Barry Gordon

The colorful and varied career of performer Barry Gordon has traversed the arenas of television, film, stage, music, radio, video games, even politics. Born in Massachusetts in 1948, Gordon first appeared on the small screen at the tender age of three. A handful of television appearances later, MGM Records picked him to record the novelty tune "Nuttin' for Christmas," written for MGM by Bennett & Tepper, the songwriting team behind several of Elvis Presley's early movies. The recording became a Billboard Top 10 hit during the 1955 holiday season and sold more than 2 million copies.