THE ORIGINAL!.. | FIRST TIME HEARING Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock REACTION
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- THE ORIGINAL!.. | FIRST TIME HEARING Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock REACTION
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For a classic Christmas song you can't leave out Brenda Lee's Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree. Seriously, it's not Christmas without it! 🎅🎄🎁
Yesssss!
I totally agree!
I was going to suggest this too until I saw your comment.
Absolutely! One of the better old Christmas songs!
Brenda Lee began singing on tv etc when she was a pre teen. Unique sound. Great voice pls do “Rockin...Christmas Tree”
Bobby Helms was my mother's uncle, my grandma was his big sister. My grandma adored him. I saw him at Christmas time each year as a kid. He was quiet and kind. I was pleased to see you reacted to this. When I am with my kids and we hear it at a store, in the car, wherever...we shout "Uncle Bobby!" Others don't know why and we crack up over the odd looks we get. Silly, but that's how we honor and remember him.
Thank you for that. It's so fun to hear personal stories by the people close to artists.
Love your family story. Thanks for sharing. Melissa Ward here
Such a wonderful gift, thank you for sharing this. 🥰
What a great memory to have!!!!!
How Epic is the guitar work in this song ! A must learn tune if you're any type of a guitar player!
Another one is “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” by Brenda Lee. An oldie but goodie 👍
I don't ever think I have heard it by anyone except her.
Cannot stress this one too much.
How about for female Friday?
I did hear an awesome version of this one for the first time last year. It was a duet with Darlene Love and Ronnie Spector. Otherwise, yeah. There's no beating Brenda Lee's original.
Not Christmas without Brenda’ Rocking Around the Christmas Tree
Much appreciated that you're listening to the originals. How about:
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee in 1958
Little Saint Nick by The Beach Boys
Run Rudolph Run by Chuck Berry
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" came out in late 1960.
@@susanmay6830 In the UK, but released in the US in ‘58
Absolutely!!!!!! Truly .. perfect suggestions for sure! Love all of these so much!!!! :)))
Love this song. Can I suggest "Holly Jolly Christmas" by Burl Ives ☺
OOOh....I LOVE that!
For sure
"Snoopy's Christmas vs The Red Baron" by The Royal Guardsman is a great Christmas novelty song from 1967.
Agree it is a great song.
Yes.
The song you are thinking of is Snoopy's Christmas Snoopy vs the Red Baron is a different song.
@@mattdandersn Thank you for catching my mistake.
Someone had suggested Andy Williams Christmas songs like: "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" and "Happy Holidays." Pick whichever one you'd like to do. He has a classic voice.
Andy Williams IS Christmas. At least in my household!
"Feliz Navidad" by Jose Feliciano - written by Jose in 1970, it's now a Christmas classic.
Old Christmas music has the genuine feeling of Christmas. Most newer music tries to hard to be something. Nothing beats the classics.
This is the BEST version. He also sings "Special Angel"... treat yourself to that. IT'S AMAZING!
Fräulein is his best!
I got to be Bobby Helm's guitarist for a couple of years. Playing "Jingle Bell Rock" at the shows in the summer. lol
How cool is that!!
@@justmecarter1717 very cool! 😎
Awesome
now that's groovy...oh yes....thanks for the lessons - best ever and all i needed...peace and love for xmas
You should definitely check out “Blue Christmas “ by Elvis. I know u love Elvis and that’s the Christmas song he’s most known for. Of course he’s known for countless non Christmas songs too lol
An older one for your Female Friday Christmas Artists, Rosemary Clooney, George Clooney's Aunt. She was big in the 50's, she was considered a Jazz singer for the most part. Her "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" IS another good one.
I am pretty sure the original one was Judy Garland, from the musical “Meet Me In St Louis”.
@@ZacCostilla Yes she was the first in 1944 in the movie, although from what I have read she did not like the song at the time. Not really a fan of Judy Garland myself to be honest. Many people have done it since. I always liked Rosemary Clooney and since they are playing Christmas songs thought she deserved a listen.
@@johncarroll9489 I get that, and Rosemary’s version is good too. I only put in my comment because they’re doing the original versions for Christmas songs.
@@ZacCostilla well you better tell them that since some of the ones they have done were not the originals. No need to get snippy, it was just a comment.
@@johncarroll9489 wasn’t trying to be snippy, and I apologize if I came across that way. I was only going by what they said when they started doing Christmas songs on the channel. Again my apologies and Merry Christmas.
Christmas music also has to include
“Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer”
By the Irish Rovers….. your children would love this song!
