Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Words and Music by Johnny Marks , 1949

St. Nicholas Music ~ ASCAP

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra & Chorus

Produced by Henri René

 

Recorded RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City

Recording Time 2:44

 

Recorded May 21, 1953   ~  Matrix No. E3VB 1339 Take 1 - 1A

Single release: RCA-78RPM "Como for Kids" Y-488 & EYA-40

Single release: RCA-78RPM Bluebird Children's Records BY-42 "Perry Como Sings Christmas Music for Kiddies"

Single release: RCA-45RPM Bluebird Children's Records WBY-42 E3VW-1339-3S

Single Flip Side: "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"

 

| Lyrics | Digital Finder | Album Links | 1959 Version |

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra & Chorus

Produced by Henri René

Recorded RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City

Recorded May 21, 1953

 

Notes: ~ The recording by Gene Autry with The Pinafores ( Columbia ) sold over eight-million copies

and is listed as the second biggest-selling record during the first half of the 20th century, surpassed

only by Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" which sold over thirty million. The song has had sheet music

sales exceeding five million copies and has been translated into dozens of languages. Mr. Como

recorded his version first in 1953 and then again very uniquely with the arrangements of Joe Lipman

and Jack Andrews for his 1959 full stereophonic album "Seasons Greetings from Perry Como"

LPM/LSP 2066 on RCA Victor.

A Perry Como Discography 

& Digital Companion

| Site Links | All Albums |  All Songs | The Recording Sessions |

First Edition Summer 1992

Second Edition Christmas 1993

Web Page Edition Christmas 1997

25th Anniversary Revision November, 2017

Digital Upgrade August, 2018

Easter 2023 Revised Edition

 

 

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