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"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 .
Enduring though it may be, "Jingle Bell Rock" is a product of its time, a cheerful piece of Christmas commerce made with only one intention: to sell records during the holiday season of 1957.
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.
His song "Jingle Bell Rock", which was released in the late fall of 1957, produced by Paul Cohen [6] was a big hit [7] and was being played and danced to on Dick Clark's teen dance show American Bandstand by mid-December of that year. It also re-emerged in four out of the next five years, and sold so well that it repeated each time as a top hit ...
The classic Christmas tune, "Jingle Bell Rock" has a lot of local roots to the Bloomington area. Check out some fast facts about the legendary song.
"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 ]
"Jingle Bell Rock" references "Jingle Bells". "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" by Nat King Cole quotes from "Jingle Bells" at the close of the song. "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" performed live by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band quotes the melody from "Jingle Bells" at the close.
Brenda Mae Tarpley (born December 11, 1944), [2] known professionally as Brenda Lee, is an American singer.Primarily performing rockabilly, pop, country and Christmas music, she achieved her first Billboard hit aged 12 in 1957 and was given the nickname "Little Miss Dynamite".