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1964: Burl Ives recorded the song for the soundtrack of the holiday TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. The soundtrack album containing Ives's version reached No. 92 on the Billboard 200 albums sales chart. [26] He would re-record the song the following year for his holiday album Have a Holly Jolly Christmas.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a soundtrack album to the 1964 Rankin/Bass television special of the same name.The original cast recordings from the TV special (side "A" of the original LP release) are supplemented with instrumental versions recorded by the Decca Concert Orchestra (on side "B") on the Compact Disc version.
John David Marks (November 10, 1909 – September 3, 1985) was an American songwriter.He specialized in Christmas songs and wrote many holiday standards, including "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (a hit for Gene Autry and others), "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (a hit for Brenda Lee), "A Holly Jolly Christmas" (recorded by the Quinto Sisters and later by Burl Ives), "Silver and Gold ...
The 1964 claymation special from Rankin/Bass Productions, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, celebrated its 60th anniversary last week. In honor of the occasion, NBC is airing an extended version of ...
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer celebrates its 60th anniversary on Dec. 6. The claymation special was the first Christmas stop-motion film produced by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass, who went on ...
Despite being called the most famous reindeer of all in the song named after him, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was actually the result of a savvy advertising campaign.
The special was based on the 1949 Johnny Marks song "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" which was itself based on the poem of the same name written in 1939 by Marks's brother-in-law, Robert L. May. The concept was developed in New York City, the animation was done in Japan, the music was recorded in England, and most of the voice actors were from ...
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" will air on NBC on Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. ET, which is the same night the classic premiered years ago. ... and it gained more popularity when Johnny Marks wrote a song ...