Johnny Marks (November 10, 1909 – September 3, 1985) was an American songwriter. Although he was Jewish he specialized in Christmas songs and wrote many holiday standards, including "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" (a hit for Gene Autry and others), "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (a hit for Brenda Lee), "A Holly Jolly Christmas" (recorded by the Quinto Sisters and later by Burl Ives), "Silver and Gold" (for Burl Ives) and "Run Rudolph Run" (recorded by Chuck Berry).
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- The Wiggles covered Marks' song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" on their Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas album and spelled as "Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer".