"It's still paying us a great holiday": the indestructible success of Tino Rossi's "Little Santa Claus"
12/18/2023, 3:59:59 PM
Highlights: "Little Santa Claus" is the best-selling French song in the world of all time. Written in 1944, it made Tino Rossi a celebrity. The Corsican singer died forty years ago, on September 27, 1983. It is being re-released for the holidays in a new symphonic version, available on streaming platforms, but also in large format gold and illustrated vinyl, with other winter tunes as essential as "Silent Night", "Mon beau sapin", "Vive le vent"...
It is the best-selling French song in the world of all time. Written in 1944, "Little Santa Claus" made Tino Rossi a celebrity
She's our Mariah Carey. And our "All I Want for Christmas Is You". Our holiday anthem is "Little Santa Claus." But do the younger ones still know Tino Rossi? There is little chance. The Corsican singer died forty years ago, on September 27, 1983. However, it is the best-selling French song of all time in the world, with nearly 100 million copies sold.
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And which is being re-released for the holidays in a new symphonic version, available on streaming platforms, but also in large format gold and illustrated vinyl, with other winter tunes as essential as "Silent Night", "Mon beau sapin", "Vive le vent"...
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