Sunday, December 23, 2012

On The Eleventh Day...

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town is just a plain old fun Christmas song. It makes it an easy song for artists to cover and make their own version.

Hey! There is even a Christmas special with the name starring Fred Astaire. More known for his dancing than singing voice, he recorded quite a few songs over the years.
Plenty more for ya...
Ray Charles...
   
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town By Ray Charles.mp3

From their classic Christmas album comes one of the best versions by The Beach Boys    
The Beach Boys - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.mp3

Another great version, hard to say which one I prefer. The Jackson 5 are amazing on this.
   
The Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town.mp3

This will probably be the only time a Bruce Springsteen song appears on this here blog. But it is a pretty damn good take on Santa Clothes is Coming to Town     
Bruce Springsteen Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.mp3  

Hey remember the California Raisins? Yes, they did actually exist.    
California Raisins - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.mp3

In 2000, Lynyrd Skynyrd released a Christmas album. It contains members of other southern rock bands. This is credited to Charles Daniels, not sure who all played on it though...    
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.mp3

Dokken contributed this to A Monster Ballad Christmas.     
Dokken-Santa Clause Is Coming To Town.mp3

Here is the band McFly  
   
McFly - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Lyrics.mp3

From  We Wish You A Metal Xmas And A Headbanging New Year, here is Santa Claws Is Coming To Town by Alice Cooper, John 5, Billy Sheehan, and Vinny Appice.  
Alice Cooper - Santa Claws Is Coming To Town..mp3

And finally here is X from their 2009 Christmas single
X - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.mp3

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