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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]
Jingle bells are commonly used on Christmas decorations or as Christmas ornaments themselves, or hung around the neck like a necklace.They can also be strung onto a heavy wire and bent into a wreath shape, usually with a metal bow.
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".
Patrick Street c. 1864–75, with a jingle visible at centre.. A jingle (sometimes spelled gingle) was a kind of covered carriage formerly used in the city of Cork, Ireland in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Music. Michael Martin Murphey – vocals, arranger, producer, liner notes; Debra Black – arranger, conductor; Waddie Mitchell – speaking parts; Suzy Bogguss – vocals (Two-Step 'Round The Christmas Tree)
Billboard magazine's first annual "Christmas Records" charts from November 30, 1963.. Billboard magazine only charted Christmas singles and albums along with the other popular non-holiday records until the 1958 holiday season when they published their first section that surveys only Christmas music.
Crotal bell cast by the Robert Wells bell foundry of Aldbourne, Wiltshire Crotal bell from Panama, gold, 6th–10th century. Crotal bells (Greek 'crotalon' – castanet or rattle) are various types of small bells or rattles.
The idea for Jingle Belle's story came to Paul Dini after he received a Christmas card from film director Steven Spielberg and his family. This caused Dini to wonder how world-famous celebrities were perceived by their own children, and whether they might feel some resentment at having to share their famous fathers with the world.