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Wikipedia article"'Dnde Est Santa Claus?'" (Spanish for 'Where is Santa Claus?') is a novelty Christmas song. 12-year-old Augie Rios had a hit with the song in 1958 which featured the Mark Jeffrey Orchestra. Written by George Scheck, Rod Parker, and Al Greiner, and copyrighted in 1958, the copyright was renewed and is owned by Ragtime Music. The song was originally released on MGM Records' Metro label. The 45 record single was backed with the song "Ol' Fatso (I Don't Care Who You Are Old Fatso, Get Those Reindeer Off My Roof)." Other versionsIt was also covered by actress Charo in 1978 as well as a Spanish-language version by Mexican TV host Chabelo, El Vez from the album 'Merry Mex-mas' and by the rock band Guster in 2003 (on the 'Maybe This Christmas Too?' holiday compilation album).[http://www.vividgreen.net/guster/ gusterography] The a cappella men's singing group Straight No Chaser covers the song on their 'Christmas Cheers' CD (Atlantic Records, 2009). The song is referred to in Cheech and Chong's holiday hit "Santa Claus and His Old Lady". The song appears in the 2011 movie 'A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas' and is heard in the 2007 movie 'Where God Left His Shoes'. The song also appears during a Christmas scene in the episode "Los Pepes" in season 2 of the TV series 'Narcos'. It also features in the 2017 Netflix film 'El Camino Christmas'. Kumbia All Starz versionA version of the song by A.B. Quintanilla y Los Kumbia All Starz appears on the fan edition of the album 'Ayer Fue Kumbia Kings, Hoy Es Kumbia All Starz: Fan Edition', released on October 2, 2007. The song was retitled from 'Dnde Est Santa Claus?' to 'Mamacita, Dnde Est Santa Claus?' ReferencesCategory:Songs about Santa Claus Category:Spanish-language songs Category:Guster songs Category:Charo songs Category:Kumbia All Starz songs Category:American Christmas songs Category:Christmas novelty songs Category:Macaronic songs Category:1958 songs Category:EMI Records singles Category:Song recordings produced by A. B. Quintanilla Category:2004 singles Category:Nettwerk Records singles | |
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