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"Santa Claus is Coming to Town" is a classic Christmas song. What do you know about it?

A multiple-choice quiz by conundrum49. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
conundrum49
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
315,569
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
649
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Question 1 of 10
1. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" was first debuted on whose radio show in 1934? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Who wrote the song "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Who recorded the version of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" which first reached the Variety Magazine charts? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Rankin Bass produced an hour long special in 1970 called "Santa Claus is Coming to Town". Who narrated this program? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Frank Sinatra can be heard singing "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" with Cyndi Lauper on which Christmas album? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. The lyrics to "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" says Santa will check his list how many times? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Can you name the rock singer who performed "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" on the Disney channel show "Lizzie McGuire"? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" was an immediate success after being heard on the radio in 1934.
How many orders for the sheet music for this song occurred the next day?
Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What recording group reached number 23 on the Billboard charts with their recording of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" in 1962? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. The first line of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" tells you to watch out. What does the second line tell you not to do? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" was first debuted on whose radio show in 1934?

Answer: Eddie Cantor

It debuted on Eddie Cantor's Thanksgiving show. Eddie Cantor's career saw him working in vaudeville, as a singer and songwriter, a comedian and an author. He worked in radio, motion pictures and in early television shows.
One of the songs he cowrote, "Merrily We Roll Along" is best remembered as the theme song for Warner Brothers "Merry Melodies" cartoon series.
Cantor also coined the name "March of Dimes" and opened the first "March of Dimes" campaign in January 1938 by asking his radio listeners to send a dime to President Franklin Roosevelt, (who was a victm of polio). The White House received 2,680,000 dimes as a result of the broadcast.
2. Who wrote the song "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"?

Answer: J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie

The song was written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie. Coots wrote over 700 songs in his long career. He followed up his collaboration with Haven Gillespie on "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" in 1935 with "A Beautiful Lady in Blue" and in 1938 with "You Go to My Head".

He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 1972. Lyricist Haven Gillespie wrote the lyrics for "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" in 15 minutes while riding on a subway. His songs have been recorded by many singers over the years including Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, George Strait and in 1957 Pat Boone had a number 1 hit with "Love Letters In The Sand".

He also was inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 1972.
3. Who recorded the version of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" which first reached the Variety Magazine charts?

Answer: Harry Resor

Harry Resor's version of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" charted in Variety Magazine in 1934. This was in the era prior to Billboard music charts. Billboard first published music charts in 1936.
4. Rankin Bass produced an hour long special in 1970 called "Santa Claus is Coming to Town". Who narrated this program?

Answer: Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire was the narrator of this special. The special covered the origins of many Christmas traditions and how Kris Kringle became known as Santa Klaus.
5. Frank Sinatra can be heard singing "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" with Cyndi Lauper on which Christmas album?

Answer: A Very Special Christmas 2

They can be heard singing this on "A Very Special Christmas 2". The Very Special Christmas series of albums began in 1987. They have raised over 100 million dollars through their sales.
6. The lyrics to "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" says Santa will check his list how many times?

Answer: twice

The lyrics read "He's making a list and checking it twice".
7. Can you name the rock singer who performed "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" on the Disney channel show "Lizzie McGuire"?

Answer: Steven Tyler

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler performed the song on "Lizzie McGuire" in 2002. The episode was titled "Xtreme Xmas". It revolved around Lizzie's failed efforts at making a Christmas float. Steven Tyler played Santa Claus and came in at the last minute to magically construct Lizzie's float and save the day. He wore a Santa Hat but not the costume while singing the song on the float.
8. "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" was an immediate success after being heard on the radio in 1934. How many orders for the sheet music for this song occurred the next day?

Answer: 100,000

100,000 orders for the sheet music were placed the next day, four million overall.
9. What recording group reached number 23 on the Billboard charts with their recording of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" in 1962?

Answer: The Four Seasons

The Four Seasons released this single which appeared on their Christmas album "Four Seasons Greetings" which was rereleased in 1966 as "The Four Seasons Christmas Album".
10. The first line of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" tells you to watch out. What does the second line tell you not to do?

Answer: cry

"You better not cry" is the second line of the song.
Source: Author conundrum49

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