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"Silver Bells" is a Christmas song composed by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. It debuted in the motion picture The Lemon Drop Kid (1951), where it was started by William Frawley , [ 1 ] then sung in the generally known version immediately thereafter by Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell . [ 1 ]
They also wrote the Christmas song "Silver Bells" in 1951, for the film The Lemon Drop Kid, initially calling it "Tinkle Bells" but changed it to "Silver" because of a common connotation of "tinkle", as well as "Never Let Me Go" for the 1956 film The Scarlet Hour. Johnny Mathis sang Livingston's song "All The Time", among others.
Despite initial doubt on their part that the song would be commercially successful, their Christmas song "Silver Bells", intended for the 1951 Bob Hope film The Lemon Drop Kid, has become a Christmas standard. [18] [19] Evans appeared as himself with Livingston in the film Sunset Boulevard in the New Year's Eve party scene. [citation needed]
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The Herald Angels Sing" (Music by Felix Mendelssohn and lyrics by Charles Wesley) "Silent Night" (Music by Joseph Mohr and lyrics by Franz Gruber) "Silver Bells" (Music and Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans) "Toyland" (Words and Music by Victor Herbert) "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Words and Music by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane)
"Carol of the Bells" is a popular Christmas carol, which is based on the Ukrainian New Year's song "Shchedryk". The music for the carol comes from the song written by the Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in or before 1916; the English-language lyrics were written in 1936 by American composer of Ukrainian origin Peter Wilhousky.
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John David Marks (November 10, 1909 – September 3, 1985) was an American songwriter.He specialized in Christmas songs and wrote many holiday standards, including "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (a hit for Gene Autry and others), "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (a hit for Brenda Lee), "A Holly Jolly Christmas" (recorded by the Quinto Sisters and later by Burl Ives), "Silver and Gold ...