"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" was written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie, and was first sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934. It became an instant hit with orders for 100,000 copies of sheet music the next day and over 400,000 copies sold by Christmas. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," was recorded September 27, 1943 with the Andrews Sisters and Vic Schoen and His Orchestra.