You'd Better Watch Out! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Eddie Cantor

It debuted on Eddie Cantor's Thanksgiving show. Eddie Cantor's career saw him working in vaudeville, as a singer and songwriter, a comedian and an author. He worked in radio, motion pictures and in early television shows.
One of the songs he cowrote, "Merrily We Roll Along" is best remembered as the theme song for Warner Brothers "Merry Melodies" cartoon series.
Cantor also coined the name "March of Dimes" and opened the first "March of Dimes" campaign in January 1938 by asking his radio listeners to send a dime to President Franklin Roosevelt, (who was a victm of polio). The White House received 2,680,000 dimes as a result of the broadcast.

Answer: J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie

The song was written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie. Coots wrote over 700 songs in his long career. He followed up his collaboration with Haven Gillespie on "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" in 1935 with "A Beautiful Lady in Blue" and in 1938 with "You Go to My Head".

He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 1972. Lyricist Haven Gillespie wrote the lyrics for "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" in 15 minutes while riding on a subway. His songs have been recorded by many singers over the years including Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, George Strait and in 1957 Pat Boone had a number 1 hit with "Love Letters In The Sand".

He also was inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 1972.

Answer: Harry Resor

Harry Resor's version of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" charted in Variety Magazine in 1934. This was in the era prior to Billboard music charts. Billboard first published music charts in 1936.

Answer: Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire was the narrator of this special. The special covered the origins of many Christmas traditions and how Kris Kringle became known as Santa Klaus.

Answer: A Very Special Christmas 2

They can be heard singing this on "A Very Special Christmas 2". The Very Special Christmas series of albums began in 1987. They have raised over 100 million dollars through their sales.

Answer: twice

The lyrics read "He's making a list and checking it twice".

Answer: Steven Tyler

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler performed the song on "Lizzie McGuire" in 2002. The episode was titled "Xtreme Xmas". It revolved around Lizzie's failed efforts at making a Christmas float. Steven Tyler played Santa Claus and came in at the last minute to magically construct Lizzie's float and save the day. He wore a Santa Hat but not the costume while singing the song on the float.

Answer: 100,000

100,000 orders for the sheet music were placed the next day, four million overall.

Answer: The Four Seasons

The Four Seasons released this single which appeared on their Christmas album "Four Seasons Greetings" which was rereleased in 1966 as "The Four Seasons Christmas Album".

Answer: cry

"You better not cry" is the second line of the song.