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- Santa's Greatest Hits
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- Fred Flaxman
The songs include: Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Santa Baby, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, The Night Before Christmas, Zat You, Santa Claus?, Ol' Santa Claus, What WIll Santa Claus Say?, The Christmas Song, Here Comes Santa Claus, A Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus, Must Be Santa, Here Comes Santa, and Ride on Santa Ride On.
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Related Pieces
Piece Description
The songs include: Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Santa Baby, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, The Night Before Christmas, Zat You, Santa Claus?, Ol' Santa Claus, What WIll Santa Claus Say?, The Christmas Song, Here Comes Santa Claus, A Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus, Must Be Santa, Here Comes Santa, and Ride on Santa Ride On.
Broadcast History
This is the world premiere.
Transcript
Santa’s Greatest Hits
public radio special from Teleflax Productions
written, produced and edited by Fred Flaxman
hosted by Steve Jencks
MUSIC: Santa Claus is Coming to Town (with Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters)
STEVE (during instrumental section of the music): Ho, ho, ho, everyone! I'm Steve Jencks. Stay with me for the next hour and we'll take a trip down Memory Lane together and listen to "Santa's Greatest Hits!" We'll hear Eartha Kitt, Perry Como, Elvis, Tommy Dorsey , Louis Armstrong, and Peggy Lee, as well as Jo Stafford and other musical tributes to the jolly, overweight, gift-giver in red and white.
MUSIC: back up to end of piece
STEVE: Big Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." Bing Crosby's unique bass-baritone voice entertained Americans and people around the world for more than a half-century, from 1926 until his death in 1977. And through...
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Intro and Outro
INTRO:self-contained
OUTRO:self-contained
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
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| see script | see script | see script. | see script | 0 | 00:00 |
Additional Credits
Steve Jencks, host
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Dale Rains
Posted on December 24, 2010 at 10:46 AM | Permalink
Great Music
I appreciate the music from my youth and the script is loaded with amazing stuff. Thanks.
Great announcer