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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".
"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 .
"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" U.S. Pop: 21 1962 "Teach Me to Twist" 109 "Jingle Bell Rock" 92 UK Singles: 40 References
Although Decca released the single in both 1958 and again in 1959, it did not sell well until Lee became a popular star in 1960. That Christmas holiday season, Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" placed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time, eventually peaking at No. 14.
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 .
Saved by the Bell – Scott Gale; Saved by the Bell: The College Years ("Standing on the Edge of Tomorrow") – Jonathan Wolff; Scarecrow and Mrs. King – Arthur B. Rubinstein; School of Rock! ("Are You Ready to Rock?") – School of Rock; SciGirls – Steve D'Angelo, Terry Tompkins and Jeff Morrow for Eggplant; Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
In the U.S., the Monroe record charted higher-—by several of Billboard magazine's measures—-than has any successor. For 15 weeks, through 30 March 1946, it appeared in its "Honor Roll of Hits: The Nation’s Top 15 Tunes."