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November 1934, the very first live performance of Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Eddie Cantor on his radio show

Euan Banner

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Euan Banner @ 2019-12-05 23:21:27 UTC

All according to Wikipedia, Eddie Cantor did do the first live performance of Santa Claus is Coming to Town but he also performed it on his radio show in November 1934.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus_Is_Comin%27_to_Town


So could someone please update the Santa Claus is Coming to Town page on SecondHandSongs by typing "First live performance by Eddie Cantor (November 1934)".

Oldiesmann

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Oldiesmann @ 2019-12-07 01:31:22 UTC

There is some dispute as to whether Cantor actually did perform it first. See https://secondhandsongs.com/error-report/34649 for more details.


If you have the specific date when his performance was broadcast (not just "November 1934" but the actual day in that month/year), please provide us with that and relevant sources to back it up.