Oakley W. Haldeman (July 17, 1909 - December 17, 1986) was an American songwriter ("Here Comes Santa Claus"), composer, author and the general manager for a music publisher. He joined ASCAP in 1949 and his other popular-song compositions include "Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes", "I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine", "Tho' I Tried", "Pretty Mary", "Texas Polka", "Honey Child", "Vic'try Train", "Last Mile" and "Texans Never Cry".
Haldeman was born on July 17, 1909 in California, the son of Catherine (Oakley) and Clarence Edward Haldeman. He died on December 17, 1986 at the age of 77
Trivia[]
- The Wiggles arranged Haldeman's music of Here Comes Santa Claus on their Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas video.
- In "Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas" his middle initial is "Q" instead of "W".