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After what we’ve collectively been through this past 20 months, more than ever before, we need a little Christmas now. For those wondering what sweet surprises may lurk under their tree, let’s just say, thanks to Rebecca DawgGoneDavis -  the holiday is literally going to the Dawgs, incredibly, for the third time! 

In both 2019 and 2020, the witty, irrepressible  Kansas City based artist, rapper, rocker and songwriter took her playful, canine-friendly seasonal single “Here Comes Santa Dawg” to #2 on the World Music Indie Chart. It proved so popular that pop, rap, Christian, holiday and variety radio stations worldwide were still playing it and people were still grooving to it well into February both years. Anyone who missed the track during its first two dazzling go-rounds can deck the halls to it this year. “Here Comes Santa Dawg” will drop again Monday, November 15, and is set to be promoted to more U.S. based stations than ever this year. 
 
Over a festive synth line, atmosphere and beats created by Rebecca’s secret weapon, renowned Euro producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Hellmut Wolf, the rapper whimsically weaves the story of three beloved dogs - her long beloved, departed dachshund Hans, her childhood family dachshund April, and Franz, the new pup, a gift from the mythical “Santa Dawg,” who comes at Christmas in the wake of Hans’ loss to help her heal and find joy in the holiday again. Throughout the song, she intercuts warm memories of Hans with images of her happy childhood celebrations and the exciting advent of Franz. 
 
Rebecca opens addressing her target audience and the gifts she’s bearing : “Hey Kids! Christmas Rappings!” Early in the first verse, she poignantly recalls, “Past Christmas joy came in the form of a wiener dog named Hans” and admits that “We’ve been crying and existing in a sad ole fog.” But then, bigger and better than Rudolph himself, she exclaims, “Santa dog comes and brings in a brand-new dog.” While humorously admitting that “All puppies cry and create a bunch of pooh,” she claims her new dog Franz as a true Christmas miracle: “The love of Jesus and the gifts of Santa Dawg/Have saved our hearts again.” 
 
Though Rebecca began the infectious narrative in a state of sadness over Hans’ passing, she started feeling a deeper sense of purpose and joy when she came up with a line so good she repeats it three times: “All we want for Christmas is some Canine Teeth.” In the second verse, she invokes nostalgic details of her youth, including dressing up her Barbie doll, getting a pair of “Frappy Chinos,” playing with a “roaring toy named green Dino, playing with Lego’s and stuffing her tiny body in a Barbie Camper. 
 
Rebecca later has fun imagining Franz frolic: “The Franz loves to chew/He brought us to tears/It is goodbye to momma’s brand-new braziers.” She admits that “Franz baby acts a tad dim-witted” compared to Hans, who was “extra special, he had a vocabulary.” Franz looks like “Moe, Curly and Larry,” and he’s just a “puppy all fun and goofs.” But even if he doesn’t quite measure up to Hans, she lets us know she’s grateful for him: “We love this puppy’s pearly pearly toofs.” 
 
“Hans was a very special friend to me, who was there for me when I was battling cancer a few years ago,” Rebecca says. “When he died in October 2019, I was so bereaved I didn’t think I could write about him, but somehow, maybe with his and definitely God’s help, I was able to come up with a song that captured the uplifting magic of our relationship – and of course Hans did a tremendous job. Once I realized I was writing a song about Hans, I knew I could not make it sad. To help me, I remembered the good times we had, and also the cheerful memories from my childhood Christmases that I share in the second verse.”
 
As crazy as the world has been since the original release of “Here Comes Santa Dawg,” Rebecca has helped hundreds of thousands around the world engaged with a series of singles that range from edgy social consciousness to full on uplifting comic brilliance. Keeping her wit and clever turns of phrase intact, she quickly evolved into a hard-hitting chronicler of the times we live in, breaking through in 2020 and 2021 with a total of five international hit singles. 
 
After a series of edgier, hard hitting socially conscious, pandemic era hits featuring longtime Snoop Dogg producer Chago G. Williams – including “Darkest Hour” (#5 on the Euro Indie Chart), “No More” (#11) and “Clean Slate” (#7) – she went to #6 on the World Indie Music Chart with “Boulders Weeping – Cry No More” ft. former Gap Band member and gospel/R&B artist Dorian Paul. Her latest single with Chago G Williams, the Top 20 international hit “Raybans in the Rain,” took Rebecca full circle back to the lighthearted, fun-filled vibe she launched with in 2018. Once again, she collaborates with the Euro connection she considers her secret musical weapons. Raybans in the Rain is also the title of Rebecca’s new album, a collection of all of her recent hits, including “Here Comes Santa Dawg.”  

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