"Santa Claus Is Back in Town" is a Christmas song by Elvis Presley from Elvis' Christmas Album, the best-selling Christmas/holiday album of all time in the United States. The song was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and was the opening track of the 1957 Elvis' Christmas Album. The song has become a rock and roll Christmas standard. The song was covered by Mae West on her 1967 Christmas album 'Wild Christmas'. Dwight Yoakam recorded and released a cover version as a 45 single in 1987.
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- "Santa Claus Is Back in Town" is a Christmas song by Elvis Presley from Elvis' Christmas Album, the best-selling Christmas/holiday album of all time in the United States. The song was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and was the opening track of the 1957 Elvis' Christmas Album. The song has become a rock and roll Christmas standard. The song was covered by Mae West on her 1967 Christmas album 'Wild Christmas'. Dwight Yoakam recorded and released a cover version as a 45 single in 1987. Robert Plant performed the song live on Saturday Night Live on December 12, 1984 with The Honeydrippers with Brian Setzer on guitar and Paul Shaffer on piano. Jonny Lang, the Brian Setzer Orchestra, Billy Idol, the Jordanaires, Orion, Australian Crawl, My Morning Jacket, The Creepshow, and Wynonna Judd have also recorded the song. "Santa Claus Is Back In Town" was paired with "Santa, Bring My Baby Back to Me" and was issued as a UK single concurrently with the album's release in 1957. The single reached #7 on the UK Singles Chart in November, 1957. RCA rereleased the song as a 45 vinyl 7" single in 1985, PB-14237B, paired with "Merry Christmas, Baby". "Santa Claus Is Back In Town" backed with "Blue Christmas" was released by RCA Victor as a 45 single in 1965 in the US, reaching #4 on the Billboard Christmas Singles chart.
- "Santa Claus Is Back in Town" is a Christmas song by Elvis Presley from Elvis' Christmas Album, the best-selling Christmas/holiday album of all time in the United States. The song was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and was the opening track of the 1957 Elvis' Christmas Album. The song has become a rock and roll Christmas standard. The song was covered by Mae West on her 1967 Christmas album 'Wild Christmas'. Dwight Yoakam recorded and released a cover version as a 45 single in 1987. Robert Plant performed the song live on Saturday Night Live on December 12, 1984 with The Honeydrippers with Brian Setzer on guitar and Paul Shaffer on piano. Jonny Lang, the Brian Setzer Orchestra, Billy Idol, Joe Bonamassa, the Jordanaires, Orion, Australian Crawl, My Morning Jacket, The Creepshow, and Wynonna Judd have also recorded the song. Scotty McCreery, winner of American Idol Season 10, also covered the song on his 2012 Christmas album, 'Christmas with Scotty McCreery'. "Santa Claus Is Back in Town" was paired with "Santa, Bring My Baby Back to Me" and was issued as a UK single concurrently with the album's release in 1957. The single reached #7 on the UK Singles Chart in November, 1957. RCA rereleased the song as a 45 vinyl 7" single in 1985, PB-14237B, paired with "Merry Christmas, Baby". "Santa Claus Is Back in Town" backed with "Blue Christmas" was released by RCA Victor as a 45 single in 1965 in the US, reaching No. 4 on the Billboard Christmas Singles chart.
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