Dr. Elmo Shropshire explained the creative differences that led to the decision in a 2015 interview Kevin Mazur/Getty; Phil Roman Entertainment In the early 1980s, Dr. Elmo Shropshire rose to fame for ...

In the early 1980s, Dr. Elmo Shropshire rose to fame for his satirical Christmas song, "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" In 2000, the song's action was turned into an animated holiday special, in ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - The musician behind an iconic offbeat Christmas song has a direct connection to North Central Florida. “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” was written by Randy Brooks and ...

WATFORD CITY, N.D. — For the past few weeks, I’ve been turning on the Christmas music for our drive to and from town with our daughters. ’Tis the season, of course, and also, we were looking for just ...

Is "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" really a bad Christmas song? When appearing on an episode of the Songwriter Connection Podcast, the song's sole writer, Randy Brooks, said the song came about ...

Christmas and country music were made for each other. Sure, the classics — from Dolly Parton’s “Hard Candy Christmas” to Merle Haggard’s “If We Make It Through December” — still define the season, but ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: We wrote this back in 2021, but with Christmas upon us again we felt like it was the perfect time to update it. It's the holiday season and you know what that means? It's time to break ...

The votes are in, and Arizona Republic readers have selected their worst Christmas song of all time: a novelty record by Elmo & Patsy, a since-divorced husband and wife who self-released the song on ...

I’ve always had fun searching for Christmas ties to Alabamians. It turns out, our state has quite a few significant Christmas connections. I’ll share some tales below and you and your family can use ...