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* ''[[A Flintstone Family Christmas]]'' - [[Fred Flintstone]] and [[Barney Rubble]] briefly sing a parody version titled "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Pterodactyl". |
* ''[[A Flintstone Family Christmas]]'' - [[Fred Flintstone]] and [[Barney Rubble]] briefly sing a parody version titled "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Pterodactyl". |
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* "[[Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas]]" |
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*''[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie]]'' |
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*''[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys]]'' |
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* ''[[Elmo Saves Christmas: Holiday Favorites]]'' (1998) |
* ''[[Elmo Saves Christmas: Holiday Favorites]]'' (1998) |
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* ''[[A Flintstones Motown Christmas]]'' (1999) |
* ''[[A Flintstones Motown Christmas]]'' (1999) |
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* ''[[Rugrats: Holiday Classics]]'' (2004) - Sung by [[Kimi Watanabe-Finster]] and [[Susie Carmichael]]. This version was later reused on ''[[Nick Holiday]]'' (2006). |
* ''[[Rugrats: Holiday Classics]]'' (2004) - Sung by [[Kimi Watanabe-Finster]] and [[Susie Carmichael]]. This version was later reused on ''[[Nick Holiday]]'' (2006). |
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* ''[[Disney's Merry Little Christmas]]'' (2006) |
* ''[[Disney's Merry Little Christmas]]'' (2006) |
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Revision as of 09:58, 19 February 2017
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" is a song based on the story of the same name, created by Robert L. May in 1939 as part of his employment with Montgomery Ward. It tells the tale of Rudolph, Santa's ninth and lead reindeer, who possesses an unusually red-colored nose that gives off its own light (bioluminescence), powerful enough to illuminate the team's path through inclement winter weather.
The story is owned by The Rudolph Company, L.P. and has been sold in numerous forms including a popular song, a television special done in stop-motion animation, and a feature film. Character Arts, LLC manages the licensing for the Rudolph Company, L.P.
Production information
Robert L. May created Rudolph in 1939 as an assignment for Montgomery Ward. The retailer had been buying and giving away coloring books for Christmas every year and it was decided that creating their own book would save money. In its first year of publication, 2.4 million copies of Rudolph's story were distributed by Montgomery Ward. The story is written as a poem in the meter of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.
Johnny Marks, May's brother-in-law, decided to adapt his story into a song. Marks (1909–1985), who was Jewish, was a radio producer and wrote several popular Christmas songs. He was born in a New York City suburb and graduated from Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y., before going off to Paris to study music. He had a heroic World War II combat record, winning the Bronze Star and four battle stars.
It was first sung commercially by crooner Harry Brannon on New York city radio in the latter part of 1948 before Gene Autry recorded it formally in 1949, and has since filtered into the popular consciousness.
The lyric "All of the other reindeer" can be misheard in dialects with the cot-caught merger as the mondegreen "Olive the other reindeer", and has given rise to another character featured in a Christmas special of her own.
Lyrics
- You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen
- Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen,
- But do you recall
- The most famous reindeer of all?
- Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
- Had a very shiny nose
- And if you ever saw it
- You would even say it glows.
- All of the other reindeer
- Used to laugh and call him names
- They'd never let poor Rudolph
- Join in any reindeer games
- Then one foggy Christmas Eve
- Santa came to say
- "Rudolph, with your nose so bright,
- Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"
- Then how the reindeer loved him
- As they shouted out with glee:
- "Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,
- You'll go down in history!"
Appearances in Christmas specials
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Fleischer)
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Rankin/Bass)
- Rudolph's Shiny New Year
- Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
- Disney Sing Along Songs: Very Merry Christmas Songs
- A Claymation Christmas Celebration
- "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
- "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
- A Flintstone Family Christmas - Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble briefly sing a parody version titled "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Pterodactyl".
- "Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas"
- "It's A Hi-5 Christmas"
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys
Album releases
- Christmas with the Chipmunks (1961)
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
- Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm Singing Songs of Christmas (1965)
- Christmas with the Brady Bunch (1970)
- Raffi's Christmas Album (1983)
- Sesame Street Christmas Sing-Along (1984)
- A Pooh Christmas (1994)
- Rudolph, Frosty and Friends' Favorite Christmas Songs (1996)
- Nick at Nite: A Classic Cartoon Christmas (1996)
- Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (1996)
- Elmo Saves Christmas: Holiday Favorites (1998)
- A Flintstones Motown Christmas (1999)
- Santa Claus is Coming! (1999)
- It's a Hi-5 Christmas (2001)
- Rugrats: Holiday Classics (2004) - Sung by Kimi Watanabe-Finster and Susie Carmichael. This version was later reused on Nick Holiday (2006).
- Disney's Merry Little Christmas (2006)
- Bob! from Sesame Street: Christmas Sing Along (2006)
- A Looney Tunes Sing-A-Long Christmas (2006)
- Disney's Merry Little Christmas (2006)
- A Very Special Charlie Brown Holiday Collection (2010)
- Jingle Bell Fun (2012)
- Chipmunks Christmas (2012)
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