It can be heard in the scene where Rudolph first arrives at the Reindeer Games and meets another reindeer named Fireball. The song is written in the key of A-flat major.Īn instrumental version of the song appears as background music in the 1964 television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which exclusively featured music written by Marks. The recording features Hank Garland and Harold Bradley on guitar, Floyd Cramer on piano, Boots Randolph on sax, Bob Moore on bass, and veteran session player Buddy Harman on drums.
And I did." The song's declaration of a rock and roll sound notwithstanding, its instrumentation also fits the country music genre, which Lee more fully embraced as her career evolved. In a 2019 interview with The Tennessean, Lee recalled that she had no knowledge as to why Marks wanted her specifically to sing it: "I was only 12, and I had not had a lot of success in records, but for some reason he heard me and wanted me to do it. In spite of her adult voice, Lee recorded the song when she was only 13 years old.
"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" was written by Johnny Marks, who had previously penned " Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and " A Holly Jolly Christmas".
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