Out of the box!
Brenda Lee's "Rocking Around the Christmas Tree" is a must react to. She's the original on this tune released in 1958.
You would love "Merry Christmas Darling," by the Carpenters. Karen's voice is wonderful in it.
If you want classic Christmas music, listen to anything by the singing cowboy, Gene Autry. He wrote the song "Here's Comes Santa Claus".
He also sang "Rudolph the red nosed reindeer"
The 'old sound' gives you that Christmas nostalgia feeling.
I love it how you can tell how much Jay grew when it comes to music. I remember at the beginning he was just bumping his head... and now you can tell he really feels the music
In the beginning he would make stink faces, but not as in "like it" stank face. I thought this guy isn't going to increase his viewers if he hates everything. Then he introduced Amber on his channel and she was a hit
Best Christmas song ever is 'I Believe In Father Christmas' by Greg Lake. It's message is anti-commercialisation and talks of the loss of childhood innocence, with a dash of anti-religion protest. The lyricist described it once as "a picture-postcard Christmas, with morbid edges." Musically it's one of the most joyful Christmas tunes ever and lifts the soul with every listen.
I was going recommend this song as well. Awesome song!!
Meh
Judy Garland's "Have yourself a merry little Christmas" is another classic that would work for female friday and a Christmas song.
For sure
This is always a great Christmas song to listen to.
Louis Armstrong "Zat You Santa Claus" is a great classic that I've not heard any other versions of. There are some great horns in this one too for Amber.
Being that you are into hip hop Jordan, you may have already heard this, but if not check out Run DMC "Christmas in Hollis" and "Christmas Is".
A funny one for you is "I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas" by Gayla Peevey.
The Beach Boys are ones I have to listen to as well every year: "Little Saint Nick" and "The Man With All The Toys".
I will throw in Kenny G "Auld Lang Syne (Millenium Mix" for NYE again. There is so much emotion in it that I think you two will love. th-cam.com/video/7WJ5dkyqaqY/w-d-xo.html
Billy Squier: "Christmas is the Time to Say I Love You"--a rocker that still exudes the spirit of the season.
Great suggestion
I love that song so much.
The original versions tend to be crisp, clean and clear where you can understand all the lyrics.
No cluttering things up with additional instruments or sound gimmicks.
Pretty Paper is a beautify Christmas song written by Willie Nelson in 1963, which is about the same time as this song. Roy Orbison made it famous, but you should definitely
check out Wille's own version live in 1993 on the show AUSTIN CITY LIMITS. It's really heartfelt and beautiful.
I remember when this song was first released. it was a big hit and has since become a Christmas season standard .
BTW, keep in mind that this was in the early days of rock when some so-called "County & Western" singers recorded country influenced rock songs like this one.. They were called "cross over" recordings as they bridged the gap between country and rock.
BTW, this not really a Christmas song as Christmas is not even mentioned, just like the original Jingle bells, it is just a snowy winter song..
@Barb5001, I hope you realize a lot of "POP" and "Rock N Rollers" did crossover songs that were original hits by Country artists. Many artists from other musical genres do cover songs and they become hits in their own music fields. You may not have meant anything by your "Some so-called country and western singers" but it did come across as condescending to Country singers.
@@patriciakeith6755 Yes.... but my post was only meant to be relevant to this song in question
I love that you are checking out classics like this one. I love seeing your reactions to music you've never heard before.
The go-to in my house when I was growing up was Brenda Lee's Christmas album. The closing song, "The Angel and the Little Blue Bell", will make Amber cry.
Let's not forget Tcheskowski, in 1890 he released ballet that never gets old. The Nutcracker. Around the same time he released Sleeping Beauty Waltz. In 1877 he released Swan Lake.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s “Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24” would be a good out of the box take on a Christmas classic. I think Jordan would really like this one.
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree ... Brenda Lee. Guys please.
Country crooner is a good description. Had a huge hit with YOU ARE MY SPECIAL ANGEL. Absolutely beautiful! Always dug his voice
Bobby Helms had some good songs for you guys. Another Christmas song is Beach Boys,-(Little Saint Nick).
Great review . my brother payed drums for bobby back in the 70's toured with him and all. I have an album with my brother on the cover. It's called On The Road with Bobby Helms. I kid you not.
