song "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"

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"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" is a classic American Christmas song, first recorded in the 1930s, that has become a holiday standard covered by countless artists.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christmas song ⓘ
popular music standard ⓘ
song ⓘ
composer J. Fred Coots ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
decadeOfOrigin 1930s ⓘ
firstPerformanceBy Eddie Cantor ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1934-11-27 ⓘ
firstRecordingArtist Harry Reser and His Band ⓘ
firstRecordingDate 1934-10 ⓘ
firstRecordingVocalist Tom Stacks ⓘ
genre Christmas ⓘ
holiday music ⓘ
pop ⓘ
hasCoverVersionCount many ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact became a perennial Christmas standard ⓘ
hasForm verse-chorus form ⓘ
hasTheme Christmas ⓘ
Santa Claus ⓘ
children ⓘ
gift-giving ⓘ
intendedAudience children ⓘ
families ⓘ
isFrequentlyPlayedDuring Christmas season ⓘ
linked to: Christmastide
isFrequentlyPlayedOn radio ⓘ
streaming services ⓘ
isStandardIn American popular songbook ⓘ
Christmas music repertoire ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Haven Gillespie ⓘ
lyricMotif He sees you when you're sleeping ⓘ
Santa Claus is coming to town ⓘ
You better not cry ⓘ
You better not pout ⓘ
You better watch out ⓘ
notableRecordingBy Bing Crosby ⓘ
Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
Dolly Parton ⓘ
Frank Sinatra ⓘ
Justin Bieber ⓘ
Mariah Carey ⓘ
Michael Bublé ⓘ
The Andrews Sisters ⓘ
The Jackson 5 ⓘ
publicationDate 1934 ⓘ
publisher Leo Feist, Inc. ⓘ
typicalTempo medium ⓘ
writer Haven Gillespie ⓘ
J. Fred Coots ⓘ

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Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town → basedOn → song "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" ⓘ
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town → inspiredBy → song "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" ⓘ
Topper the Penguin → basedOnWork → song Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town ⓘ
subject linked to: Topper the penguin
linked to: song "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"
Christmas with Conniff → hasPart → “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” ⓘ
linked to: song "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"
Keenan Wynn as Winter Warlock → basedOn → song "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" ⓘ