
Balladeer’s Blog
Yes, it’s the song from that notoriously bad movie Santa Claus Conquers The Martians. Decades ago The Christmas Martian supplanted this flick in my Bad Movie Lover heart but Hooray For Santa Claus is still a butt-kicking song.
Starting us off is the movie version of the song by the poor man’s Skitch Henderson – Milton De Lugg – and The Little Eskimos.
And here’s the version by Al “Green Hornet Theme” Hirt:
And from The Fleshtones, their 2008 version:
Naturally I won’t ignore the Sloppy Seconds’ cover:
And as the Sloppy Seconds go, so goes the Senor Tonto Christmas Combo. I like to pretend it’s Yoko Ono singing, but I’m kind of weird. :
And from 2013 it’s the new Remo Van Der Slott himself, Craig Davison:
Mele Kalikimaka with the version from King Kukulele & the Friki Tikis:
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