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"Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" is a popular Christmas song originally performed by Gene Autry, with music composed by Autry, Oakley Haldeman and Harriet Melka. [3] Autry's original recording (in which he pronounces Santa Claus as "Santy Claus") was a top-10 hit on the pop and country charts; the song would go on to be ...
In 1970, Rankin-Bass produced Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, an hour-long animated TV film based on the song, with Fred Astaire narrating the origin of Santa Claus. The same year, the Jackson 5 included the song on their best-selling album Jackson 5 Christmas Album. The Jackson 5 version would chart 50 years later on the Billboard 100 at #33.
We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year is an album of Christmas songs played by an all-star collection of hard rock and heavy metal artists released on October 14, 2008. Each track puts together a unique supergroup playing a traditional Christmas selection.
Santa Baby; Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me) Santa Claus and His Old Lady; Santa Claus Is a Black Man; Santa Claus Is Back in Town; Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town; Santa Claus Is Definitely Here to Stay; Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy; Santa Tell Me; Santa U Are the One; Santa, Can't You Hear Me; Santa's a Fat Bitch; Santa's Beard; Santa's Coming ...
The track "Santa Claus Is Comin' (In a Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train)" is a Christmas-themed reworked version of the band's debut single "Baby Likes to Rock It" from their self-titled debut album. The album was rereleased in 2002 as Tractors Christmas .
John Frederick Coots (May 2, 1897 – April 8, 1985) was an American songwriter. [1] He composed over 700 popular songs and over a dozen Broadway shows.In 1934, Coots wrote the melody with his then chief collaborator, lyricist Haven Gillespie, for the biggest hit of either man's career, "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town."
The song reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and peaked at number 8 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [1] It is their only Top 40 Country hit to date. The song was rewritten as "Santa Claus Is Comin' (In a Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train)" on the 1995 album Have Yourself a Tractors Christmas.
The Kingston Trio recorded the song as "A Round About Christmas", on their album The Last Month of the Year released in 1960. [6] [16] [17] A calypso sounding version was featured on the 1979 album John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together [18] and a loose, jazzy piano-based arrangement was featured in the musical score of A Charlie Brown Christmas.