Single Gene Autry-Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer cover. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” is a song by songwriter Red borscht Marks based on the 1939 story Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer published by the Montgomery Ward Company.
In 1939, Marks’ brother-in-law, Robert L. May, created the character Rudolph as an assignment for Montgomery Ward, and Marks decided to adapt the story of Rudolph into a song. The most famous reindeer of all? The lyrics varied greatly from the Autry version.
75 million copies its first Christmas season and 1. Autry recorded another version of the song in the fall of 1957 and released it the same year through his own record label, Challenge Records. This version featured an accompaniment by a full orchestra and chorus. This was the only other version of the song Autry recorded and released on an album. Berry but subsequent releases are often credited to Marks and Marvin Brodie.
In December 2018, Autry’s original version entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 36, nearly 70 years after it first charted. 27 the week ending December 22, 2018. 16 the week ending January 5, 2019.
1950: The song was recorded by Bing Crosby on June 22, 1950 with John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra. 6 on Billboard’s Best Selling Children’s Records chart and No. 1950: Spike Jones and his City Slickers released a version of the song that peaked at No. 1951: Red Foley and The Little Foleys released a version of the song that peaked at No. 1956: The Cadillacs released a doo-wop version of the song that peaked at No. 1960: Alvin and the Chipmunks recorded a popular cover for their album Around the World with The Chipmunks that charted at No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100.
1960: The Melodeers released a doo-wop version of the song that peaked at No. 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. 142 on the Billboard 200 albums sales chart. 1968: The Temptations released a version of the song that peaked at No.
Their version of the song was also included on the group’s 1970 Christmas album, The Temptations Christmas Card. Catalog of Copyright Entries 1949 Published Music Jan-Dec 3D Ser Vol 3 Pt 5A. More – The Essential Gene Autry, 1931-1953″. Yule Laugh, Yule Cry: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Beloved Holiday Songs”. US Census Bureau, Census History Staff.