Christmas songs, including a parody of "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" titled "Grandpa Got Run Over By a Beer Truck". Potila ...