<P> `` 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 . Gene Autry 's recording hit No. 1 on the U.S. charts the week of Christmas 1949 . </P>
<P> `` 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 . Gene Autry 's recording hit No. 1 on the U.S. charts the week of Christmas 1949 . </P>
when was rudolph the red-nosed reindeer song made
when was rudolph the red-nosed reindeer song made
1939
1939