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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.
"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. In the 1975 movie One Flew ...
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.
The compilation includes fourteen previously released Christmas songs from Grant's three Christmas studio albums, A Christmas Album, Home for Christmas, and A Christmas to Remember, as well as four new songs. Of the four new tracks, two are cover songs and two are original compositions. The two covers are "Jingle Bells" and "Count Your Blessings".
Instead, only "Jingle Bells" was released as a single, which again brought Locke's name to the top of the Billboard AC chart. Along with the release of the album, a third holiday single, " Frosty the Snowman ", was sent to radio, and once again brought Locke's name to the top of the AC chart.
Far from being "just another Christmas song," "Jingle Bell Rock" turned out to be one of the defining holiday songs of the rock 'n' roll era, as instantly recognizable today as Bing Crosby's ...
Ella Logan – as "Jingle (Bingle) Bells"; single (1938) Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians – on the album Jingle Bells (1956) Lonestar – on the album My Christmas List (2007) The Looney Tunes cast - on the album A Looney Tunes Sing-A-Long Christmas (2007) Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra – on the album Christmas Music (1957) Los Del Rio
Because It's Christmas was the best-selling Christmas album of 1990 in the U.S. The album peaked at number 40 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart, [ 5 ] and spent five weeks at number 1 on Billboard magazine's special, year-end, weekly Christmas Albums sales chart in December 1990 and January 1991.