3. Januar 2009
Mariah Carey – Santa Claus is coming to town

Das Remake-, Coversong von “Santa Claus is coming to town” in der Variante von Mariah Carey. Ein schönes Video mit Animationsfiguren. Mit diesem Song hat Mariah Carey neben “All I Want For Christmas Is You” einen weitern Weihnachtssong der zur Weihnachtszeit in den Radios gespielt wird.

Der Song “Santa Claus is coming to town” wurde ursprünglich von. Fred Coots und Haven Gillespie geschrieben und wurde als erstes im November 1934 besungen in der Eddie Cantor’s radio show.

Mariah Carey -- Santa Claus is coming to town
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7KjwyPwEWE&feature=player_embedded

“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.

Recordings

The earliest known recorded version of the song was performed by George Happle and the Hotel Taft Orchestra (featuring Sonny Schuyler on vocals) in 1934. It was mostly an instrumental except for a 35-second vocal by Schuyler. The version shown in the Variety charts of December 1934 was Harry Reser featuring Tom Stacks on vocal. The song was a sheet music hit, reaching #1. The song was also recorded on September 26, 1935, by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra.

The song is a traditional standard at Christmas time, and has been covered by numerous recording artists. In 1970 Rankin-Bass produced an hour-long animated television special based on the song, with narrator Fred Astaire telling the original story of Santa Claus. Artists that have made notable covers of “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” include the following:

* Melanie Safka
* Shark Island
* The Carpenters
* Bianca Ryan
* Destiny’s Child
* All 4 One
* Lonestar
* McFly
* Alvin and the Chipmunks
* Vanessa Amorosi
* Gene Autry
* Patricia Barber
* Miley Cyrus
* Hi-5
* 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
* Bjorn Again
* 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
* Diana Ross
* 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
* Kate Smith
* Smothers Brothers
* Vonzell Solomon
* Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (two versions, one of which is a popular radio version)
* George Strait
* Sugarcult
* 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)
* Lena Horne
* Alice Cooper
* Dokken

Mariah Carey recorded her version of the song for her holiday album Merry Christmas (1994), and in 2005 (see 2005 in music), a re-recording co-produced by Jermaine Dupri was included on the album’s anniversary re-release and released as a CD single with the purchase of the 2005 DVD of the 1970s film Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town.