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Musical mystery: Who really wrote 'Jingle Bell Rock?'
The answer isn't as simple as checking the record label's credits.
It was originally supposed to be "Jingle Bell Hop," but when Bobby Helms first heard the now Christmas classic, he hated it.
"Instead of rejecting the song outright, Helms teamed with Hank Garland — a hotshot Nashville studio guitarist hired for the session — and reworked it, adding a bridge, altering the melody and changing the words, making sure to avoid any spiritual connotations. "Bobby came from a very religious family," explains Kleiman. "He didn't want to have rock ‘n’ roll associated with Christmas because he knew his mother wouldn't like it. And that's one reason Christmas is not mentioned in the song..."
"Jingle Bell Rock" has been streamed over 635 million times on Spotify, and currently sits at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, its highest-ever chart placement."
A multi-million dollar mystery: Who really wrote the holiday staple 'Jingle Bell Rock?'
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Re: Musical mystery: Who really wrote 'Jingle Bell Rock?'
That's life. We each solve our own problem.
After many years you in America puzzle over who composed a song.
After many years, we in the Czech Republic have been puzzling over who the Czech singer took the song from and what the name of the foreign original is.
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Re: Musical mystery: Who really wrote 'Jingle Bell Rock?'
Bobby also recorded the song no less than six times for six labels:
Decca
Kapp
Little Darlin'
Certron
Ashley
Black Rose
Three of these were produced by Aubrey Mayhew.
Tom Diehl