We hope you have enjoyed our Christmas Triva this week and maybe learned something you did not know. Here is the last of our Christmas Trivia: Here Comes Santa Claus is a Christmas song written by Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman. Autry got the idea for the song after riding his horse in the 1946 Santa Claus Lane Parade (now the Hollywood Christmas Parade) in Los Angeles during which crowds of spectators chanted, Here comes Santa Claus. This inspired him to write a song that Haldeman set to music. A demo recording was made by singer/guitarist Johnny Bond, whose recording made use of ice cubes to mimic the sound of the jingling sleigh-bells. This inspired the use of real sleigh-bells in Autrys own recording of the song. Autry first recorded the song in 1947; it became a #5 country and #9 pop hit. Autry performed the song in his 1949 movie The Cowboy and the Indians. Autrys remastered vintage recordings of Here Comes Santa Claus and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer remain very popular holiday standards into the 21st century. youtu.be/XK60Cwwp_EI
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 00:15:00 +0000
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