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John Frederick Coots (May 2, 1897 – April 8, 1985) was a prolific American songwriter.〔 He composed over 700 popular songs and over a dozen Broadway shows. In 1934 Coots wrote the melody with his then chief collaborator, lyricist Haven Gillespie, for the biggest hit for them both "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town."〔〔〔〔 The song became one of the biggest sellers in American history.〔 In 1934 when Gillespie brought him the lyrics to "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", Coots came up with the skeleton of the music in just ten minutes. Coots took the song to his publisher, Leo Feist Inc., who liked it but thought it was "a kids' song" and didn't expect too much from it.〔 Coots offered the song to Eddie Cantor who used it on his radio show that November and it became an instant hit. The morning after the radio show there were orders for 100,000 copies of sheet music and by Christmas sales had passed 400,000. == Career timeline == : 1897 May 2 – born in Brooklyn, New York〔 : 1914 (age 17) – began work with Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. in New York〔 : 1916 (age 20) – first hit song published, "Mr. Ford You've Got the Right Idea," words by Ray Sherwood, music by Coots; A. J. Stasny Music Co., publisher 〔 : 1919 (age 22) – Actor-producer Eddie Dowling gave Coots his first chance at writing a musical score for Friars' Frolics : 1922 (age 25) – Dowling commissioned Coots to write the songs for ''Sally, Irene and Mary,'' a show which ran for two years on Broadway : 1928 (age 31) – wrote "Doin' the Raccoon" : 1929 (age 32) – moved to Hollywood, California : 1931 (age 34) – wrote "Love Letters in the Sand" : 1934 (age 37) – wrote the songs "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (over 4 million copies of sheet music sold) and "For All We Know" : 1940 (age 43) – wrote "The Rangers' Victory Song";〔 : 1985 (age 89) April 8 – died in New York City 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Frederick Coots」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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