Jingle Bell Rock

Bobby Helms | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 21, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B00000092C
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #363,598 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great traditional christmas cd, April 20, 2002

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rodney wiltin "christmas man" (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jingle Bell Rock (Audio CD)

This cd, from the 1950`s (I believe), is a great traditional country christmas cd that, even though I don`t like country music, works because of it`s traditional and christmassy style - plus Bobby Helms' voice is great - it really sounds like one of those old christmas voices (Gene Autry comes to thought). Many great songs as well such as his classic JINGLE BELL ROCK (which is not the better recording you'll usually find on the compilations - but still good anyways), SILVER BELLS, WINTER WONDERLAND, as well as one of my favorite versions of both JINGLE BELLS and I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS. And all the other songs are great as well. Even if you don't like country, you`ll probably like this for it`s old traditional christmas style. Recommended.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jingle Bell Rock Christmas Album by Bobby Helms, July 9, 2000

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"ashowman" (Indianapolis, IN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jingle Bell Rock (Audio CD)

This is a great Christmas CD. It has all of the best known favorite Holiday songs like White Christmas, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Jingle Bells, etc. Children and adults know and enjoy these songs. Bobby Helms is a Christmas Legend...how could it not be Great? We love it and play it a lot every Christmas.

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad - but not the original classic..., February 10, 2008

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randysrodeo.com (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jingle Bell Rock (Audio CD)

Bobby Helms, of course, recorded the all-time Christmas classic, "Jingle Bell Rock," for Decca Records in 1957 (b/w "Captain Santa Claus") and he released another version on Kapp Records in 1965 (b/w "The Bell That Couldn't Jingle"). But, he never recorded a Christmas album for either of those labels.

These recordings were made in 1967 for the short-lived Little Darlin' label. They're not bad at all - definitely more country-sounding than his earlier records (e.g. 'Fraulein') - but be aware that they do not include the original 'Jingle Bell Rock' hit single.

Other than yet another 'Jingle Bell Rock' single in 1967 (b/w 'I Want To Go To Santa Claus Land'), Little Darlin' never released these recordings. However, the tracks have been issued repeatedly by other (mostly budget) labels, most notably as 'A Little Darlin' Christmas' (Koch, 2004). Virtually every Christmas album bearing Helms' name (Amazon lists more than a dozen) consists of the Little Darlin' sessions - including this one originally released by Mistletoe Records in 1974.