| 词条 | Johnny Marks |
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|birth_name = John David Marks |birth_date = {{birth date|1909|11|10}} |birth_place = Mount Vernon, New York |death_date = {{death date and age|1985|9|3|1909|11|10}} |death_place = New York, New York |death_cause = Diabetes [1] |background = non_performing_personnel |occupation = Songwriter, composer }} John David Marks (November 10, 1909 – September 3, 1985) was an American songwriter. Although he was Jewish,[2][3] 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). Personal lifeMarks was born to a Jewish family[4] in Mount Vernon, New York.[5] A graduate of McBurney School in New York, NY, and Colgate and Columbia Universities, Marks later studied in Paris. He earned a Bronze Star and four Battle Stars as a Captain in the 26th Special Service Company during World War II. Marks had three children: Michael, Laura (d.2008) and David (d.2009). He is a great-uncle of economist Steven Levitt.[6] Marks was the nephew of Marcus M. Marks (1858–1937), an important business figure who served as Borough President of Manhattan. Johnny Marks's father, Louis B. Marks, was a leading lighting engineer. His wife, Margaret May Marks, was the sister of Robert L. May who wrote the original story of Rudolph.[5] He lived on West 11th Street in Greenwich Village and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City. CareerAmong Marks' many works is "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer", which was based on a poem of the same name, written by Marks’s brother-in-law, Robert L. May, Rudolph's creator. A television film based on the story and song first aired in 1964, with Marks himself composing the score. In addition to his songwriting, he founded St. Nicholas Music in 1949, and served as director of ASCAP from 1957 to 1961. In 1981, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.[7] Works (incomplete list)Christmas songs
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References1. ^https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/04/arts/johnny-marks-dies-composed-hit-song-rudolph-in-1949.html 2. ^{{cite web | author=Nate Bloom| authorlink =| title=The Jews Who Wrote Christmas Songs| publisher =InterfaithFamily| date =2006-12-19 | url =http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/The_Jews_Who_Wrote_Christmas_Songs.shtml| accessdate =2012-12-20}} 3. ^{{cite news | title=Why a sad song says so much |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2001/dec/09/features.review57 | author=Barbara Ellen | work=The Guardian | date=9 December 2001}} 4. ^{{Cite web|last=Bloom|first=Nate|title=All those Holiday/Christmas Songs: So Many Jewish Songwriters!|publisher=Jewish World Review|date=December 22, 2014|url=http://jewishworldreview.com/1214/jewz_xmas.php3|accessdate=}} 5. ^1 {{Cite web|author=Nate Bloom|authorlink=|title=Shining a Light on the Largely Untold Story of the Origins of Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer|publisher=InterfaithFamily.com|date=2011-12-20|url=http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Shining_a_Light_on_the_Largely_Untold_Story_of_the_Origins_of_Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer.shtml|accessdate=2011-12-22}} 6. ^The Probability that a Real-Estate Agent is Cheating You (and other riddles of modern life): Inside the curious mind of the heralded young economist Steven Levitt by Stephen J. Dubner, New York Times Magazine, August 3, 2003 7. ^Johnny Marks at the Songwriters Hall of Fame 8. ^[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378881/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_wr#writers The Tiny Tree at the Internet Movie Database] 9. ^[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11A7Y1cq0kE "The Tiny Tree - DePatie-Freling - 1975," YouTube] External links
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