In yet another re-recording, Helms released a version on Ashley AS-4200 (year unknown). He again recorded the song for Gusto Records, it was subsequently released on their "Power Pak" label. 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 Singers. An electric guitar played by Hank Garland can be heard playing the first notes of the chorus of "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".
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' first version from 1957 produced by Paul Cohen is the best known.
7 Chubby Checker & Bobby Rydell version. The United Kingdom, it peaked at number 63. In the United States, Helms’ version reached number 6. How did “Jingle Bell Rock” perform on the charts? Helms’ record label (Decca Records) didn’t make music video for this song. Was a music video made for “Jingle Bell Rock”? All the three key people (Helms, Beal and Boothe) involved in the original version of the song are dead. With a time of just 2:12, the length of this song is considered massively shorter than that of the average song. In effect, he claimed Boothe and Beal weren’t the song’s original writers. According to him, he co-wrote it with Helms but never received credit for it. 
Several years after the song was released, noted American studio musician Hank Garland claimed he co-wrote the song. Of all the numerous versions of this song, Helms’ is the most famous. Some of these artists include George Strait, Blake Shelton (with Miranda Lambert), Hilary Duff and Hall & Oates. Since Helms’ version of this Christmas classic came out in 1957, it has been covered by several musical artists. Helms released this song just a couple of days before the Christmas of 1957. It was written by the late American songwriters Joe Beal and Jim Boothe. Despite being his most famous song, American country Bobby Helms didn’t write “Jingle Bell Rock”.
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