Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
- DON
RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER  -  MER
RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER    1948
Bandleader and musician Don Redman joined his first band when he was six years old. In 1931, a thirty-one year old Redman formed his own band, quickly earning a residency at the famous Connie's Inn jazz club in Harlem.
Did you know??? Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was the last cartoon ever produced by Max Fleischer who produced the Popeye the Sailor man, Betty Boop and Koko the Clown cartoons from the 1910's to the 1940's... On a particularly foggy Christmas Eve, RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER turns his humiliating birth defect into a beneficial asset... Two decades before Rudolph came to the small screen, Robert L. May's enduring creation was given the Max Fleischer special touch in this nostalgic cartoon. Johnny Marks' infectious song leads into the well-known story of Santa's Winter weather troubles & how the bullied little deer saved the day/night. A few of the graphics are reminiscent of Fleischer's splendid SUPERMAN series. The cartoon adds some new details to the story - Mama Rudolph in a dress & apron is a rather strange sight - but basically this version, narrated by Paul Wing, laid the groundwork for later adaptations. While rather obscure, if uncovered this would make a fine addition to a family's Christmas Eve viewing.
It was May's brother-in-law, Johnny Marks, who wrote the lyrics for the famous song; Gene Autry recorded it. Autry nearly passed on the tune, but his wife urged him to give it a shot. Since Autry recorded it, the tune has sold more than 150 million copies.
Though the 1964 Rankin/Bass stop-motion TV special is the longest-running holiday special ever, it wasn't the first to bring Rudolph to the screen. That honor goes to Fleischer Studios, which copyrighted a cartoon in 1948 as more advertising for Montgomery Ward.
In 1939, execs for the Montgomery Ward department store decided they needed a character for the freebie coloring books they were handing out to kids who visited Santa. That character ended up being Rudolph, who was an immediate hit with the kiddies. Montgomery Ward gave out 2.4 million copies of the Rudolph booklet in the first year alone.
1949

GENE
​AUTRY
​
1950

ELLA
​FITZGERALD
1950

JUDY
GARLAND
&
BING
​CROSBY
1950

SPIKE
JONES
AND HIS
CITY
​SLICKERS
1954

BILLY MAY
AND HIS
​ORCHESTRA
1959

DEAN
MARTIN
1959

RAY
CONNIFF
1960

BING
CROSBY
1960

​ALVIN
AND THE
CHIPMUNKS
1960

THE
​MELODEERS
1962

BURL
​IVES
1963

THE
​CRYSTALS
1965

THE
​VENTURES
1965

THE
SUPREMES
1970

THE
TEMPTATIONS
as
THE
CALIFORNIA
​RAISENS
1970

JACKSON
5
1971

TINY
TIM
1975

JOHN
​DENVER
1979

THE
​TEMPTATIONS
1982

​CULTURE
1985

RAY
CHARLES
1990

DOLLY
​PARTON
1992

​THE
CADILLACS
1993

FATS
DOMINO
1994

NEIL
DIAMOND
1996

ALAN
​JACKSON
1997

MANNHEIM
​STEAMROLLER
1998

BABYFACE
2000

LYNARD
​SKYNYRD
2001

THE
​SEEKERS
2008

CONWAY
​TWITTY
2009

WYNSTON
MARSALIS
2017

DMX
2018

GOLDFINGER
2005

​TRUMP
&
​REGIS
20??

WILLIAM
SHATNER
featuring
BILLY
​GIBBONS
1999
19??

THE
​WIGGLES
2015

​HARRY
20??

KIDZ
​BOP
BLACKPINK
ASL
BARNICLE BILL THE SAILOR

Popeye dear we cannot wed
Popeye dear we cannot wed
Popeye dear we cannot wed
I love another sailor!

Who's the guy that won your heart?
It's Barnacle Bill the Sailor!
Who's the guy that thinks he's smart?
It's Barnacle Bill the Sailor!

Why that false heart and flattering tounge
he courts them all both old and young!
He courts them all but marries none your Barnacle Bill the sailor!

But he's strong and handsome too!
But he's strong and handsome too!
But he's strong and handsome too!
My Barnacle Bill the sailor!

I'll twist his toes and squeeze the nose of Barnacle Bill the sailor
I'll mop the place with his false face the Barnacle Bill the sailor
I'll grab him by his dirty neck and when i throw he'll be a wreck
I'll sweep and smear and swab the deck
With Barnacle Bill the sailor!
(Door Begins to Knock)
Who's that knocking at my door?
Who's that knocking at my door?
Who's that knocking at my door?
Tell the fair young maiden?

It's only me from over the sea your Barnacle Bill the sailor
I've come to take you away with me
I'm Barnacle Bill the sailor
Hurry before you get me sore, i'll rare and tear and rant and roar!
Hurry before i bust in the door
It's Barnacle Bill the sailor!

Here i come to let you in
Here i come to let you in
Here i come to let you in
​
My Barnacle Bill the sailor!
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