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Santa Claus Is Coming to Town by Donna Loren

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Ms. Loren's 2015 New Year’s Resolution was to re-learn 100 songs she recorded and/or performed in the Sixties. In the privacy of her home she is documenting this process and releasing the videos as she goes along.

“Santa Claus Is Coming To Town”, written by John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie, is a traditional standard at Christmas time 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 and more than 30,000 records sold within 24 hours. The earliest known recorded version of the song was by banjoist Harry Reser and his Band on October 24, 1934, featuring Tom Stacks on vocal, It was a sheet music hit, reaching #1. The song was next recorded in 1935 by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra and the 1951 version by Perry Como was the first measurable hit. In 1963 the Four Seasons version charted at #23 on Billboard. 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. Ms. Loren originally performed this song on a Shindig! Christmas special starring the Beach Boys. Watch her 1964 performance on Shindig here: https://youtu.be/rmILWZd6NHY

Donna Loren was the one-and-only "Dr Pepper Girl" from 1963 to 1968. She was signed to a long-term contract with the soft-drink company to sing all television and radio commercials, do all magazine and billboard advertising representing them in every capacity, sometimes sharing the spotlight with American Bandstand's Dick Clark. This relationship led to her touring in Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars with other popular acts like Diana Ross and The Supremes and singing solos in the popular Beach Party films starring Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon. Later, she became the regular female vocalist on the popular 60's American live rock n roll TV show "Shindig" and she appeared in singing and acting roles in many iconic TV shows like Batman, The Monkees, Gomer Pyle, The Mothers-In-Law, Red Skelton, Milton Berle and various game shows. In the 60's she released 20 singles and an LP. Her latest CD entitled "Love It Away" is her first new music in years. Hear it at http://www.DonnaLoren.com.

Also check out the Donna Loren Classic channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/DonnaLorenClassic