Jingle Bell Rock
"Jingle Bell Rock" | ||||
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Single by Bobby Helms | ||||
B-side |
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Released | November 28, 1957 | |||
Recorded | October 1957 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 2:12 | |||
Label | Decca | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Paul Cohen | |||
Bobby Helms singles chronology | ||||
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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. "Jingle Bell Rock" was composed by Joseph Carleton Beal and James Ross Boothe, although both Helms and session guitarist on the song Hank Garland disputed this (see Authorship controversy section below). Beal was a Massachusetts-born public relations professional and longtime resident of South Ocean Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Boothe was an American writer in the advertising business.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
Helms recordings
[edit]"Jingle Bell Rock" has been performed by many, but Helms' first version from 1957 produced by Paul Cohen[10] is arguably the best known.[11] The song's title and some of its lyrics are an extension of the old Christmas standard, "Jingle Bells". It makes brief references to other popular songs of the 1950s, such as "Rock Around the Clock", and mentions going to a "Jingle hop". There are two recorded versions of Jingle Bell Rock. An electric guitar played by Hank Garland can be heard playing the first notes of the chorus of "Jingle Bells" in one version. In the other version, a steel guitar played by Henry Ade can be heard playing those jazzy jingle twangs. Backup singers were the Anita Kerr Singers.[12]
Helms' original version, on Decca 9-30513 from October 1957, was re-recorded by him on Kapp K-719 in 1965, and yet again in 1967 on Little Darlin' LD-0038. In 1970, Helms recorded an entire album titled Jingle Bell Rock on Certron C-7013, releasing the title track on Certron C-10021, with a picture sleeve. In yet another re-recording, Helms released a version on Ashley AS-4200 (1971). He again recorded the song for Gusto Records, it was subsequently released on their "Power Pak" label. In 1983, Helms released his last recording of "Jingle Bell Rock" on Black Rose 82713.
D-TV set this version to the Disney shorts, Once Upon a Wintertime from Melody Time and On Ice.
Personnel
[edit]- Bobby Helms – vocals, guitar
- Henry Ade - steel guitar
- Hank Garland – guitar
- Anita Kerr Singers – backing vocals
Brenda Lee recording
[edit]Brenda Lee recorded the song on June 23, 1964, for her album Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee on the Decca label. It was released on October 19, 1964.[13] The album reached No. 7 on the Billboard charts with the song "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" reaching No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 in 2023. Lee's recording of "Jingle Bell Rock" has charted every year on the Billboard Top 100 since 2019.[14][15][16][17]
Cover versions
[edit]Lindsay Lohan covered the song in 2022 for her Netflix film Falling for Christmas as a nod to her performance of the track in 2004's teen comedy Mean Girls.[18]
Finnish soprano Tarja Turunen covered the song in 2023 for her Christmas album Dark Christmas.[19]
Authorship controversy
[edit]Helms, as well as session guitarist on the song Hank Garland, both claimed until their deaths, that it was they, not Beal and Boothe, who wrote the song. They claimed that the original song by Beal and Boothe was called Jingle Bell Hop, and that it was given to Helms by a Decca executive to record. This song, according to Helms and Garland, had little to no resemblance to the current song. Helms did not like it, and as a result, they both proceeded to work on it, changing the music, lyrics, and tempo and also giving it a previously missing bridge. This new song, they claimed, was the one that is known today. However, neither of them received writing credit or subsequent writing royalties.[20][21][22][23][24][25]
"'I really didn't want to cut it because it was such a bad song. So me and one of the musicians [Hank Garland] worked on it for about an hour putting a melody to it and we put a bridge to it,' said Helms [in a 1992 interview]."[23]
"'I let it hop back to where it came from' Garland recalled. 'It wasn't any good. [Bobby and I] came up with the 'Jingle Bell Rock' America hears every holiday season,' he [Garland] said [in a 2001 interview]."[20]
Billy Garland, brother of Hank Garland, maintains his deceased brother's story, and has long been involved with and vocal about the issue.[20][25]
Chart and sales performance
[edit]The original version of Helms charted at No. 13 on Billboard's Most Played C&W by Jockeys chart, a predecessor to the Hot Country Songs chart. It also crossed to the pop charts, peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart, and at No. 11 on Cashbox magazine's Top 60 on the week ending January 11, 1958.
After the song was featured on the soundtrack album to the 1996 film Jingle All the Way, the original Bobby Helms version returned to the Billboard country singles charts in late 1996 and early 1997, reaching a peak of No. 60.
