Haven Gillespie
Author
(1888 - 1975)
James “Haven” Lamont Gillespie was an American Tin Pan Alley composer and lyricist. He was the writer of “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town,” for which John Frederick Coots composed the melody. The song became one of the biggest sellers in American history.
Bibliography
Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (2004)
A favorite Christmas song in a lavishly illustrated setting.
Read online at archive.org.
Haven Gillespie