1935 Putney Dandridge - Santa Claus Came In The Spring (Putney Dandridge, vocal)

That’s Teddy Wilson on piano. Johnny Mercer was in the cast of the 1935 RKO film “To Beat The Band” (which starred Hugh Herbert and Helen Broderick), and this was one of several songs that he and Matty Malneck provided for the score. CD audio, originally issued on 78rpm: Vocalion 3083 - Santa Claus Came In The Spring (Malneck-Mercer) by Putney Dandridge & his Orchestra, vocal by Putney Dandridge, recorded in NYC October 21, 1935