Jackson 5’s Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town was written by accident after heartbreaking tragedy
ok.co.ukThe classic tune Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town is a festive hit everyone knows, but there’s a tragic backstory to the song. Made famous by the Jackson 5 in 1970, the hit was written years earlier J.
Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie in 1934 when the Haven was asked to write a festive song for kids. The sad backstory comes from the fact that Haven attended the meeting about creating the song straight from his twin brother's funeral and politely declined on account of his grief.
But on the train journey home, Haven remembered all the happy Christmas times he'd enjoyed with his sibling and came up with the lyrics to the song, which include: "You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I'm telling you why...
Santa Claus is coming to town." Despite the song's popularity, Haven apparently avoided listening to it at all costs because he devastated over his brother's tragic passing.
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