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Tommie Connor
Connor c. 1980
Background information
Birth name
Thomas Patrick Connor
Born
(1904-11-16)16 November 1904 Bloomsbury, London, England
Died
28 November 1993(1993-11-28) (aged 89) Farnborough, Kent, England
Genres
Traditional pop, Christmas music
Occupation(s)
Songwriter
lyricist
Years active
1932–1960s
Musical artist
Thomas Patrick Connor (16 November 1904 – 28 November 1993) was a British lyricist and songwriter,[1] credited with several hit songs over his long career.[2] He wrote several of the most popular non-religious Christmas songs, including "The Little Boy that Santa Claus Forgot", "I'm Sending a Letter to Santa Claus", and "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus", as well as the lyrics for such popular songs as "Lili Marlene" and "The Biggest Aspidistra in the World".
^Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 297. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
^"Tommie Connor". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
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Charles Kenny & Nick Kenny "Lili Marlene" w. (Ger) Hans Leip (Eng) TommieConnor m. Norbert Schultze "The Little Man Who Wasn't There" w. Harold Adamson...
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Traditional R. Carpenter[a] / Victor Herbert / Traditional R. Carpenter[a] / TommieConnor / Phillips Brooks Lewis Redner / Traditional R. Carpenter[a] / Pietro...
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