Does anyone know if he was when he recorded it.or did he just always sound soused, whether he was or not? Terri from Phoenix, AzOn a Christmas Mix CD that I own, there's a recording of Dean Martin singing this he sounds soused.Virginia from North Myrtle Beach, ScLove the song.Maybe I'm wrong or old age is catching up with me!! Lorraine from Dublin,ca, CaI thought a young boy by the name of Jimmy West also recorded Rudolph back in the early 50's.Daniel Celano from Philadelphia, PaI think the Wiggles sang this song on the original 1997 release of their 'Wiggly Wiggly Christmas' video and their 'Wiggly Wiggly Christmas' album released in 1996.Just go get it if you haven't got it yet, your kids - or your baby-boom-born, ageing father will love it! I've heard it say that every year at Xmas time in The US and the UK, it's one of the top-selling Xmas albums. Gerard from Toulouse, FranceIf you haven't heard The Crystals' 1963 version produced by genius-gone-mad Phil Spector, well you haven't heard nothin'! Another mighty treat on the same CD (The Phil Spector Christmas album) is The Ronettes' rendering of Rudolph the red-nosed-reindeer.Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn December 3rd, 1964 the stop-motion animation special 'Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer' debut on the CBS-TV network.Īctor/folk singer Burl Ives provided the voice for 'Sam the Snowman'.Someone misheard it and started calling him Donner. In the original version (in the Library of Congress), the names of two of the reindeer are Donder and Blitzen (German for Thunder and Lightning) or so Clement believed. Ken Krebs from Flagstaff, AzYour excerpt from Clement Clark Moore is incorrect.Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen (Happy holidays folks, wherever you may be)

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