Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - BER02.0320 | Music

"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 the original version of it was recorded on September 27, 1935 by Joe Harris with Benny Goodman & His Orchestra. The song is a traditional standard at Christmas time, and has been covered by numerous recording artists, including "The Jackson 5", who released a No.1 hit single version in 1970. That same year, Rankin-Bass produced a hour-long television film based on the song, with narrator Fred Astaire telling the origin story of Santa Claus. Other artists that have made notable covers of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" include Gene Autry, The Beach Boys, Tony Bennett, Dave Brubeck, Mariah Carey, Ray Charles, Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Hilary Duff, Ella Fitzgerald, Fourplay, Woody Herman, The Pointer Sisters, Frank Sinatra, and Bruce Springsteen.