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He was a Jewish-American songwriter born in Mount
Vernon, New
York. He was educated at Colgate and Columbia
Universities and also studied
in Paris. During WWII he gave tuition in
singing and produced shows for radio and the military as well as receiving
a bronze star and 4 Battle Stars for his service. In 1949 he started a music
publishing company called St. Nicholas Music. He is best remembered for his
Christmas songs which include "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" and
"Rocking Around the Christmas Tree". He was the great uncle of the economist
Steven Levitt, and he was the director of ASCAP
from 1957 to 1961. He died,
aged 75, in New York
City.
Gene Autry Recordings
Nine Little Reindeer (Gene Autry, Johnny Marks and Merle Travis)
Sources:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Marks
- http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800113338&cf=biog&intl=us
- www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibit_bio.asp?exhibitId=275
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