Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Dec. 23: Santa Baby!

Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - Fred Astaire, Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (Rhino / Wea)
Santa's Family - John Goodman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Movie (Goodtimes Ent.)
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Finale) - Burl Ives, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (MCA Special Projects)
Abundance and Charity - Michael Mandell/Walter Charles, A Christmas Carol [Original Cast] (Sony)
Jolly Old St. Nicholas/Up on the Housetop - Cast of Grease, Carols for a Cure 9 2007 (Rock-It Science)
Reindeer Boogie/Jingle Bells - Roger Bart, Maria Cominis, Danny Gurwin, Sally Wilfert, A Christmas Survival Guide (Original Cast Record)
Santa's Gonna Rock and Roll - Rockettes, Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Sony)
Swing, Mister Santa Claus, Swing - Cast of The Music Man, Carols For A Cure 2000 (Rock-It Science)
I'd Like To Hitch A Ride With Santa Claus/Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - Sally Mayes, A Christmas Survival Guide (Original Cast Record)
Santa Baby (New Faces) - Eartha Kitt, The Best Christmas Ever (Virgin Records Us)
Surabaya-Santa - Jessica Molaskey, Songs for a New World (RCA Victor Broadway)
Santa Comin' Caroline - Caroline, or Change (Original Cast), Caroline, or Change (disk 2) (Hollywood Records)
I Guess There Ain't No Santa Claus - Marcus Neville, Maria Cominis, Danny Gurwin, Sally Wilfert, A Christmas Survival Guide (Original Cast Record)
The Man With the Bag (Everybody's Waitin' For) - Rockettes, Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Sony)
Too Fat To Fit (from Pete 'n' Keely) - Cast of The Producers, Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Car (Rock-It Science)
Who Says There Ain't No Santa Claus? - Barbara Cook; Jerome Courtland; Personnel; The Executives, Flahooley (DRG)
That man over there - Cast, Here's Love (Sony)
Be a Santa [From Subways Are for Sleeping] - Guy Haines; Michelle Nicastro, Broadway Christmas (MCA Special Products/Varese Sarabande)

Here's a great bit of trivia - Santa Baby is really a Broadway song, introduced by Eartha Kitt in the revue "New Faces." It was so popular that she was able to record it. The rest is history.

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