Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer

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Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer; lyric
and music by Johnny Marks,
© St. Nicholas Music Publishing Co., John
D. Marks, sole owner, New York;
9May49; EP37193.

Annotation last modified on 2021-12-02 22:54 UTC.

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lyricist and composer:	Johnny Marks (American songwriter)

publisher:	Chappell & Co Ltd. Chappell Music Ltd. St. Nicholas Music Publishing Co. (on 1949-05-09) St. Nicholas Music Inc. (from 1950 to present)

lyrics page:	https://genius.com/Barry-manilow-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-lyrics [info] https://genius.com/Burl-ives-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/20661 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0044870921 [info]
Wikidata:	Q6505842 [info]

referred to in medleys:	Medley (Christmas with Frank Ferrari) (order: 3) Mix 2 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 3) Megamix 3 (It Must Be Christmas) (order: 7) Mix Three (Greatest Ever Christmas Party Megamix) (order: 7)
later parody versions:	Frosty the Red‐Nosed Snowman (Aqua Teen Hunger Force) 我的基本法
later translated versions:	Kender I den om Rudolf? Le Petit Renne au nez rouge Petteri Punakuono Rudi Rudolf er rød på nesen Rudolf het gekke rendier Rudolf med röda mulen Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (German) 赤鼻のトナカイ
is the basis for:	RuPaul The Red‐Nosed Drag Queen
arrangements:	Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	recordings
1949-06-27	Rudolph the Red‐Nosed Reindeer		Gene Autry and The Pinafores	3:09
1949-11-12	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	live	Gene Autry	1:57
1950-06-22	Rudolph the Red‐Nosed Reindeer	cover	Bing Crosby with Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	2:16
1953-12-20	Rudolph the Red-nose Reindeer	cover and live	Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians	2:59
1954	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer	cover and instrumental	George Melachrino and Orchestra	?:??
1957-07-24	Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer		Gene Autry	?:??
1959-05-15 – 1959-05-16	Rudolph the Red‐Nosed Reindeer	instrumental	Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops	2:13
1959	Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer	cover	Dean Martin	2:16
1960-07-15 – 1960-07-16	Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer	cover	Ella Fitzgerald	2:54
1960	Rudolph, the Red Nose Reindeer	cover	The Golden Gate Quartet	2:25
1962-10-05	Rudolph the Red‐Nosed Reindeer	cover	Bing Crosby with Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra	2:16
1963-09 – 1963-10	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	cover	The Crystals	2:34
1964-10	Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer	instrumental	The Ramsey Lewis Trio	2:29
1965-08-10	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	instrumental	Eddie Dunstedter	2:17
1966-08-17 – 1966-08-18	Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer		Percy Faith His Orchestra and Chorus	2:23
1966	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer	cover	Lena Horne	2:15
1973-12-22	Elderberry Wine (bootleg, live, 1973-12-22: Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK)	live	Elton John	7:30
1973-12-22	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (live, 1973-12-22: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK)	live	Elton John	1:10
1973-12-22	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (bootleg, live, 1973-12-22: Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK)	live	Elton John	1:46
1973-12-22	Rudolph the Red‐Nosed Reindeer (live, 1973-12-22: Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK)	cover and live	Elton John	1:15
1978	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	cover	Rosemary Clooney	2:25
1985	Ruldoph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	cover	Ray Charles	4:05
1993-07-19 – 1993-07-23	Rudolph the Red‐Nosed Reindeer		Harry Connick, Jr.	2:32
1993-12-12	Rudolph (live, 1993-12-12: Universal City, Los Angeles, CA, USA)	cover and live	The Smashing Pumpkins	1:27
1993-12-12	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer [No Toys for O.J. 1995]	cover and live	The Smashing Pumpkins	1:11
1993-12-12	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (live, 1993-12-12: Universal Amphitheatre. Los Angeles, CA, USA)	cover and live	The Smashing Pumpkins	1:29
1993-12-12	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (live, 1993-12-12: Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA)	cover and live	The Smashing Pumpkins	1:19
1993-12-12	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	cover and live	The Smashing Pumpkins	1:17
1993-12-12	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	cover and live	The Smashing Pumpkins	1:13
1993-12-12	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Live '93)	cover and live	The Smashing Pumpkins	1:23
1993-12-12	Rudolph the Red‐Nosed Reindeer	cover and live	The Smashing Pumpkins	1:23
1997-04	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer		Carus‐Quintett	2:48
1998	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer		The Pointer Sisters	1:39
2005-12-05	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (live, 2005-12-05: Forum, Kentish Town, Camden, London, England, UK)	cover and live	Marillion	1:16
2005	Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer		Michelle Wright	3:22
2011	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	cover and live	Monti Beton & Johann K.	4:06
2016-12-07 – 2016-12-08	Rudolph the Red‐Nosed Reindeer (live, 2016‐12‐07/08: Big Room, Sierra Nevada Brewery, Chico, CA, USA)	cover, instrumental and live	Tommy Emmanuel	2:16
