"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" | |
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![]() Gene Autry single cover | |
Single by Gene Autry | |
B-side | "If It Doesn't Snow on Christmas" |
Published | January 12, 1949John David Marks (self-published)[1] May 9, 1949 by St. Nicholas Music Publishing Co.[1] | by
Released | September 1949[2] |
Recorded | June 27, 1949[2] |
Genre | Christmas |
Length | 3:10 |
Label | Columbia 38610 |
Songwriter(s) | Johnny Marks |
"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.