All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth

About All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth

"All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" is a novelty Christmas song written in 1944 by Donald Yetter Gardner while teaching music at public schools in Smithtown, New York. He asked his second grade class what they wanted for Christmas, and noticed that almost all of the students had at least one front tooth missing as they answered in a lisp. Gardner wrote the song in 30 minutes. In a 1995 interview, Gardner said, "I was amazed at the way that silly little song was picked up by the whole country. " The song was published in 1948 after an employee of Witmark music company heard Gardner sing it at a music teachers conference. The song was introduced in 1948 by singing group The Satisfiers on Perry Como's radio show, and originally recorded by Spike Jones & His City Slickers on December 6, 1947, with lead vocal by George Rock. That version (released by RCA Victor) reached the top of the pop charts in 1948, and again in 1949. The song has also been recorded by numerous other singers and performers, including Ray Stevens, George Strait, Danny Kaye with The Andrews Sisters, Urbie Green, The Platters, Dread Zeppelin, The Kelly Family, Nat King Cole (reportedly Gardner's favorite version), The Chipmunks, the Hampton String Quartet, The Three Stooges and Count von Count of Sesame Street. more »

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1970

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'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse
Suddenly I heard a strange noise down below
So, in my flannel pajamas I went tippy-toe
I could see old Saint Nick from the spot where I stood
So I slid down the banister just as fast as I could 

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth 
My two front teeth, see, my two front teeth 
Gee, if I could only have my two front teeth 
Then I could wish you Merry Christmas

It seems so long since I could say
Sister, Suzy sitting on a thistle
Every time I try to speak
Huh, all I do is whistle 

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth
My two front teeth my two front teeth 
Gee, if I could only have my two front teeth 
Then I could wish you Merry Christmas

Good old Santa Claus and all his reindeer
Huh, they used to bring me lots of toys and candy
Gee, but, but now when I go out and call Dancer, Prancer, Donnner and Blitzen
None of 'em can understand me

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth
My two front teeth, see my two front tee
All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth
So I can wish you merry Christmas
Christmas, Christmas
Aww, for goodness sakes
Happy New Year

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Spike Jones

Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) was an American musician and bandleader specializing in performing satirical arrangements of popular songs. Ballads and classical works receiving the Jones treatment would be punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells, and outlandish vocals. Through the 1940s and early 1950s, the band recorded under the title Spike Jones and his City Slickers and toured the United States and Canada under the title The Musical Depreciation Revue. more »

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