2019-11-30	Rudolph the Red‐Nosed Reindeer (live, 2019-11-30: Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown, NY, USA)	live	The Smithereens	3:52
2022-12-16	【KARAOKE ENDURANCE 歌枠】Singing Until 766,000 Subscribers! ~	cover and live	Nanashi Mumei	?:??
	Christmas Classics Medley: Troika / Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer / Winter Wonderland / White Christmas / We Wish You a Merry Christmas	instrumental and medley	The Central Band of the Royal British Legion	8:18
	Frosty the Snowman / Rudolph the Red‐Nosed Reindeer / Sleigh Bells and Cinnamon	instrumental and medley	The Organ Masters	3:11
	Frosty vs. Rudolph: the Re-boot	medley	The King’s Singers	3:47
	Jingle Bells / Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	medley	Ruth Welcome	2:58
	Le P'tit Renne au nez rouge	instrumental	Herman Apple ses Carillons et ses Percussions	2:07
	Le Petit Reine Au Nez Rouge	cover	Annie Major-Matte	2:55
	Le Petit Renne Au Nez Rouge (Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer)	cover	Lucien Hétu	2:19
	Let It Snow! / Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer	cover and instrumental	Eddie Dunstedter	5:01
	Medley: Frosty the Snow Man / Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	cover and medley	Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus	2:29
	Medley: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear / Away in a Manger / O Little Town of Bethlehem / Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer	medley	Frank Sinatra & Bing Crosby	6:57
	Medley: It Came Upon A Midnight Clear / The Little Lord Jesus / O Little Town Of Bethlehem / Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer	medley	Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra	6:40
	Rudolf		Abney Park	1:24
	Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer	cover	Jack Jezzro & Sam Levine	3:39
	Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer	cover	The Knight Watch Singers	?:??
	Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer		Richard Clayderman	?:??
	Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer	cover	Dean Martin	2:17
	Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer	cover	Dean Martin	2:16
	Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer	cover	Hank Thompson and the Brazos Valley Boys	2:22
	Rudolf The Red Nosed Reindeer		Bing Crosby	2:27
	Rudolf The Red Nosed Reindeer		Gene Autry	3:09
	Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer	instrumental	Jacky Terrasson	2:52
	Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer	cover	Jāzepa Mediņa mūzikas skolas zēnu koris	2:06
	Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer	cover	Dean Martin	2:19
	Rudolf the Red‐Nose Reindeer	cover	Dean Martin	2:15
	Rudolf, the Red-Nosed Reindeer	cover	Ray Charles	2:21
	Rudolf, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer		Gene Autry	?:??
	Rudolp the Red Nosed Reindeer		Gene Autry	3:08
	Rudolph		Gene Autry	2:58
	Rudolph		Adam Kempa	2:02
	Rudolph the Manic Reindeer		Los Lobos	1:59
	Rudolph the Nosed Reindeer		Chris Isaak	2:12
	Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer	cover	Bobby Helms	2:29
	Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer	cover	The Seekers	2:51
	Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer	cover	Dean Martin	?:??
	Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer	cover	The Wiggles	1:57
	Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer (live, 1985: Lansdowne Park, Ottawa, Canada)	cover and live	Corey Hart	3:34
	Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer		The Temptations	2:59
	Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer		Bing Crosby	2:24
	Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer		Bing Crosby	2:24
	Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer	cover	Dean Martin	2:13
	Rudolph the Red Nosed Raindeer		Bing Crosby and Ella Fitzgerald	2:26
	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer	cover	Teddy & the Tigers	2:19
	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer	cover and live	The Smashing Pumpkins	1:07
	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer		Jack Johnson	2:10
	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer	cover	Rosemary Clooney	1:02
	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer		Spike Jones and His City Slickers	3:30
	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer		Bing Crosby	?:??
	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer	cover	Bing Crosby & Ella Fitzgerald	2:33
	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer		The Cadillacs	2:19
	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer	cover	Dean Martin	2:11
	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer	cover	John Denver	3:12
	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer		[christmas music]	2:51
	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer		Carnie & Wendy Wilson	2:54
	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (On the Beat remix)	cover	DMX feat. DJ Prince	1:01
	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer		Bing Crosby & Ella Fitzgerald	3:07
	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer	cover	Flammpunkt	2:41
	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer		Johnny Marks	1:36
	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer	cover	Dean Martin	2:20
	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer	cover	Dez Fafara, Doug Aldrich, Blasko & John Tempesta	4:08
	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer		Frank Sinatra & Bing Crosby	1:20
	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer		Bing Crosby & Ella Fitzgerald	2:25
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