With New Horizons going to air on Christmas Eve, what better excuse for a half-hour of songs about dear old Santa and his dear wife. William Dart finds some of them are more serious than you might expect.
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Music Details
ARTIST: Max Cryer & The Children
TITLE: Pinto Pete
ALBUM: Replay
COMPOSER: Phelan
LABEL: Kiwi Pacific
ARTIST: Joseph Spence
TITLE: Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
ALBUM: Living on the Hallelujah Side
COMPOSER: Coots, Gillespie
LABEL: Rounder
ARTIST: Capitol Steps
TITLE: I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus
ALBUM: Baracking around the Christmas Tree
COMPOSER: Barkan, Raleigh
LABEL: Capitol Steps
ARTIST: Oxford Out of the Blue
TITLE: Santa Baby
ALBUM: (single)
COMPOSER: Springer, Javits
LABEL: Out of the Blue
ARTIST: Make Like Monkeys
TITLE: Rub a Dub Dub out Santa Claus
ALBUM: (single)
COMPOSER: Make Like Monkeys
LABEL: Make Like Monkeys
ARTIST: Michael Mandell et al
TITLE: Nobody Cares about Santa
ALBUM: Elf: Original Broadway Cast Recording
COMPOSER: Sklar, Beguelin
LABEL: Ghostlight
ARTIST: Yogi Yorgesson
TITLE: Be Kind to the Street Corner Santa
ALBUM: Have Yourself a Crazy Little Christmas
COMPOSER: Stewart
LABEL: Capitol
ARTIST: Rotary Connection
TITLE: Sidewalk Santa
ALBUM: Peace
COMPOSER: Rotary Connection
LABEL: One Way
ARTIST: The Wendy House
TITLE: Santa's Lament
ALBUM: (single)
COMPOSER: Galloway, Powell
LABEL: Wiggley Tapes
ARTIST: Alma Cogan
TITLE: Mrs Santa Claus
ALBUM: Hey Santa Claus!
COMPOSER: Fulton et al
LABEL: HMV
ARTIST: Angela Lansbury
TITLE: Mrs Santa Claus
ALBUM: Mrs Santa Claus
COMPOSER: Herman
LABEL: RCA Victor
ARTIST: Lisa Jeanette feat. Vance Hilbert
TITLE: Mrs Claus
ALBUM: Jellyfish on the Moon
COMPOSER: Jeanette
LABEL: CD Baby
