Here comes Santa Claus

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Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) ( Here comes Santa Claus ) is an American Christmas song by Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman from the year 1947th

The song describes the scenery of the arrival of Father Christmas ( Santa Claus ) in his reindeer - sleigh on Earth. The vixen and lightning bolts mentioned therein are names of reindeer that pull the sleigh.

Version by Gene Autry 1947

Gene Autry was able to place himself in the C&W charts for the first time at Christmas 1947 and reached number 5, in the following year the title reached number 4 and in 1949 number 13 in the C&W bestseller charts . The title also made it to the Billboard charts from 1947 to 1949: in 1947 at number 9, in 1948 at number 8 and in 1949 at number 24.

Cover versions

There are numerous recordings and arrangements of the song. Below is a small selection:

  • 1957 Elvis Presley recorded the song for Elvis' Christmas album (RCA LOC-1035).
  • 1959 Ray Conniff on the album Christmas With Conniff (Columbia 1390).
  • 1959 Pat Boone on the album White Christmas (Dot 3222).
  • 1962 The Chipmunks on Christmas With The Chipmunks (Liberty 3256).
  • 1962 Frank De Vol and His Rainbow Strings on his Christmas album Old Sweet Songs Of Christmas (Columbia 1543).
  • 1962 Ramsey Lewis on his first album Sound Of Christmas (Argo 687).
  • 1963 Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans on Phil Spector's album A Christmas Gift For You ( Philles ); Re-released in 1972 as Phil Spector's Christmas Album (Apple 3400).
  • 1979 Willie Nelson on Pretty Paper (Columbia 36189).
  • 1985 The Carpenters on the Christmas album An Old-Fashioned Christmas (A&M 3270).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Clement C. Moore : A Visit from St. Nicholas
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel: Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits . 2nd Edition. New York: Billboard Books, 2006, p. 35
  3. ↑ Originally the single appeared in 1947 under catalog number Columbia 37942, the new editions in the following years had catalog number Columbia 20377. Whitburn, Joel: Top Pop Records 1940-1955 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research, 1973, p. 10
  4. ↑ Compiled from Whitburn, Joel: Top Pop Album Tracks 1955-1992 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc., 1993, p. 160
  5. ↑ audio sample