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Yes, it’s the song from that notoriously bad movie Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. Decades ago The Christmas Martian supplanted that flick in my Bad Movie Lover heart but Hooray for Santa Claus is still a butt-kicking song.
Starting us off is the Psychotronic 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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What a fun post!! Personally, I like The Fleshtones’ version the best!
Thanks! Yes, it has a lot of appeal!
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Logged, thank you sir!
This is a movie I’ve never heard of but oh, the versions of that song are something else. Now I can’t get it out my head !!!
Ha! Yes, it sets up housekeeping in your mind!
It sure does.
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Wonderful post. I never heard this Santa Claus song before.
I’m always happy to spread the word!