Robert L. May adaptation of Rudolph. Though the song was turned down by such popular vocalists as Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore, it was recorded by the singing cowboy Gene Autry. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was released in 1949 and became a phenomenal success, selling more records than any other Christmas song, with the exception of "White Christmas". In 1941, May married another Ward employee, Virginia, and had five children with her. She was a devout Catholic, and he converted to Catholicism during the marriage. May wrote two sequels to "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer". The first is mostly in prose (except that Rudolph
Singing cowboy of films with the studio beginning with "Song of the Gringo". Ritter recorded "Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darlin'," the movie title-track song for "High Noon" (1952). The song became a hit and received an Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song, for 1953. Herb Jeffries and his horse Starbuck made a series of films beginning with "Harlem on the Prairie" (1937). Singing cowgirl Dorothy Page made three films for Grand National Pictures in 1939. With the fame of the operetta "Rose-Marie" and singing cowboy films, a series of films with actor singer James Newill playing a singing Mountie,