Jingle Bells

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lyricist and composer:	James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)

publisher:	Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)

composed at and lyrics written at:	Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)

lyrics page:	https://genius.com/Bing-crosby-jingle-bells-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/9358 [info]
Wikidata:	Q406845 [info]

referred to in medleys:	Christmas Train (medley) Heavy New Year! Jingle Bells Medley (Psalty’s Christmas Calamity) Smurfenkerstmedley (order: 1) Christmas Medley (Pokémon) (order: 2) The Holiday Spirit Carries On (order: 3) Medley (Christmas with Frank Ferrari) (order: 4) Mix 4 (The Best Xmas Party Ever!) (order: 4) Weihnachts-Medley (order: 4) Smooth Jazz Christmas Overture: Let It Snow / Winter Wonderland / What Child Is This (Greensleeves) / Angels We Have Heard on High / Jingle Bells / Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (order: 5) A Christmas Festival (order: 8)
later parody versions:	Aussie Jingle Bells Cat Hairballs Čin čin čin Dschingenkhan It’s a Fanboy Christmas Jewish Jingle Bells Jiggly Balls Jingle Bells (Daniel Ingram lyrics) Jingle bells (i hope i don't go to hell) (kittydog) Jingle Bells Deep (Aqua Teen Hunger Force version) Jingle Bells, Batman Smells (Children's schoolyard parody of Batman and Jingle Bells) Jingle Tones Jingle...balls? Snowdown Skins Yingle Bells 黃阿燦過聖誕
later translated parody versions:	Bjällerklang Bjällerklang rap Klokkeklang
later translated versions:	Bjældeklang Bjällerklang Bjelleklang Escuchad, escuchad Italian Jingle Bells Jingle Bells (Albrecht / Augartner (Peter Alexander)) Jingle Bells Jingle Bells Jingle Bells (Roland Neuwirth) Jingle Bells ("Eine musikalische Schlittenfahrt" (Peter Alexander)) Jingle Bells (Schlittenfahrt) (Galatis / Feltz (Peter Alexander)) Kulkuset Rolničky, rolničky (Jingle Bells) Schlittenfahrt (Jingle Bells) (Galatis / Feltz (Peter Alexander)) Zvaniņš skan (Latvian version of "Jingle Bells") Zvaniņš skan (Alfrēds Krūklis version) ジングルベル (Jingle Bells, transl. Otawa Takashi) ジングルベル (Shōji Miyazawa's translation) ジングルベル（鈴が鳴る）聖誕歌聲聖誕鈴聲
later versions:	Campanas navideñas Jingle Bells (Die Toten Hosen arrangement) Jingle Bells (Lechner / Trabitsch) Jingle Bells Ring the Bells Swingle Bells Vive le vent
is the basis for:	Året rundt Campanas navideñas Fuck a Mod Ghouliday (Undertale) Gonna Snow Jingle Balls Jingle Bell Swing Jingle Bells Jingle Bells Around the World Jingle Bells Fantasy Kulkuset fantasia / Fantasy on Jingle Bells Trikkevise 第４曲＊サンタのくる日
arrangements:	Jingle a cappella Jingle All the Way Jingle Bell Hanon Jingle Bells (arr. Chilcott) Jingle Bells (arr. Gordon Langford) Jingle Bells (Beegie Adair, Roger Spencer arrangements) Jingle Bells (arr. Parry) Jingle Bells (arr. Barry Manilow) Jingle Bells (arr. Allwood) Jingle Bells (Basshunter arrangement) Jingle Bells (arr. Michael McGlynn) Jingle Bells (arr. Feller) Jingle Bells (Carla Bley arrangement) Jingle Bells (arr. Willcocks) Jingle Bells (Wolfgang Rödelberger arrangement) Jingle Bells (Keyman / Schultze arrangement) Jingle Bells (arr. for Béla Fleck & the Flecktones) Jingle Bells (lo‐fi arrangement) Jingle Bells Jingle Bells (A Cowboy’s Holiday) (arr. Bellamy Brothers) Jingle Bells (reprise) (arr. for Béla Fleck & the Flecktones) Jingle Bells? (adapted by Jack Gold and Marty Paich) Kay Thompson’s Jingle Bells
music quoted in:	Christmas Christmas jams 4 kidz Ghost of Christmas Past Merry CHHHHHHHRISTMAS River Sounds Like It’s Going to Bundle (Main Humble Bundle Theme Song) The Carol 2.0 Try Not to Be a Cunt, It’s Christmas vittusantaana You Should See My Other Bundle (Humble Indie Bundle 2 Theme)
lyrics quoted in:	Feels Like Christmas White Christmas (vocal quartet arrangement, made popular by The Drifters)