The Helms version entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart on the week ending January 9, 2016, which was the song's first entry on the chart since its last appearance on the week ending December 29, 1962.[26] On the week ending January 7, 2017, "Jingle Bell Rock" hit at number 29.[27] In January 2019, the song entered the Hot 100's top 10 for the first time reaching No. 8.[28] With this feat, Helms broke the record for the longest wait to the Hot 100's top 10 as he achieved this in 60 years, four months, and two weeks after his first entry back in 1958. Helms' recording reached a new peak of No. 3 on the chart dated January 4, 2020.[29]
Year | Chart debut/re-entry date |
Peak chart position |
Ref. |
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1958 | December 22 | 35 | [30] |
1960 | December 12 | 36 | [31] |
1961 | December 11 | 41 | [32] |
1962 | December 8 | 56 | [33] |
2016 | January 9 | 47 | [34] |
December 24 | 29 | [35] | |
2018 | January 3 | 50 | [36] |
December 8 | 8 | [37] | |
2019 | December 7 | 3 | [38] |
2020 | December 5 | 3 | [39] |
2021 | December 4 | 3 | [40] |
2022 | November 26 | 3 | [41] |
2023 | November 25 | 3 | [42] |
2024 | December 7 | 19 | [43] |
According to Nielsen SoundScan, the digital track of Helms' original Decca recording was ninth on the list of all-time best-selling Christmas/holiday digital singles in SoundScan history in 2016 with 780,000 downloads.[44] As of December 2019, it has sold 891,000 copies in the United States.[45] Recently, the track was performed by artists like Brenda Lee and Ariana Grande.
Bobby Helms
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Weekly charts[edit] |
Year-end charts[edit]
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Brenda Lee
[edit]Chart (2019–2022)[13] | Peak position |
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US Holiday 100 (Billboard) | 89 |
US Holiday 100 (Billboard) | 68 |
US Holiday 100 (Billboard) | 90 |
US Holiday 100 (Billboard) | 76 |
George Strait
[edit]Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[102] | 69 |
Aaron Tippin
[edit]Chart (2002) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[103] | 52 |
Rascal Flatts
[edit]Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[104] | 29 |
Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert
[edit]Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[105] | 37 |
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[106] | 34 |
Various artists version
[edit]Chart (2019) | Peak position |
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US Rolling Stone Top 100[107] | 48 |
Hall & Oates version
[edit]Hall & Oates and their band released a version in 1983 as a non-album single which peaked at number 30 on the Hot 100 Recurrents chart in 2005; it also reached number 6 on the Billboard's Holiday Airplay chart on December 13, 2008, and number 24 on the Hot Holiday Songs chart on December 10, 2011.[108][109] There are two video versions: one with Daryl Hall and another with John Oates singing lead. Both versions feature G. E. Smith as a grandma, playing the guitar with gloves.
Weekly charts
[edit]Chart (1983–2024) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[110] | 32 |
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[111] | 36 |
Germany (GfK)[112] | 30 |
Global 200 (Billboard)[113] | 92 |
Greece International Digital Singles (IFPI)[114] | 96 |
Hungary (Single Top 40)[115] | 31 |
Hungary (Stream Top 40)[116] | 27 |
Ireland (IRMA)[117] | 73 |
Lithuania (AGATA)[118] | 68 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[119] | 30 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[120] | 20 |
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[121] | 79 |
Poland (Polish Streaming Top 100)[71] | 83 |
Portugal (AFP)[122] | 49 |
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[123] | 51 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[124] | 54 |
UK Singles (OCC)[125] | 80 |
US Holiday 100 (Billboard)[126] | 24 |
Max Bygraves UK version
[edit]Max Bygraves released a version in 1959 with the Eric Rogers Orchestra which peaked at number 7 in the UK Top 30, released on Decca: F11176[127]
Chubby Checker & Bobby Rydell version
[edit]Chubby Checker & Bobby Rydell recorded and released a version on their album Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker. In 1961 it reached No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, No. 3 in Canada,[128] and No. 40 on the UK Singles Chart. It was issued on Cameo Parkway C205.[129]
Certifications
[edit]Bobby Helms version
[edit]Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[130] | 2× Platinum | 140,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[131] | 2× Platinum | 180,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI)[132] | 2× Platinum | 200,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[133] | Platinum | 30,000‡ |
Portugal (AFP)[134] | Platinum | 10,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[135] | Gold | 25,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[136] | 2× Platinum | 1,200,000‡ |
Streaming | ||
Greece (IFPI Greece)[137] | Platinum | 2,000,000† |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Hall & Oates version
[edit]Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[138] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[139] | Gold | 15,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[140] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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