ANNIE ZALESKI: You have this great opening guitar riff, and then it gives way, and jingle bells have center stage. HENSEL: Annie Zaleski is a music journalist and author of the book "This Is ...

By Shea Lenniger The opening electric guitar riff followed by the steady beat of jingle bells marks the opening of Bobby Helms’ classic hit “Jingle Bell Rock.” The 1957 track makes reference ...

JINGLE BELLS, JINGLE BELLS, ♪ ♪ JINGLE ALL THE WAY ♪ ♪ OH, WHAT FUN IT IS TO RIDE ♪ ♪ IN A ONE-HORSE OPEN SLEIGH ♪ ♪ A DAY OR 2 AGO ♪ ♪ I THOUGHT I'D TAKE A RIDE ♪ ♪ AND ...

Pierpont wrote the music and lyrics to "Jingle Bells" in the 1850s, sometime amid his daring deeds on land and sea. It was published in Boston in 1857, originally under the title "One Horse Open ...

“Jingle Bells” is, whether you like it or not ... Lord Pierpont and first published with the title “The One Horse Open Sleigh” in the fall of 1857. Before you think, Wait, they were ...

It's true that "Jingle Bells" songwriter James Pierpont did not have Christmas in mind when he penned the tune — which does not mention the holiday in its lyrics — in the 1850s. However ...

It was re-copyrighted as “Jingle Bells, or the One Horse Open Sleigh” in 1859, the university said. Hamill also points out the timing for Georgia doesn’t match up. He was often in need of ...