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"Jingle Bells" is one of the most commonly sung [1] Christmas songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont. It is an unsettled question where and when Pierpont originally composed the song that would become known as "Jingle Bells". [2] It was published under the title "The One Horse Open Sleigh" in September 1857.
In the 1975 movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest starring Jack Nicholson, an instrumental version of "Jingle Bells" is played during the party scene. "White Christmas" recorded by the Drifters in 1954 features a snippet of "Jingle Bells" sung at the close of the song. "Jingle Bells" was the first song performed in space on December 16, 1965 ...
Barbra Streisand, "Jingle Bells" Jingle Bells is certainly not a wacky song, but this Streisand version from a 1967 Christmas album speeds the celebratory tune up so much that it's almost like a ...
The song's title and some of its lyrics are an extension of the old Christmas standard, "Jingle Bells". It makes brief references to other popular songs of the 1950s, such as "Rock Around the Clock", and mentions going to a "Jingle hop". Hank Garland plays guitar on the recording. Backup singers were the Anita Kerr Singers. [12]
What a bright time, it’s the right time to rock away to Bobby Helms’ 1957 Christmas song, “Jingle Bell Rock.” 'Twelve Days of Christmas' by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters
lyrics: Gustave Gaillardon; music: Louis-Claude d'Aquin: early 20th century (lyrics), c. 1757 (music) Set to the melody of d'Aquin’s 10th Noël; musical score at archive.org "C'est Noël" lyrics: Jean Manse; music: Henri Betti: 1956 Song written for the movie Honoré de Marseille with Fernandel "Dans cette étable" words 19th century
Here are Christmas songs you may have deleted from your playlists, too. ... This isn’t to say that “Jingle Bells” is a bad song. We love “Jingle Bells” — just versions of it that aren ...
According to William Studwell in The Christmas Carol Reader, "Up on the Housetop" was the second-oldest secular Christmas song, outdone only by "Jingle Bells", which was written in 1857. It is also considered the first Yuletide song to focus primarily on Santa Claus. It was originally published in the magazine Our Song Birds by Root & Cady.