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『頓悟之後』聖誕老人進城了《Santa Claus Is Coming To Town》

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Michael Shih

這首家喻戶曉，不論有無宗教信仰在聖誕節都會哼上兩句的聖誕老人進城了《Santa Claus Is Coming To Town》，歌詞充滿了童趣和歡樂。

1934年夏天，紐約錫盤街(Tin Pan Alley)的作詞家Haven Gillespie將剛寫好的歌詞交給作曲家John Frederick Coots。Coots看了看，立即想好架構，十分鐘左右就譜好曲。兩人雖然很高興這首新創作的聖誕歌曲，可是沒有太大的信心，因為這首新曲有點像兒歌。 Continue reading →

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Michael Shih

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” is a Christmas song. It was written by John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie 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 the next day and more than 400,000 copies sold by Christmas. Continue reading →