No, it has not, but the contest is only days away from starting.Įvery year, Nevada-based radio station, 96.3 KKLZ, hosts a scavenger hunt for the Jingle Bell Rock, a medium-sized rock slab with KKLZ's logo printed on one side. Has the 2021 Jingle Bell Rock already been found? Suffering from emphysema and asthma in his later years, he died in 1997 at the age of 63. Helms spent many of his later years living in nearby Martinsville, Indiana. That December, Helms released "Jingle Bell Rock," cementing his legacy in country music and beyond. 1 hit, “My Special Angel” releasing in October of that same year. 1 on the country charts in April 1957 with his second No. Helms eventually saw a meteoric rise as a solo performer. Helms' debut country single, “Fraulein,” hit No. The so-named "Helms Brothers" saw regional success and were asked to appear on Bloomington's Hayloft Frolic television show. Helms began his career in music as a country duo with his brother, Freddy, who accompanied him on guitar. Helms was born in Bloomington, Indiana, on Aug. 15, 1933 (some sources say the birth was actually in nearby Helmsburg in Brown County). The single has since been covered by many legendary artists such as Wayne Newton, George Strait and Hall and Oates. 4, 2020, Helms' record peaked again, this time No. With this achievement, Helms broke the record for the longest wait of an artist to be within the Hot 100's top 10 spots after their first appearance on the chart - a little over 60 years. More than half a century after its release, Jingle Bell Rock continues to break records. In January 2019, Helm's "Jingle Bell Rock" entered the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time by reaching No. More: Bloomington Theater: Interactive musical comedy 'Just Between the All of Us' coming to BPP So me and one of the musicians worked on it for about an hour putting a melody to it and we put a bridge to it," Helms told The Indianapolis Star about the song in a 1992 interview. "I really didn't want to cut it because it was such a bad song. When Beal and Boothe presented the song to Helms, he said he didn't think it was even worth recording at first. Helms has famously claimed to have written part of "Jingle Bell Rock" despite never receiving songwriter credits.
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The holiday hit, recorded first by famous and familiar Hoosier Bobby Helms, saw immediate success in radio play in 1957 and it is now firmly placed in the repertoire of Christmas music for many holiday playlists, movie soundtracks and more. Joseph Carleton Beal and James Ross Boothe are credited as the songwriters of "Jingle Bell Rock" on the record label and by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. The question of the song's authorship remains mired in a bit of debate to this day. While you may know every lyric by heart, check out these pieces of trivia that you can whip out at your next holiday party. As 2021 rolls into December, the Christmas classic "Jingle Bell Rock" can be heard on the radio, in one's favorite holiday playlist or simply hummed by a nearby loved one in the spirit of the season.
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