Beautiful Christmas Melody Origin of the song Santa Claus Is Coming to Town is a Christmas carol written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie, under the English title "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town". It was sung for the very first time in November 1934, on Eddie Cantor's radio show. The…
One of the late Elvis Presley's biggest Christmas hits, Blue Christmas has long been a staple of traditional country songs played during the holiday season. However, while many believe he was the first to perform it, others have preceded him. That honor belongs to Doye O'Dell, a country singer from…
The famous Christmas carol, "Holy Night," was first performed on December 24, 1818, in St. Nicholas Church in Oberndorf, Austria. Joseph Mohr, the parish priest, is said to have written the lyrics two years earlier, giving them the form of a poem. Although one can only speculate about the…