Top Songs
- Immanuel · 2012
- Born to Sing · 2007
- Vonk Kersfees · 2010
- Best of Christmas - Accordion · 2016
- Born to Sing · 2007
- Songs the Lord Gave Me · 2007
- Born to Sing · 2007
- Born to Sing · 2007
- Born to Sing · 2007
- Best of Christmas - Carols & Songs · 2016
- Jul Som I Gamle Dage, Vol. 1 · 2012
- Jul for alle, Vol. 1 · 2012
- Born to Sing · 2007
Albums
- 2007
About Johnny Marks
Best remembered for seasonal favorites like "Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer," composer Johnny Marks was born in Mt. Vernon, NY, on November 10, 1909. After attending Columbia University, he studied music in Paris, returning stateside to work as a radio producer; during World War II, Marks additionally produced entertainment for American troops stationed overseas. In 1947, he was asked to write a song based on "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer," a poem written by his brother-in-law Robert L. May, a copywriter with the Montgomery Ward department store chain. Ward's had already given away six-million illustrated copies of May's story before Marks even composed a note, but the song itself (popularized by Gene Autry's 1949 recording) still sold over 30-million copies in the decades to follow, inspiring a beloved television special which premiered in 1964. Marks also authored several other yuletide classics, including "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," "A Holly, Jolly Christmas," "When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter," and "Silver and Gold"; a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, he died September 3, 1985. ~ Jason Ankeny
- HOMETOWN
- Mount Vernon, NY, United States
- BORN
- November 10, 1909
- GENRE
- Christian