Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock

Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Helms, Music Video, Lyrics and Review

Jingle Bell Rock is the name of a popular Christmas song. It was first released by Bobby Helms in 1957 and has received frequent airplay during every Christmas time since then.
“Jingle Bell Rock” was written by Joe Beal & Jim Boothe. It has gone on to sell 100 million copies.

This is not the official video obviously but I couldn’t find one for this song.

Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock Lyrics

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
Snowin’ and blowin’ up bushels of fun
Now the jingle hop has begun

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time
Dancin’ and prancin’ in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air

What a bright time, it’s the right time
To rock the night away
Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go glidin’ in a one-horse sleigh

Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet
Jingle around the clock
Mix and a-mingle in the jinglin’ feet
That’s the jingle bell rock

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock (repeat verse1’s
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time last 4 lines)
Dancin’ and prancin’ in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air

What a bright time, it’s the right time
To rock the night away
Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go glidin’ in a one-horse sleigh

Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet
Jingle around the clock
Mix and a-mingle in the jinglin’ feet
That’s the jingle bell
That’s the jingle bell
That’s the jingle bell rock

Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock Review

It has been performed by many, but Helms’ version is the best-known. Its title and some of its lyrics are takeoffs on the old Christmas standard, “Jingle Bells”. It also makes brief references to other popular songs of the 1950s, such as “Rock Around the Clock”, and mentions going to a “Jingle hop”. An electric guitar can be heard playing the first notes to the chorus from the aforementioned “Jingle Bells”.

Despite being titled a Jingle Bell “Rock”, Helms’ version of the song was performed in the crossover style known as Rockabilly, and to modern ears it sounds a lot more “Country” than it does “Rock and Roll”.

A notable cover version of the song was recorded by Bill Haley & His Comets (coincidentally the originators of the referenced “Rock Around the Clock”) in 1968 for United Artists records. Intended for a seasonal single release, it was decided not to release the recording, and it was considered lost for nearly 30 years until it was finally issued in the mid-1990s.

Brenda Lee also released a version of “Jingle Bell Rock” which made the Billboard Christmas singles chart in both 1964 and 1967.

source wikipedia.org

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