Sunday, March 20, 2022

Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town


We just learned about the Up on the Housetop.

Another famous Christmas song is Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town.

This song was wrirten by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie, in 1934.
Many different people have performed this song, but the first recording of it was 1934 by Harry Reser.
Over 200 different musicians have recorded this song, like Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, The Temptations, and Michael Buble.

There are a few lines only in the original song where the singer says he went to visit Santa's workshop and saw his plans.


(from: wikipedia - santa claus is comin' to town)


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