I'd like to see you do something from Trans Siberian Orchestra for Christmas music.
same!!!!!!! I've been suggesting it - maybe if we fill up the comments all over they'll pick it :)
Feliz Navidad by blind singer/guitarist/ songwriter Jose'Feliciano.Feliz Navidad was recognized by ASCAP as one of the 25 all-time most played Christmas song in the world and is in the Grammy Hall Of Fame.Jose has won 6 Grammy Awards , 2 in English and 4 in Spanish. He also does a incredible rendition of the classic X' mas song The Little Drummer Boy using his acoustic guitar to make it sound exactly that of a drum , just amazing.
One thing that make a lot of vintage recordings sound so smooth is.......
They were recorded using totally analog tube driven amps etc.
Tubes do have their own kind of distortion but that kind of tube distortion is what makes tube driven music sound "warm" and smooth.
If you are familiar with "Gladys Knight And The Pips"...... all their warm sounding recordings are the result of them being recorded on an older tube driven console at their recording engineer's insistence ..... even when a transistor console was readily available for him to use
Love the old classics. Also for Christmas time you have to include Andy Williams, and Bing Crosby. Pure good Christmas times. People's hearts wer in the right places then
one of my favorite memories was when my husband and I went for a Sunday afternoon ride right before Christmas, and we put sleigh bells on our horses bridels and chest straps and it was snowing, we both sang this song, it was magical, he has since passed on, but the memories at Christmas always delight me
Great classic. You guys should really react to Las Mananitas by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass from their Christmas album. I know Amber will love the horns.
Bobby has a fabulous voice and enough of a southern Country twang that makes this an even more pleasant song. No one can dislike this original gold tune, known Internationally as well.
“CHRISTMAS WRAPPING” by The Waitresses!!
Robert Lee Helms was a country music singer (8/15/1933-8/19/1997) known for his 1957 classic "JINGLE BELL ROCK" went to #3 on the Billboard chart. Other hits are "MY SPECIAL ANGLE "#7 on the Billboard chart (1957)and "FRAULEIN "#36 (1957)
He's born, raised, and buried in my little hometown and is finally getting a street named after him - Martinsville, Indiana.
Watch Pentatonix "The Prayer" for a stunningly beautiful christmas time song. You just asked for "out of the box" and "new." Here it is. You will not be sorry and you will both love it.
Awesome suggestion.
Some Christmas tunes that may not have been covered include Loretta Lynn's "Country Christmas". In my house, when I was a child, we only had a few Christmas albums. One was by Loretta Lynn and the other by Buck Owens. Loved hearing Buck do "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy" and "Santa's Gonna Come in a Stagecoach". The instrumental of "Jingle Bells" is great too...love the drums!
Oh yes I remember it well! I remember seeing him on American bandstand during the Christmas season singing this song… We actually used to jitterbug to the song and sing along. Still great memories still love hearing it
True classic, oldie but a goodie. The Beach Boys did Run Run Rudolf, which is fun too. Thanks for the memory.
So funny. Having grown up with this original, all the rest are not quite as "homey" as Amber said. The standard all the rest judged by. Hmm. Well, can only think of an older song right now: "Christmas Tears" by the 4 Seasons just because it is such an amazing performance. Thanks for this tune!
For Female Friday:
Ronnie Spector - ‘Be My Baby’
Bette Midler - ‘From a Distance’
Toni Braxton - ‘Un-Break My Heart’
Roberta Flack - ‘First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’
Other notables:
Christopher Cross - ‘Sailing,’
Kayne Brown - ‘Worship You,’
Kool and The Gang - ‘Celebration,’
Dan Fogelberg - ‘Same Old Lang Syne’
Luther Vandross - ‘Dance With My Father’
Bobby Helms was a country singer, but this song was universally accepted and played everywhere on every type of station. This is his most famous song and I believe it is still the most popular version. I have been hearing this version on the radio every year for nearly 60 years.
Silent Night by The Temptations. In my humble opinion the " Best" version of this Christmas classic. Guaranteed.💯%👍👍👼🌉
Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano. Classic .Written by 6 time Grammy Winner Jose Feliciano who was born blind. He' s also a great guitarist as well.
The " Original" classic by Bobby Helms.👍👍💯🎅🤶☃️🎺. A great song by Bobby is Special Angel.
My favorites are Billy Squier, Christmas is a time to say I love you, and Greg Lake, I believe in father Christmas. Great songs.
For fun Christmas music, try "Mele Kalikimaka". I think it was intended as a novelty song but it became a Christmas classic. Even better, it's has the Andrew's Sisters backing up the immortal Bing Crosby. Guaranteed big smiles.
