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American Tin Pan Alley composer best known for co-writing the perennial Christmas standard 'Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town'.John Frederick Coots was a prolific American songwriter active during the Tin Pan Alley era and the Great American Songbook period. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he began his career as a song plugger. He achieved lasting fame in 1934 when he collaborated with lyricist Haven Gillespie to create 'Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town'....