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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 .
The version of "Jingle Bell Rock" on this album is different from those two versions. [citation needed] This album features two new songs written by Hall & Oates: "No Child Should Ever Cry on Christmas" and "Home for Christmas". It includes a version of "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear", which became their second number one Adult Contemporary hit ...
"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, when NASA astronauts Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford , aboard Gemini 6, played it on a harmonica and bells to Mission Control.
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.
Musical notation for the chorus of "Jingle Bells" Play "Jingle Bell Rock" by Bobby Helms pays homage to "Jingle Bells", directly referencing the source song's lyrics, but with a different melody. Originally recorded and released by Helms in a rockabilly style, "Jingle Bell Rock" has itself since become a Christmas standard. [30]
Bobby Helms – on the album Jingle Bell Rock (1970) Woody Herman and His Orchestra – single (1942) [22] Tiny Hill and His Orchestra – single (1939) Gary Hoey – on the album Ho! Ho! Hoey (1995) Hollyridge Strings – on the album Christmas Favorites (1965) Lena Horne – as "Jingle All the Way"; on the album Merry from Lena (1966)
Jingle Bell Jazz (re-issued as Christmas Jazz) is a collection of jazz versions of Christmas songs recorded between 1959 and 1962 by some of the most popular artists on the Columbia label. It was released on October 17, 1962.
"Jingle Bells/U Can't Touch This" is a Crazy Frog cover of the Christmas song "Jingle Bells" and a cover of "U Can't Touch This", (originally by MC Hammer). In Australia, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, and Sweden, a cover of Wham! 's " Last Christmas " instead of "U Can't Touch This" was added as an A-side and issued as ...