Gene Autry balked for quite some time before his wife finally convinced him to record it. Now, with sales exceeding 150 million copies, the western singer’s 1949 version of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” has gone down in history as the No. 2 Christmas song of all time. The lyrics were put together by songwriter Johnny […]
New Tracks – 8/23
In the visual arts, there’s a certain amount of respect reserved for the so-called “artist’s artist.” He is the brilliant creative mind who may be too fringe, too idiosyncratic or too before-his-time to garner popular consumption – but who is celebrated exceptionally by his more mainstream peers. The concept applies to the musical arts as well, and John […]