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	recordings
1935-07-01	Jingle Bells (1935-07-01, mx. 92549-1)		Benny Goodman and His Orchestra	?:??
1935-07-01	Jingle Bells		Benny Goodman and His Orchestra	2:30
1936-10-19	Jingle Bells	instrumental	Benny Carter & His Swing Quintet	3:00
1936-10-19	Jingle Bells		Benny Carter and His Swing Quartet	3:17
1936-10-19	Jingle Bells	instrumental	Benny Carter & His Swing Quintet	3:16
1936-11-29	Jingle Bells		Benny Carter & His Swing Quintet	3:18
1938-10	Jingle Bells		The Nat King Cole Trio	2:33
1941-12-24	Jingle Bells	live	Glenn Miller	3:40
1943-09-27	Jingle Bells (1943-09-27 recording)	cover	Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra	2:36
1943-09-29	Jingle Bells		Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters	2:33
1943-09-29	Jingle Bells		Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters	2:31
1943-09-29	Jingle Bells (Afrs rehearsal)		Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters	2:35
1944-12-21	Jingle Bells (mx. VP 1221)		Bing Crosby	2:18
1945-08-08	Jingle Bells		Frank Sinatra with Axel Stordahl & His Orchestra	2:36
1946-08-08	Jingle Bells (1946 original studio master)		Frank Sinatra	2:37
1946-12-12	Jingle Bells	cover and live	Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians	6:38
1946-12-25	Jingle Bells (mx. JB 337)		Bing Crosby	2:40
1950-09-14	Jingle Bells		Artie Shaw and His Orchestra	3:00
1953-03-23	Jingles Bells	instrumental	Bernard Peiffer	2:35
1954 –	Jingle Bells	instrumental	George Melachrino and Orchestra	?:??
1955-12-18	The Greenslade Story: Jingle Bells	live	The Ray Ellington Quartet	2:39
1955-12-29	Jingle Bells (recorded 1955-12-29 for The Rosemary Clooney Show)		Rosemary Clooney with Buddy Cole & His Trio	1:15
1956-12-04	Jingle Bells (instrumental)		The Million Dollar Quartet	1:58
1957-07-07	Jingle Bells		Gene Autry	1:59
1957-07-16	Jingle Bells		Frank Sinatra	2:02
1957-07-23	Jingle Bells		Gene Autry	?:??
1959-12-20	A Christmas Carol: Jingle Bells (1959-12-24: Series 10, Episode 1)	live	Max Geldray	2:33
1960-06-15	I Like a Sleighride (Jingle Bells)		Peggy Lee	2:05
1960-07-15	Jingle Bells	cover	Ella Fitzgerald	2:24
1962	Jingle Bells		Sammy Davis Jr.	2:17
1964-04-20 – 1964-04-29	Jingle Bells	instrumental	Jimmy Smith	3:13
1964-08-24	Jingle Bells	instrumental	The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy	1:50
1964-10	Jingle Bells	instrumental	The Ramsey Lewis Trio	2:34
1966-06-10	Jingle Bells	cover	Julie Andrews with the Orchestra of André Previn	3:03
1972-08-14 – 1972-08-16	Jingle Bells		Gary Mann	2:54
1972-12-03	Wir schmücken den Weihnachtsbaum (live, 1972-12-03)	live, medley and partial	Peter Alexander & Roy Black	6:54
1972-12-28	Jingle Bells Medley	live, medley and partial	Old St. Mary's Choir	?:??
1976-10-06	Christmas Medley	cover and medley	The Salsoul Orchestra	12:08
1978	Jingle Bells	cover	New Jordal Swingers	2:00
1983-05-11 – 1983-05-12	Jingle Bells		James Lord Pierpont	2:54
1987-12-20	Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) / Jingle Bells (live: 1987-12-20: ASU Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ, USA)	cover, live and medley	U2	3:24
1989-05	Jingle Bells	instrumental	Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice	4:36
1992-12-10	Jingle Bells Excerpt	cover, live and partial	Paul McCartney	0:41
1992-12-11	Jingle Bells (Paul McCartney: Up Close recording, live 1992-12-11)	live	Paul McCartney	0:43
