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"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" is a song by songwriter Johnny Marks based on the 1939 story Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer published by the Montgomery Ward Company. [3] Gene Autry's recording hit No. 1 on the U.S. charts the week of Christmas 1949.
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 ...
Now Frosty and Rudolph have another companion. Best Songs for Christmas Baking. 8. “12 Days of Christmas Cookies” by Cookie Monster. ... “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” by Gene Autry.
The original article stated a release date of November 25, 1949 for Gene Autry's recording of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. However an editor today provided a citation for an earlier release date, September 1, 1949 (see autry.com link). If this is correct, the current mention of Harry Brannon's radio broadcasts in "early November" being the ...
The following year, the hit song, written by Johnny Marks and sung by Gene Autry, ... “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” which debuted in 1964, is the longest-running holiday special in ...
Rudolph’s story didn’t really become world-famous for another decade, until May’s brother-in-law Johnny Marks wrote the musical version that Gene Autry sang and the song topped the charts in ...
Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry [2] (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), [3] nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American actor, musician, singer, composer, rodeo performer, and baseball team owner, who largely gained fame by singing in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades, beginning in the early 1930s.