TODAY'S QUIZ (#58-C)...
Ad-man Robert May created a cartoon character in 1939 when he wrote a whimsical little story while working for the Montgomery Ward department stores. He circulated it at Christmas time in pamphlet form among the Montgomery Ward mail-order department. Ten years later, tunesmith Johnny Marks composed a musical setting to May's cartoon character and today's popular Christmas song burst onto the holiday scene.
THE ANSWER IS...'RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED REINDEER.'
TODAY'S QUIZ...
Imitation is the sincerest form of capitalizing on someone else's idea. So it went with the writing duo of Nelson and Rollins in 1949 as they saw someone else's cute little Christmas tune sell over 2 million copies in its first season.
Three things came to their minds: 1.) "We could write something that stupid." 2.) "Those writers are making a fortune." and 3.) "We want money, too!"
They wrote a catchy tune and then pushed the tune on Gene Autry and soon it was a huge hit.
(Hint...their next huge success was to be...'Here comes Peter Cottontail.'
NAME THIS CUTESY CHRISTMAS TUNE...
[I promise these will end on New Year's Day!]
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