Silver Bells - wikipedia Silver Bells For the television film, see Silver Bells ( film ). For the Ally McBeal episode, see List of Ally McBeal episodes. `` Silver Bells '' Song by Bing Crosby and Carol Richards with John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra and the Lee Gordon Singers Released October 1950 ( 1950 - 10 ) Genre Christmas Songwriter ( s ) Jay Livingston, Ray Evans `` Silver Bells '' is a popular Christmas song, composed by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. `` Silver Bells '' was first performed by Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell in the motion picture The Lemon Drop Kid, filmed in July -- August 1950 and released in March 1951. The first recorded version was by Bing Crosby and Carol Richards on September 8, 1950 with John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra and the Lee Gordon Singers which was released by Decca Records in October 1950. After the Crosby and Richards recording became popular, Hope and Maxwell were called back in late 1950 to refilm a more elaborate production of the song. Contents 1 History 2 Cover versions 3 References 4 External links History `` Silver Bells '' started out as the questionable `` Tinkle Bells. '' Said Ray Evans, `` We never thought that tinkle had a double meaning until Jay went home and his first wife said, ' Are you out of your mind ? Do you know what the word tinkle is ? ' '' The word is slang for urination. This song 's inspiration has conflicting reports. Several periodicals and interviews cite the writer Jay Livingston stating that the song 's inspiration came from the bells used by sidewalk Santa Clauses and Salvation Army solicitors on New York City street corners. However, in an interview with NPR co-writer Ray Evans said that the song was inspired by a bell that sat on an office desk shared by Livingston and himself. The song charted in the United Kingdom for the first time in 2009 when a duet by Sir Terry Wogan and Aled Jones recorded for charity reached the Top 40, peaking at no. 27. Cover versions The Fontane Sisters ( 1953 - B - side of `` Kissing Bridge, '' RCA Victor 20 - 5524 ) Johnny Mathis ( 1958 - Merry Christmas ) Chet Atkins ( 1961 - Christmas with Chet Atkins ) Jim Reeves ( 1963 - Twelve Songs of Christmas ) Jo Stafford ( 1964 - The Joyful Season ) Al Martino ( 1964 - A Merry Christmas ) Jerry Vale ( 1964 - Christmas Greetings from Jerry Vale ) The Supremes ( 1965 - Merry Christmas ) The Ventures ( 1965 - from their album The Ventures ' Christmas Album ) ( with Red Rhodes on Vocoder ) Dean Martin ( 1966 - The Dean Martin Christmas Album ) Booker T. & the M.G. 's ( 1966 - In the Christmas Spirit ) Stevie Wonder ( 1967 - Someday at Christmas ) Perry Como ( 1968 - The Perry Como Christmas Album ) Elvis Presley ( 1971 - Elvis sings The Wonderful World of Christmas John Denver ( 1975 - Rocky Mountain Christmas ) Engelbert Humperdinck ( 1977 - Christmas Tyme ) The Carpenters ( 1978 - Christmas Portrait ) ( in medley with `` Winter Wonderland '' & `` White Christmas '' ) Ronnie Milsap ( 1986 - Christmas with Ronnie Milsap ) Kuh Ledesma ( 1987 - My First Christmas Album ) The Roches ( 1990 - We Three Kings ) R.E.M. ( 1993 - Non-album single ) Kenny G ( 1994 - Miracles : The Holiday Album ) Freda Payne & Scherrie Payne ( 1996 - Christmas with Freda and Friends ) SWV ( 1997 - A Special Christmas ) Anne Murray ( 2001 - Solo on her album What a Wonderful Christmas ), ( 2008 - Virtual Duet with Elvis Presley 's 1971 recording on Elvis ' tribute album Christmas Duets ) Destiny 's Child ( 2001 - 8 Days of Christmas ) ( as `` Platinum Bells '', with modified lyrics and an R&B instrumental track produced by Damon Elliott ) Kimberley Locke ( 2003 - with Clay Aiken ) ( 2011 - Solo ) Jim Brickman ( 2006 - Christmas Romance ) Billy Idol ( 2006 - Happy Holidays ) Twisted Sister ( 2006 - A Twisted Christmas ) Barry Manilow ( 2007 - In the Swing of Christmas ) Mindy Smith ( 2007 - My Holiday ) Jimmy Fortune ( 2007 - Feels Like Christmas ) Brian McKnight ( 2008 - I 'll Be Home for Christmas ) Bob Dylan ( 2009 - Christmas in the Heart ) Lotta Engberg & Jill Johnson ( 2009, Jul hos mig ) Lady Antebellum ( 2010 - A Merry Little Christmas ) Deana Martin ( 2011 - White Christmas ) Michael Bublé & Naturally 7 ( 2011 - appears on the Deluxe Edition of Michael Bublé 's album Christmas ) She & Him ( 2011 - A Very She & Him Christmas ) Blake Shelton & Xenia ( 2012 - Cheers, It 's Christmas ) Colbie Caillat ( 2012 - Christmas in the Sand ) Eric Bellinger ( 2013 - from his album Your Favorite Christmas Songs ) Whitney Wolanin ( 2013 - Run, Run Rudolph EP ) Two Angels ( 2013 - How Angels celebrate Christmas ) Sarah McLachlan ( 2016 - Wonderland ) DRAM ( 2017 - # 1HappyHoliday ) References ^ Jump up to : `` The Lemon Drop Kid '' in The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures ( online database ). Jump up ^ `` A Crosby Discography ''. BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved January 18, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Record Reviews '', Billboard, Oct. 28, 1950, p. 40. Jump up ^ Furia, Philip & Lasser, Michael ( 2006 ). America 's Songs : The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway, Hollywood, and Tin Pan Alley. Routledge. p. 233. Jump up ^ http://www.livingstonandevans.com/20SNGsilverbells.html Jump up ^ http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=12352 Jump up ^ American Songwriter Magazine. July -- August 1988. We wrote a song called ' Tinkle Bell, ' about the tinkly bells you hear at Christmas from the Santa Clauses and the Salvation Army people. We said ' this is it, this will work for the picture, ' so I took it home and played it for my wife. She said ' you wrote a song called ' Tinkle Bell ' ? Do n't you know that word has a bathroom connotation ? ' So I went back to Ray the next day and told him we had to throw the song out, and we did. Jump up ^ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5068947 Jump up ^ Silver Bells Songfacts Jump up ^ The Ventures Cover of Bing Crosby and Carol Richards ' `` Silver Bells ''. WhoSampled.com. http://www.whosampled.com/cover/75669/The-Ventures-Silver-Bells-Bing-Crosby-Carol-Richards-Silver-Bells/ Jump up ^ Stav, Steve. `` The Ventures A Go - Go in the New Millennium ''. Internet Archive : Wayback Machine. Archived on 24 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110824011522/http://pandomag.com/featurestext/ventures.htm Jump up ^ Engelbert Humperdinck Cover of Bing Crosby and Carol Richards ' `` Silver Bells ''. WhoSampled.com. http://www.whosampled.com/cover/345462/Engelbert-Humperdinck-Silver-Bells-Bing-Crosby-Carol-Richards-Silver-Bells/ Jump up ^ Kuh Ledesma Cover of Bing Crosby and Carol Richards ' `` Silver Bells ''. WhoSampled.com. http://www.whosampled.com/cover/278275/Kuh-Ledesma-Silver-Bells-Bing-Crosby-Carol-Richards-Silver-Bells/ Jump up ^ R.E.M. `` 1993 Happy Holiday Hoedown Single ( Vinyl, 7 '', Single ) ``. R.E.M. Fan Club / Athens, LLC. 1993. https://www.discogs.com/REM-1993-Happy-Holiday-Hoedown-Single/release/2892718 Jump up ^ Destiny 's Child 's `` Platinum Bells '' Sample of Bing Crosby and Carol Richards ' `` Silver Bells ''. WhoSampled.com. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/419762/Destiny%27s-Child-Platinum-Bells-Bing-Crosby-Carol-Richards-Silver-Bells/ Jump up ^ Various Artists. `` American Idol : Great Holiday Classics ( 2 X CD, Compilation ) ''. RCA. 14 October 2003. https://www.discogs.com/Various-American-Idol-The-Great-Holiday-Classics/release/821406 Jump up ^ Kimberley Locke Cover of Bing Crosby and Carol Richards ' `` Silver Bells ''. WhoSampled.com. http://www.whosampled.com/cover/332082/Kimberley-Locke-Silver-Bells-Bing-Crosby-Carol-Richards-Silver-Bells/ Jump up ^ Brickman, Jim. `` Christmas Romance ( CD, Album ) ''. Compass Productions. 2006. https://www.discogs.com/Jim-Brickman-Christmas-Romance/release/9309297 Jump up ^ McKnight, Brian. `` I 'll Be Home For Christmas ( CD, Album ) ''. Razor & Tie. 28 October 2008. https://www.discogs.com/Brian-McKnight-Ill-Be-Home-For-Christmas/release/5741901 Jump up ^ `` Jul hos mig '' ( in Swedish ). Swedish mediadatabase. 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2010. Jump up ^ Eric Bellinger Cover of Bing Crosby and Carol Richards ' `` Silver Bells ''. WhoSampled.com. http://www.whosampled.com/cover/405845/Eric-Bellinger-Silver-Bells-Bing-Crosby-Carol-Richards-Silver-Bells/ External links What 's in a song ? ' Silver Bells ' -- NPR interviews the author Ray Evans, with audio. Piano Sheet Music to Silver Bells Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Bing Crosby Discography Filmography Albums Music of Hawaii ( 1939 ) Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. One ( 1939 ) Patriotic Songs for Children ( 1939 ) Cowboy Songs ( 1939 ) Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. Two ( 1939 ) George Gershwin Songs, Vol. One ( 1939 ) Ballad for Americans ( 1940 ) Favorite Hawaiian Songs ( 1940 ) Christmas Music ( 1940 ) Star Dust ( 1940 ) Hawaii Calls ( 1941 ) Small Fry ( 1941 ) Crosbyana ( 1941 ) Under Western Skies ( 1941 ) Song Hits from Holiday Inn ( w / Fred Astaire ) ( 1942 ) Merry Christmas ( 1945 ) Selections from Going My Way ( 1945 ) Selections from The Bells of St. Mary 's ( 1946 ) Do n't Fence Me In ( 1946 ) The Happy Prince ( 1946 ) Selections from Road to Utopia ( 1946 ) Bing Crosby -- Stephen Foster ( 1946 ) What We So Proudly Hail ( 1946 ) Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. One ( 1946 ) Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. Two ( 1946 ) Blue Skies ( w / Fred Astaire ) ( 1946 ) Bing Crosby -- Jerome Kern ( 1946 ) St. Patrick 's Day ( 1947 ) Bing Crosby -- Victor Herbert ( 1947 ) Selections from Welcome Stranger ( 1947 ) Our Common Heritage ( 1947 ) El Bingo ( 1947 ) The Small One ( 1947 ) The Man Without a Country ( 1947 ) Drifting and Dreaming ( 1947 ) Blue of the Night ( 1948 ) Selections from Showboat ( 1948 ) The Emperor Waltz ( 1948 ) St. Valentine 's Day ( 1948 ) Bing Crosby Sings with Al Jolson, Bob Hope, Dick Haymes and the Andrews Sisters ( 1948 ) Selections from Road to Rio ( 1948 ) Bing Crosby Sings with Judy Garland, Mary Martin, Johnny Mercer ( 1948 ) Bing Crosby Sings with Lionel Hampton, Eddie Heywood, Louis Jordan ( 1948 ) Auld Lang Syne ( 1948 ) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur 's Court ( 1949 ) Bing Crosby Sings Songs by George Gershwin ( 1949 ) South Pacific ( 1949 ) Christmas Greetings ( 1949 ) Ichabod -- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ( 1949 ) Top o ' the Morning / Emperor Waltz ( 1949 ) Songs from Mr. Music ( 1950 ) Go West Young Man ( 1950 ) Le Bing : Song Hits of Paris ( 1953 ) Some Fine Old Chestnuts ( 1954 ) Selections from White Christmas ( 1954 ) Bing : A Musical Autobiography ( 1954 ) High Tor ( 1956 ) A Christmas Sing with Bing Around the World ( 1956 ) High Society ( w / Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, and Louis Armstrong ) ( 1956 ) Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around ( 1956 ) Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings ( 1956 ) Bing with a Beat ( 1957 ) A Christmas Story ( 1957 ) Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves ( 1957 ) Never Be Afraid ( 1957 ) Jack B. Nimble -- A Mother Goose Fantasy ( 1957 ) New Tricks ( 1957 ) Fancy Meeting You Here ( w / Rosemary Clooney ) ( 1958 ) How the West Was Won ( 1959 ) Bing & Satchmo ( w / Louis Armstrong ) ( 1960 ) 101 Gang Songs ( 1960 ) Holiday in Europe ( 1960 ) The Road to Hong Kong ( 1962 ) On the Happy Side ( 1962 ) On the Sentimental Side ( 1962 ) I Wish You a Merry Christmas ( 1962 ) Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre ( 1963 ) Return to Paradise Islands ( 1963 ) Bing Crosby Sings the Great Country Hits ( 1963 ) America, I Hear You Singing ( w / Frank Sinatra and Fred Waring ) ( 1964 ) 12 Songs of Christmas ( w / Frank Sinatra and Fred Waring ) ( 1964 ) That Travelin ' Two - Beat ( w / Rosemary Clooney ) ( 1965 ) Bing ' n ' Basie ( w / Count Basie ) ( 1972 ) A Couple of Song and Dance Men ( w / Fred Astaire ) ( 1975 ) Seasons ( 1977 ) Bing Crosby : The Voice of Christmas ( 1998 ) Family Dixie Lee ( first wife ) Gary Crosby ( son ) Dennis Crosby ( son ) Phillip Crosby ( son ) Lindsay Crosby ( daughter ) Kathryn Crosby ( second wife ) Harry Crosby ( son ) Mary Crosby ( daughter ) Nathaniel Crosby ( son ) Denise Crosby ( granddaughter ) Larry Crosby ( brother ) Bob Crosby ( brother ) Related Songs Bing Crosby recorded multiple times A Tribute to Bing Crosby Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Silver_Bells&oldid=823365989 '' Categories : 1950 songs American Christmas songs Bing Crosby songs Songs written for films Songs with music by Jay Livingston Songs with lyrics by Ray Evans Lotta Engberg songs Jill Johnson songs Bob Dylan songs Hidden categories : CS1 Swedish - language sources ( sv ) Pages using div col with deprecated parameters Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français Italiano Norsk Norsk nynorsk Simple English Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 31 January 2018, at 20 : 51. 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Question: who sings with bing crosby on silver bells
Answer: Carol Richards