“Jingle Bell Rock” | ||||
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Single by Bobby Helms | ||||
from the album Home Alone 2: Lost In New York | ||||
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Released | 1957 | |||
Format | 7-inch | |||
Recorded | October 1957 | |||
Genre | Christmas, rock and roll, country | |||
Length | 2:12 | |||
Label | Decca 9-30513 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Joe Beal Jim Boothe |
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Bobby Helms singles chronology | ||||
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“Jingle Bell Rock” is an American popular Christmas song first released by Bobby Helms in 1957 (after it was recorded in October 1957). It has received frequent airplay in the United States during every Christmas season since then. “Jingle Bell Rock” was composed by Joseph Carleton Beal (1900–1967) and James Ross Boothe (1917–1976). Beal was aMassachusetts-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.
Helms’ original version 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 December 24, 2016, eventually reaching a peak of No. 29 two weeks later.
As of November 25, 2016, total sales of the digital track of Helms’ original Decca recording stand at 780,000 downloads according to Nielsen SoundScan, placing it ninth on the list of all-time best-selling Christmas/holiday digital singles in SoundScan history.
Hall & Oates version
Max Bygraves UK version
Chubby Checker & Bobby Rydell version
Glee Version
Instrumental Version by Dave Monk
It is the opening song from the 1987 film Lethal Weapon.
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Released | 1987; April 4, 2002; December 3, 2013 | |||
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Length | 40:00 (Original Release); 65:37 (2002); 118:37 (2013) | |||
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Lethal Weapon is a soundtrack album of the 1987 film Lethal Weapon. It is performed and composed by Michael Kamen, Eric Clapton and David Sanborn, with the title track performed by Honeymoon Suite, was originally released on audio cassette and CD in 1987. The score features a blend of orchestral music, jazz and smooth rock.
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