Here Comes Santa Claus (Instrumental)

Here Comes Santa Claus (Time: 2:14)

Gene Autry, a 1940’s and 50’s cowboy star was riding his horse during the 1946 Pasadena Santa Claus Lane parade when someone in the crowd yelled “here comes Santa Claus!”

The phrase stuck with Autry and inspired him to set down the lyrics that musician Oakley Haldeman later wrote the tune for. In 1947, Autry recorded the song which was later on recorded by many artists of various genre backgrounds. Some of these were Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Bob Dylan and many others.

My Approach to Recording Here Comes Santa Claus

This is a very happy song, so used guitar and banjo as the main instrumentation with a bit of bluesy feel. The tempo is a bit slow for banjo but was happy with how it fit in the mix as it added a bit of lightness.

From Album: An Acoustic Country Christmas, 2014

Composition: Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman

Performance: Instrumental Version by Paul Ryan

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Song Photo: Album Cover, Sheila Ryan

Recorded at Ryantunes Studios Scarborough Ontario, Canada. Mixed at Steve Sherman Productions, Toronto. Mastered at Minus 3 Audio, Toronto.

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