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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 .
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.
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]
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.
Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee is an album by Brenda Lee and was released in 1964 by Decca Records. [3] in 1999, the album was rereleased on MCA Nashville, expanded to 18 tracks, and retitled Rockin’ around the Christmas tree: the Decca Christmas Recordings, which has remained in print ever since.
This list of best-selling Christmas singles in the United States includes artists from around the world, but only reflects sales in the United States.According to the Guinness Book of World Records, "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby is not only the best-selling Christmas single in the United States, but also the best-selling single of all time since the advent of recorded music, with estimated ...
The actress released a cover of Jingle Bell Rock on Friday in advance of her new holiday movie, Falling for Christmas.Understandably, fans can't listen to the festive rendition without thinking of ...
Brenda Mae Tarpley (born December 11, 1944), [2] known professionally as Brenda Lee, is an American singer.Primarily performing rockabilly, pop, country and Christmas music, she achieved her first Billboard hit aged 12 in 1957 and was given the nickname "Little Miss Dynamite".