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The fat guy in the sleigh is on his way

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“Santa Claus is Coming to Town” was written in 1934 by John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie and first performed on Eddie Cantor’s radio show. This version is by the Supremes; it appeared on their 1965 “Merry Christmas” album. The song was an immediate hit in 1934. There were orders for 500,000 copies of sheet …

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Who’s coming to town?

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Chicago plays a very different arrangement of “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” from the one we’ve all heard a thousand times. John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie wrote it in 1934 and it was an immediate hit. Its first performance was on Eddie Cantor’s radio show in November 1934, although it was first recorded …

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