
1999: Amy Grant on the album A Christmas to Remember.1995: Dion on the album Rock 'n Roll Christmas.1992: Wayne Newton on the album A Merry Little Christmas.1992: Neil Diamond on the album The Christmas Album.
1983: Hall & Oates (non-album single) and 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 Decemand number 24 on the Hot Holiday Songs chart on December 10, 2011. 1971: Lynn Anderson on the album The Christmas Album. 1970: Bobby Sherman on the album Christmas Album.
1969: Johnny Mathis on the album Give Me Your Love for Christmas. 1968: Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Christmas Album. 1963: The Platters on the album Christmas with the Platters. 1962: Bobby Vee on the album Merry Christmas from Bobby Vee. 1961: Eddy Arnold on the album Christmas with Eddy Arnold. 1961: Chubby Checker with Bobby Rydell on the album Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker. 1961: Chet Atkins on the album Christmas with Chet Atkins. Other artists to have covered the song include: In 2013, American comedian KopShtick did a parody version entitled " Chanuka Rock". Intended for a seasonal single release, it was not released and it was considered lost for nearly 30 years until it was finally issued in the mid-1990s.īrenda Lee released a version of "Jingle Bell Rock" which made the Billboard Christmas singles chart in both 19. Rascal Flatts Template:Singlechart Chart (2008–09)īlake Shelton and Miranda Lambert Template:Singlechart Template:Singlechart Chart (2012)Ī notable cover version of the song was recorded by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1968 for United Artists records. George Strait Template:Singlechart Chart (2000)Īaron Tippin Template:Singlechart Chart (2002) US Most Played C&W By Jockeys ( Billboard) Template:Citation needed US Best Sellers In Stores ( Billboard) Template:Citation needed Gretchen and Karen dance to it as part of their Christmas pageant.īobby Helms Template:Singlechart Template:Singlechart Template:Singlechart Chart (1957) The song is featured in the opening of Lethal Weapon (1987). Īs of November 25, 2016, total sales of the digital track of the original 1957 Helms 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. The Helms version entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart on the week ending December 24, 2016, eventually reaching a peak of No. 11 on Cashbox magazine's Top 60 on the week ending January 11, 1958.Īfter 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. 6 on the Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart, and at No. It also crossed to the pop charts, peaking at No. 13 on Billboard's Most Played C&W by Jockeys chart, a predecessor to the Hot Country Songs chart. In 1983, Helms released his last recording of "Jingle Bell Rock" on Black Rose 82713. In yet another re-recording, Helms released a version on Ashley AS-4200 (year unknown). 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. 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. Backup singers were the Anita Kerr Quartet.
An electric guitar played by Hank Garland can be heard playing the first notes of the chorus of "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". The song's title and some of its lyrics are an extension of the old Christmas standard, " Jingle Bells". In the 2004 teen comedy film Mean Girls, the song is performed by several characters in their annual Christmas talent show."Jingle Bell Rock" has been performed by many, but Helms' version is the best known.Jingle Bell Rock is an animated (cartoon) Christmas special first seen in 1995 on ABC, which featured Milton Berle as one of the voice actors.The song was featured in the 1992 film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.Helms' original recording is featured in the film Cookie (1989).Teeth and The Electric Mayhem performed the song in the 1987 Christmas television special A Muppet Family Christmas. It is the opening song from the 1987 film Lethal Weapon.Since 1957, other singers have recorded their own versions of this song including, Jessica Simpson, Hilary Duff, Johnny Mathis, Hall & Oates and Brenda Lee. "Jingle Bell Rock" was composed (written) by Joseph Carleton Beal (1900–1967) and James Ross Boothe (1917–1976). It is often played on the radio during the Christmas season. It was first sung by Bobby Helms in 1957. "Jingle Bell Rock" is a popular Christmas song.