In the late Summer of 1947, Record Producer Art Satherly suggested Gene Autry record a new Christmas song he had discovered called, "An Old Fashioned Tree." For its flipside, Gene remembered a song idea he'd gotten while participating in the annual Hollywood "Santa Claus Lane" parade the previous November. Astride his horse, ahead of St. Nick on his sleigh, he'd heard a child on the sidewalk shout, "Here comes Santa Claus!" Satherly took Gene's idea to composer Oakley Haldeman, who operated Autry's music publishing division, and he came up with the melody.
After its initial release, "Here Comes Santa Claus" became a perennial top-ten hit, selling almost two million copies by December of that year.
More importantly, it opened up a whole new market for Gene -- holiday discs aimed at children.
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