Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

~ Recording by The Beach Boys

Annotation

Credits bump up against MB limitations here, because there is no way to link recording place to generally "instruments" or "vocals", but per this compilation liner:

"Instrumental track recorded June 18, 1964 at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA
Vocals recorded late June 1964 at Western Recorders, Hollywood, CA"

Annotation last modified on 2025-12-16 08:13 UTC.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.9Santa Claus Is Coming to Town2:24The Beach BoysUltimate ChristmasThe Beach BoysAlbum
  • US1998-09-22
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)72434 95734 2 0

Relationships

producer:Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
lead vocals:Mike Love (Beach Boys) (in 1964-06)
Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder) (in 1964-06)
conductor:Benjamin Barrett (on 1964-06-18)
arranger:Dick Reynolds (musician, songwriter, and trombonist best known as arranger for the Four Freshmen)
recorded at:Western Recorders (@ 6000 Sunset Blvd., part of United Western Recorders studio complex 1957–1985) in Los Angeles (in 1964-06: lead vocals [vocals])
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood (on 1964-06-18)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/44820 [info]
recording of:Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (from 1964-06-18 until 1964-06-30: cover)

Related works

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

lyricist:Haven Gillespie (in 1932)
composer:J. Fred Coots (in 1932)
publisher:EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!)
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
EMI United Partnership Ltd.
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
Haven Gillespie Music Publishing
Jobete Music Co., Inc.
Leo Feist Ltd
Leo Feist, Inc.
SBK United Partnership
The Songwriters Guild
sub-publisher:フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department)
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
referred to in medleys:Mix 2 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 1)
Santa Claustrophobia (order: 1)
Santa Claus (order: 2)
Megamix 3 (It Must Be Christmas) (order: 5)
Mix Three (Greatest Ever Christmas Party Megamix) (order: 5)
Smooth Jazz Christmas Overture: Let It Snow / Winter Wonderland / What Child Is This (Greensleeves) / Angels We Have Heard on High / Jingle Bells / Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (order: 6)
Megamix 1 (It Must Be Christmas) (order: 7)
Mix One (Greatest Ever Christmas Party Megamix) (order: 7)
later parody versions:Scientifically Accurate Santa Claus
Yaoi Press is Coming to Con
又到聖誕
later translated parody versions:Julesmølfen kommer i nat
later translated versions:Julenissen kjem hit i kveld
Julenissen kommer i kveld
Nikolaus‐Lied
Nu tror du på tomten igen
Père Noël arrive ce soir
Santa Claus domani verrà
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town ("Eine musikalische Schlittenfahrt" (Peter Alexander))
Santa Klauss nāk
Tomten kommer snart
サンタがまちにやってくる
サンタが町にやってくる (Santa ga Machi ni Yattekuru)
聖誕老人從天降
later versions:Henry Morgans Coming to Port
is the basis for:MILKY CHRISTMAS (INTRO)
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
arrangements:Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (John Zorn arr.)
music quoted in:Lit vert
lyrics quoted in:Maybe This Year