This is my favorite version!! Yes, modern singers often sound like they are trying too hard….. try Al Hirt ‘hurry jingle bells’ album version
Bobby Helms was from Indiana. Don't know if maybe he moved farther south at an early age. There was a lot of controversy about this song too. Two guys (a publicist and a ad guy) wrote a song called Jingle Bell Bop and sent it to Bobby. He and his session guitarist both thought it was awful. So they rewrote it. They changed the melody and the lyrics and added a bridge which the original didn't have. They thought the one sent to them was very amateurish, and wouldn't record it. They did however record their version. Unfortunately they never got credit (or royalties) for their final version. So this song that apparently Bobby Helms and Hank Garland wrote which is the one we all know and love is still credited to the other 2 guys as far as writing credits.
Saw Bobby Helms the Christmas before he passed. He came out on stage with an oxygen tank. He belted out this song like you wouldn't believe. Standing O!!
Still no jazz or blues Christmas songs?
I'm going to cry. :(
You guys love horns and piano, and I keep trying to give them to you, with and without Christmas songs.
*Kenny G* (contemporary jazz saxophonist)
"Silver Bells"
"Greensleeves"
*Boney James* (contemporary jazz saxophonist)
"The Christmas Song"
"This Christmas" (originally by Donny Hathaway)
"Christmastime Is Here" (from the Charlie Brown Christmas cartoon. I forgot who made the original version.)
*Brian Culbertson* (contemporary jazz pianist)
"Joy to the World"
*BB King* (blues guitarist)
"Merry Christmas, Baby"
"Lonesome Christmas"
Interesting note (to some) about B.B - he never learned to sing and play guitar at the same time.
I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas by Gayla Peevey, who was 10 years old when it was recorded. It's a fun song 🥰
Gene Autry : Rudolph The Red- Nosed Reindeer, Here Comes Santa Claus, Up On The Rooftop. Brenda Lee Rocking Around The Christmas Tree 🎄, Burl Ives Holly Jolly Christmas, Baby's First Christmas by Connie Francis, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus by Jimmy Boyd ( the original), Mamacita Donde Esta Santa Claus by Augie Rios, and in my opinion the best version of the classic Silent Night done amazingly by The Temptations.💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯%
I came here to suggest Brenda Lee, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree. Seems about a million others had the same idea and beat me to it. 😀 So now you have to do it, Jordan and Amber. 👍
The original, part of my childhood. Released near Christmas 1957. I only remember because my oldest sister had a 45 of it on the Decca label. Love the bass notes and how low it goes. I love the vocals, and the rhythm and blues feel. Great to dance to!
Back in high school I used to square dance to this version in the 70’s.
Love this version! Rocking around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee. She is definitely a blast from the past. You got to listen to ❤️
I’d love to see y’all do carol of the bells by trans Siberian orchestra. Instrumental. No words needed. Love it.
I agree 100%. Love TSO. Great Christmas time concert
Whenever I hear this original version of Jingle Bell Rock I immediately think of Lethal Weapon 😄
This song really reminds me of the beginning of the Lethal Weapon movie. Love your reactions xx
I'd absolutely love it if you could react to one of my favourite winter/Christmas records.. well, two of them maybe.
Slade - Merry Xmas everybody
Freiheit - Keeping the dream alive
Slades Merry Christmas Everybody has been played in nearly all U K stores for the last 50 years and Noddy says it is his pension. Wizards I Wish It Could be Christmas Every Day is another regular U K store play
@@davidoakley2722 I left them a list of some Christmas uk songs on their nat king Cole smile reaction and suggested some from that lit for female Friday and am still waiting!
And the talent show scene in "Mean Girls".
Bobby Helms was a crossover - pop/country. He is also well known for Your Are My Special Angel.
A MUST HEAR CHRISTMAS CLASSIC,,
MARGARET WHITING & JOHNNY MERCER "BABY,, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE"
The Pogues singing The Fairtytale of New York is always played here in the UK at Christmas. It is a different song to the other traditional songs and carols.
You guys have GOT TO listen to James Taylor , You've got a friend. So melodic , smooth and dreamy. You'll love it!
If you love that "old sound" of Christmas, check out some of Gene Autry's Christmas songs.
He was born in Helmsburg, Indiana. Later moved a little north to Martinsville, Ind (where I lived at one time). My Uncle & him walked the hospital floor together, waiting for their daughters to be born. He had two No.1 country music hits! "My Special Angle" is amazing!
Visit the CARPENTERS with “Merry Christmas Darling”, beautiful vocals and touching lyrics.
