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James Lord Pierpont (April 25, 1822 – August 5, 1893) [1] was an American composer, songwriter, arranger, organist, and Confederate States soldier. Pierpont wrote and composed "Jingle Bells" in 1857, originally titled "The One Horse Open Sleigh".
"Jingle Bell Rock" is an American Christmas song first released by Bobby Helms in 1957. It has received frequent airplay in the United States during every Christmas season since then, and is generally considered Helms' signature song .
"Jingle Bell Rock" U.S. Pop: 21 1962 "Teach Me to Twist" 109 "Jingle Bell Rock" 92 UK Singles: 40 References
Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra - as "Jingle Bells Mambo"; from the album Adventures in Rhythm (1954) Bobby Rydell and Chubby Checker – as "Jingle Bells Imitations"; B-side of "Jingle Bell Rock" single (1961). It was featured on their album, Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker.
Although Decca released the single in both 1958 and again in 1959, it did not sell well until Lee became a popular star in 1960. That Christmas holiday season, Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" placed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time, eventually peaking at No. 14.
The NBC chimes are a sequence of three tones played on National Broadcasting Company (NBC) broadcasts. Originally developed in 1927 as seven notes, they were standardized to the current three-note version by the early 1930s, and possibly as early as 1929.
In the U.S., the Monroe record charted higher-—by several of Billboard magazine's measures—-than has any successor. For 15 weeks, through 30 March 1946, it appeared in its "Honor Roll of Hits: The Nation’s Top 15 Tunes."
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