While shepherds moshed: A Musical Advent Calendar: Day 3 - Maybe Santa Baby

‎Eartha Kitt recorded Santa Baby with Henry René and his orchestra in 1953.
A Xmas classic was born.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOMmSbxB_Sg

(Incidentally, in this clip the "friends" are some drag queens who have edited themselves into the original.)

She reprised it in the film New Faces in 1954 which was a filmed version of a Broadway sketch show to which Mel Brooks contributed.

Since then it seems it has been covered by every female singer who has done a Xmas album. Such a good song that it has survived regardless. However there's a live clip of Eartha doing it live where she comments:

"I used to have a lot of fun with this song - and then Madonna sung it"


James Follette recently wittily reworked it as Santa Brother:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciM1CqVPp-w

And here's a satirical swipe at Obama:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM_rZYQCjwY

Read more about Eartha on wiki. What an amazing woman she was!