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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".
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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". "Jingle Bell Rock" has been performed by many, but Helms' version is the best known.