Santa Claus is Coming to Town

This Christmas song was written J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie. The earliest known recording was done by banjo player Harry Reser and his band on October 24th, 1934.

Take a listen to this first recording:

It was then sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November of 1934 and became an instant hit.

Take a listen to that version:

This song since has been recorded by over 200 different artists. Here are a few of those versions:

Bruce Springsteen

Jackson 5

Michael Buble

Frank Sinatra

BTS

Justin Bieber

Dolly Parton

Mariah Carey

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Try some body percussion with these next videos:

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Grab a bucket and wooden spoons, or pencils, whatever you can find to use as drumsticks and play along with this video:

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Watch the "Santa Claus is Comin to Town movie:

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Listen to a storybook read aloud

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Get up and Dance!

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Here are some nice kid versions on the song: