Saturday, December 17, 2005

This day in music history.

December 17, 1957, Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" enters the charts for the first time. It re-enters in December 1958, 1960, 1961 and 1962. It peaked at number six on the pop chart. The song was Written by Joseph Beal and James Booth, there have been sevearl hundred versions of the song including Hilary Duff, John Mayer, Brenda Lee, Los Straitjackets, Lenny Dee and The Reverend Horton Heat.
Jingle Bell Rock
Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
Snowing and blowing up bushels of fun
Now the jingle hop has begun
Jingle bell jingle bell jingle bell rock
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time
Dancing and prancing 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 gliding in a one-horse sleigh
Giddy-up jingle horse pick up your feet
Jingle around the clock
Mix and a-mingle in the jingling feet
That's the jingle bell
That's the jingle bell
That's the jingle bell rock