Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Thursday December 24, 2008
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Santa Claus Is Coming To Town


Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

(sometimes with Coming changed to Comin')

is a Christmas song.

It was written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie,

and was first sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934.

It became an instant hit with orders for 100,000 copies of sheet music the next day and over 400,000 copies sold by Christmas.




You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town

He's making a list,
Checking it twice;
Gonna find out who's naughty or nice.
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town

He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake

With little tin horns and little toy drums
Rooty toot toots and rummy tum tums
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town

He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake
Goodness sake

You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming
Santa Claus is coming
Santa Claus is coming to town

(Coming to town)
Santa's a busy man he has no time to play
He's got millions of stockings to fill on Christmas day
(Santa Claus is coming to town)
(Coming to town)
(Santa Claus is coming to town)
(Coming to town)


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To watch & listen to Bruce Springstein perform his version ..
please click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0PZwGYKxnI&feature=related


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Here’s a list of Artists who have recorded this classic.

· The Carpenters
· Bianca Ryan
· Destiny's Child
· All 4 One
· Alvin and the Chipmunks
· Vanessa Amorosi
· Gene Autry
· Patricia Barber
· The Beach Boys
· David Benoit
· Tony Bennett
· Michael Bolton
· Boston Pops Orchestra
· Dave Brubeck
· The California Raisins
· Manhattan Transfer
· Mariah Carey
· Gnarkill (Alternative cover)
· Ray Charles
· The Cheetah Girls
· Richard Clayderman
· Rosemary Clooney
· Nat King Cole
· Perry Como
· Ray Conniff Singers
· Bucky Covington
· Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters
· The Crystals
· Neil Diamond
· Tommy Dorsey
· Hilary Duff
· Bill Evans
· Ella Fitzgerald
· Fourplay
· Girl Authority
· Vince Gill
· Natalie Grant
· Larry Groce on the album Disney's Christmas Favourites.
· Hampton String Quartet
· Merle Haggard
· Woody Herman
· Chris Isaak and Stevie Nicks
· Burl Ives
· Alan Jackson
· The Jackson Five
· The Judds
· Peggy Lee
· Lynyrd Skynyrd
· The Manhattan Transfer
· Johnny Mathis
· Jimmy McGriff
· Mitch Miller and the Gang
· Michael Martin Murphy
· The Oak Ridge Boys
· Dolly Parton
· The Partridge Family
· The Pointer Sisters
· Alvino Rey with the King Sisters
· Emma Roberts
· Bootsy's Rubber Band
· Art Paul Schlosser did a parody called IRS is Coming to Town
· Frank Sinatra
· Frank Sinatra (in a duet with Cyndi Lauper)
· Slade
· Sugarcult
· Kate Smith
· Smothers Brothers
· Bruce Springsteen (two versions, one of which is a popular radio version)
· George Strait
· The Supremes
· James Taylor
· The Temptations
· Randy Travis
· Dave Valentin
· Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
· Lawrence Welk
· Wynonna
· Luis Miguel (sung in Spanish)
· CKY
· B2K
· Aerosmith (Sung on Disney's popular show Lizzie Mcguire)

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LARRY..CURTIS..SPURLOCK

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