Jingle Bell Rock - wikipedia Jingle Bell Rock `` Jingle Bell Rock '' Single by Bobby Helms B - side `` Captain Santa Claus ( and His Reindeer Space Patrol ) '' Released 1957 ( 1957 ) Format 7 - inch Recorded October 1957 Genre Christmas, rock and roll Length 2 : 12 Label Decca 9 - 30513 Songwriter ( s ) Joe Beal Jim Boothe Bobby Helms singles chronology `` My Special Angel '' ( 1957 ) `` Jingle Bell Rock '' ( 1957 ) `` Just a Little Lonesome '' ( 1958 ) `` My Special Angel '' ( 1957 ) `` Jingle Bell Rock '' ( 1957 ) `` Just a Little Lonesome '' ( 1958 ) `` Jingle Bell Rock '' is an American popular Christmas song first released by Bobby Helms in 1957 ( after it was recorded in October 1957 ). It has received frequent airplay in the United States during every Christmas season since then. `` Jingle Bell Rock '' was composed by Joseph Carleton Beal ( 1900 -- 1967 ) and James Ross Boothe ( 1917 -- 1976 ). Beal was a Massachusetts - born public relations professional and longtime resident of South Ocean Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Boothe was an American writer in the advertising business. Contents 1 Helms recordings 2 Chart and sales performance 2.1 In popular culture 2.2 Bobby Helms 2.3 George Strait 2.4 Aaron Tippin 2.5 Rascal Flatts 2.6 Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert 3 Hall & Oates version 4 References 5 External links Helms recordings `` Jingle Bell Rock '' has been performed by many, but Helms ' version is the best known. The song 's title and some of its lyrics are an extension of the old Christmas standard, `` 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. '' An electric guitar played by Hank Garland can be heard playing the first notes of the chorus of `` Jingle Bells. '' Backup singers were the Anita Kerr Quartet. 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. 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. In yet another re-recording, Helms released a version on Ashley AS - 4200 ( year unknown ). In 1983, Helms released his last recording of `` Jingle Bell Rock '' on Black Rose 82713. Chart and sales performance Helms ' original version charted at No. 13 on Billboard 's Most Played C&W by Jockeys chart, a predecessor to the Hot Country Songs chart. It also crossed to the pop charts, peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart, and at No. 11 on Cashbox magazine 's Top 60 on the week ending January 11, 1958. After 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. 60. The Helms version entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart on the week ending December 24, 2016, eventually reaching a peak of No. 29 two weeks later. As of November 25, 2016, total sales of the digital track of Helms ' original Decca 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. In popular culture This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2018 ) The song is featured in the opening of Lethal Weapon ( 1987 ). It 's also featured in Mean Girls ( 2004 ). Bobby Helms Chart ( 1957 ) Peak position US Best Sellers In Stores ( Billboard ) 6 US Most Played C&W By Jockeys ( Billboard ) 13 Chart ( 1996 -- 1997 ) Peak position US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) 18 US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) 60 Chart ( 2001 - 2017 ) Peak position Slovenia ( SloTop50 ) 10 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 63 US Billboard Hot 100 29 US Holiday 100 ( Billboard ) US Holiday Airplay ( Billboard ) George Strait Chart ( 2000 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) 69 Aaron Tippin Chart ( 2002 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) 52 Rascal Flatts Chart ( 2008 -- 09 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) 29 Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert Chart ( 2012 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) 37 US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) 34 Hall & Oates version Hall & Oates released a version in 1983 as a non-album single which 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 December 13, 2008 and number 24 on the Hot Holiday Songs chart on December 10, 2011. References Jump up ^ Joseph Carleton Beal, in : Ancestry.com. Biography & Genealogy Master Index ( BGMI ) ( database on - line ). Provo, UT, USA : The Generations Network, Inc., 2009. Jump up ^ Joseph Mills Carleton Beal, in : Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917 -- 1918 ( database on - line ). Provo, UT, USA : The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Jump up ^ Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index ( database on - line ). Provo, UT, USA : The Generations Network, Inc., 2009. Jump up ^ Dale V. Nobbman, Christmas Music Companion Fact Book, Hal Leonard Corporation, 2000, p. 101. ISBN 978 - 1 - 57424 - 067 - 2. Jump up ^ U.S. Census, 1910, State of Massachusetts, County of Norfolk, enumeration district 1083, p. 23 - A, family 578. Jump up ^ `` Historical Sacrilege Issue '', The Evening Standard ( Uniontown, Pennsylvania ), 3 October 1963, p. 14. 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External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Daryl Hall & John Oates Daryl Hall John Oates Studio albums Whole Oats ( 1972 ) Abandoned Luncheonette ( 1973 ) War Babies ( 1974 ) Daryl Hall & John Oates ( 1975 ) Bigger Than Both of Us ( 1976 ) Beauty on a Back Street ( 1977 ) Along the Red Ledge ( 1978 ) X-Static ( 1979 ) Voices ( 1980 ) Private Eyes ( 1981 ) H O ( 1982 ) Big Bam Boom ( 1984 ) Ooh Yeah ! ( 1988 ) Change of Season ( 1990 ) Marigold Sky ( 1997 ) Do It for Love ( 2003 ) Our Kind of Soul ( 2004 ) Home for Christmas ( 2006 ) Live albums Livetime ( 1978 ) Live at the Apollo ( 1985 ) Greatest Hits Live ( 2001 ) Compilation albums No Goodbyes ( 1977 ) Rock ' n Soul Part 1 ( 1983 ) The Atlantic Collection ( 1996 ) Playlist : The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates ( 1998 ) The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates ( 2001 ) VH1 Behind the Music : The Daryl Hall and John Oates Collection ( 2002 ) Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates ( 2004 ) The Singles ( 2008 ) Singles `` She 's Gone '' ( 1974 ) `` Sara Smile '' ( 1976 ) `` Rich Girl '' ( 1977 ) `` Wait for Me '' ( 1979 ) `` You 've Lost That Lovin ' Feelin ' '' ( 1980 ) `` Kiss on My List '' ( 1981 ) `` You Make My Dreams '' ( 1981 ) `` Private Eyes '' ( 1981 ) `` I Ca n't Go for That ( No Can Do ) '' ( 1981 ) `` Did It in a Minute '' ( 1982 ) `` Maneater '' ( 1982 ) `` One on One '' ( 1983 ) `` Family Man '' ( 1983 ) `` Jingle Bell Rock '' ( 1983 ) `` Say It Is n't So '' ( 1983 ) `` Adult Education '' ( 1984 ) `` Out of Touch '' ( 1984 ) `` Method of Modern Love '' ( 1985 ) `` A Nite at the Apollo Live ! The Way You Do the Things You Do / My Girl '' ( live ) ( 1985 ) `` Everything Your Heart Desires '' ( 1988 ) `` Love Train '' ( 1989 ) `` So Close '' ( 1990 ) `` Do It for Love '' ( 2002 ) `` Someday We 'll Know '' ( 2003 ) `` Getaway Car '' ( 2003 ) `` I 'll Be Around '' ( 2004 ) `` Without You '' ( 2004 ) `` I Can Dream About You '' ( 2005 ) `` Ooh Child '' ( 2005 ) `` It Came Upon the Midnight Clear '' ( 2006 ) Hall solo albums Sacred Songs ( 1980 ) Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine ( 1986 ) Soul Alone ( 1993 ) Ca n't Stop Dreaming ( 1996 ) Laughing Down Crying ( 2011 ) Oates solo albums Phunk Shui ( 2002 ) John Oates : Live at the Historic Wheeler Opera House ( 2004 ) Related articles Discography Interpreting the Masters Volume 1 : A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates Live from Daryl 's House Book Commons Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jingle_Bell_Rock&oldid=831963033 '' Categories : 1957 songs 1964 songs 1967 songs Bobby Helms songs Bill Haley songs Brenda Lee songs Aaron Tippin songs Bobby Rydell songs George Strait songs Hall & Oates songs American Christmas songs Decca Records singles Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Articles needing additional references from March 2018 All articles needing additional references All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from June 2017 Singlechart usages for Billboardadultcontemporary Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Singlechart usages for UK Singlechart called without artist Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart usages for Billboardcountryairplay Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Français 한국어 Bahasa Indonesia Italiano Norsk nynorsk Português Русский Simple English Svenska 3 more Edit links This page was last edited on 23 March 2018, at 01 : 20. 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Question: who sings the original jingle bell rock song
Answer: Bobby Helms