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The song had been suggested as a "B" side for a record Autry was making. He first rejected it, but his wife convinced him to use it. The official date of its No. 1 status was the week ending
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distinction of being the only chart-topping hit to fall completely off the chart after reaching No. 1. The success of the
Christmas song gave support to Autry's subsequent popular Easter song, "Here Comes Peter Cottontail".
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by the time the song was written), stating the names of the eight reindeer: "You know Dasher and Dancer and
Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen. But do you recall the most famous reindeer of all?"
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All-time chart performance for "Rudolph the Red-Nosed
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys
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2169:"Gene Autry Chart History (Adult Contemporary)"
1678:"Billboard Global 200: Week of January 6, 2024"
1493:"US Top 40 Singles Week Ending January 5, 2019"
1084:Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1949).
2151:"Gene Autry Chart History (Hot Country Songs)"
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2083:"Gene Autry Chart History (Global 200)"
1940:"Burl Ives Chart History (Holiday 100)"
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70:"If It Doesn't Snow on Christmas"
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1518:"A Bing Crosby Discography"
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419:A Very Merry Chipmunk
2688:Gene Autry, Oklahoma
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1146:on December 13, 2019
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2819:The Jackson 5 songs
2784:Songs about mammals
2678:Jackie Autry (wife)
2624:The Gene Autry Show
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2494:South of the Border
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1895:AFP Top 100 Singles
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367:released a
306:Bing Crosby
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