Bobby Helms was a Country singer that had a few songs that had crossover appeal to Rock and Pop listeners during the 1950s. Two other hit songs that Bobby Helms had were "My Special Angel" and "Fraulein" (which is German for "young woman")
I spent over seven years in Eastern Europe and have always been amazed that the Christmas music in Eastern Europe is almost always the classic American Christmas music. I am guessing when the Communists ruled, they weren’t allowed to celebrate Christmas. So they never had their own Christmas music. I walked through the mall in Moscow and Bing Crosby is singing White Christmas and Bobby Helms is singing Jingle Bell Rock. I think one reason the older classic songs are more popular is that the holidays are often built on fond memories of the past, so older versions bring back these memories.
Robert Earl Keen’s “Merry Christmas from the Family “ is definitely an out of the box Christmas song.
This is at the beginning of one of the Lethal Weapon movies. That’s where I first heard it.
The old vinyl records only recorded what they "heard" with no computer alteration. *Older* recordings were done in Mono instead of Stereo. Radio used to be AM only until FM/Stereo was added in analog broadcasts. FM night time programs and *their* D.J.'s were the ones who brought out *longer* recordings of songs that weren't usually played during daylight hours on "Top 40-ish" radio stations. PM FM. That's where we heard deeper cuts of music from bands like Pink Floyd and Yes, etc. and learned that listening to a whole side of certain albums was essential to "getting" the message and the story provided by the musicians.
Thank you for reacting to this song. Love it!!
THE KINKS "FATHER CHRISTMAS"
Welcome aboard! I agree with you 100 percent, that the earlier Christmas songs have a whole different feeling to the emotions they create. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
A few recommendations: Holly Jolly Christmas by Burl Ives, Wonderful Christmas Time by Paul McCartney, Little St Nick by The Beach Boys, Christmas Cannon by Trans Siberian Orchestra, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer by Gene Autry, We Need a Little Christmas by Johnny Mathis
Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses for an out-of-box song.
I always think of my dad when I hear this one, he used to play it on his guitar as a warm up. He played alot of Elvis and Ritchie Valenz too. He passed away 27 years ago.
Pure Christmas feelings.
I don't know how you haven't heard this. Great reaction. Adore you guys.
"I want a hippopotamus for Christmas" by Gayla Peevey. I love this song.
There's a 2016 youtube video which shows her 1953 performance of the song when she was ten years old and follows it with her singing it again when in her 70s. Rob and Amber should watch it since they are in Oklahoma and Gayla Peevey is from Oklahoma.
I can listen to Christmas music all year long. Nothing like hearing carols on a hot Summer day. So many folks have covered this song.
The funny thing is that you have most likely heard many of these versions, but didn't know it. They are played in many movies, TV shows, commercials, and in stores. Many just tune them out, but i bet next time you hear any of them while out some place it will hit you. Lovin the Hoodie Amber. Brings back memories of the 80's. I had the same one back then. If you come to NYC for Christmas you should take the girls to Radio City Music Hall for the Christmas Spectacular, and The Rockefeller Center tree is right next door. It is a must.
Mannheim Steamroller has produced over the past 35 years some of the most popular Christmas albums sold. Mostly instrumentals, they were originally produced in quadraphonic format that really sold a lot of very high end stereo systems. "Still Nacht" (Silent Night) is one of their all-time best.
Here are three wonderful Christmas songs:
1- Pat-a-pan by David Archaleta. (The Celtic performance)
2-the 12 days of Christmas by vocal point
3-pine cones and Holly berries by the Osmonds
A knew out of the box, kinda quirky Christmas song is "Merry Christmas from the Family", by Robert Earl Keen.
I love those super-clean guitar stabs on this song. My favorite part of this song.
Christmas suggestions: "Rockin around the Christmas Tree" by Brenda Lee, "Silent Night" or "Noel" by Tennessee Ernie Ford and "Christmas in Killarney" by Anne Murray.
Bing Crosby’s best friend BOB HOPE- SILVER BELLS 🔔 from the Christmas Movie THE LEMON DROP KID 🧒 It’s a classic movie and song FYI it’s the original!
Gene Autrey is the OG for RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER and SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN.
Kay Kyser Orchestra for ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS MY TWO FRONT TEETH.
I WANT A HIPPOPOTAMUS FOR CHRISTMAS was originally sung by 10 year old Gayla Peevey in 1953.
Some good ones to do are, “Thank God It’s Christmas”-Queen. “Christmas Is Here Again”-The Beatles. “Christmas All Over Again”-Tom Petty. “Mistress For Christmas”-AC/DC. “Merry Christmas”-The Ramones just to name a few.