1992-12-13	Weihnachtslieder-Medley (live, 1992-12-13)	live, medley and partial	Peter Alexander, Johnny Cash, Agnes Baltsa, Helmuth Lohner, Heinz Reincke, Hape Kerkeling, Michael Niavarani, Nicole Fendesack & Maria Schell	5:31
1992-12-23	Introduction, Jingle Bells		Wiener Symphoniker, Vjekoslav Šutej	1:37
1993-05-01 – 1993-05-07	Jingle Bells		German Brass, Windsbacher Knabenchor, Karl-Friedrich Beringer & Enrique Crespo	1:16
1997-04	Jingle Bells		Carus‐Quintett	2:11
1998-06-17	Jingle Bells	instrumental	Jimmy Ponder	6:17
1999-12-23	Jingle Bells	live	The Three Tenors	1:17
2000-12-17	Jingle Bells (live, 2000‐12‐17: Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ, USA)	cover and live	Bruce Springsteen & The Max Weinberg 7 With Friends	?:??
2000-12-18	Jingle Bells (live, 2000‐12‐18: Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ, USA)	cover and live	Bruce Springsteen	1:35
2000-12-18	Jingle Bells (live, 2000‐12‐18: Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ, USA)	cover and live	Bruce Springsteen	1:34
2000-12-18	Jingle Bells (live, 2000‐12‐18: Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ, USA)	cover and live	Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band	0:50
2002-03 – 2002-04	Jingle Bells		Crash Test Dummies	1:38
2002-12-15	Dashing Through the Snow	live	Children's Chorus of Washington, Joan Gregoryk	1:39
2002	Jingle Bells	instrumental	The Ventures	3:03
2005	Jingle Bells		Diana Krall featuring The Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra	3:26
2005	Jingle Bells		Joni Madden	2:52
2006-05-24	Jingle Bells	instrumental	Eddie Higgins Trio	6:29
2007-12	Jingle Bells	cover and live	BoA	?:??
2007	Jingle Bells	cover	Troy Cassar-Daley	2:07
2008	Jingle Bells	cover	Austrian Death Machine	3:01
2009	Jingle Bells (One Horse Open Sleigh)	instrumental	8 Bit Weapon & ComputeHer	1:17
2011	Jingle Bells	cover and live	Monti Beton & Johann K.	2:25
2014-01-08 – 2014-01-12	Jingle Bells		The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton	2:25
2014-02-04 – 2014-02-06	Jingle, Bells		The Oxford Choir, Gavin Roberts, Bob Chilcott	2:04
2014-08 – 2015-07	Jingle Bells		The Count Basie Orchestra	2:38
2015-12-18 – 2015-12-19	Jingle Bells		Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Eric Stark	2:40
2016-09-18 – 2016-09-19	Jingle Bells		Royal Scottish National Orchestra Junior Chorus, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Christopher Bell	2:06
2016	Jingle Bells	cover	Laura Pausini	3:25
2017	Jingle Bells	cover	Christian De Sica	2:32
2017	Jingle Bells	cover	Christian De Sica	4:23
2017	Jingle Bells	cover	Nick Vasic	1:03
2018-05	Jingle Bells	instrumental	Genesis Brass	3:04
2018-12-15	Pretty Paper / Jingle Bells (live, 2018-12-15: Flint Center, Cupertino, CA)	live and medley	Willie Nelson	?:??
2022-12-16	【KARAOKE ENDURANCE 歌枠】Singing Until 766,000 Subscribers! ~	cover and live	Nanashi Mumei	?:??
2023	Jingle Bells	cover	Mark Tremonti	2:02
– 1981	Jingle Bells		Boney M.	2:54
	“Farewell” Jingle Bells		Dave Brubeck	3:02
	“Homecoming” Jingle Bells		Dave Brubeck	3:22
	12.25: Carol of the Bells / Jingle Bells / Do You Hear What I Hear? / Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / O Tannenbaum / The Night Before Christmas	instrumental and partial	The Cadets	12:15
	A Christmas Festival (Medley)	medley	Arthur Fiedler & Boston Pops Orchestra	9:43
	America Sings Medley	medley	Arthur Fiedler & Boston Pops Orchestra	6:28
	Barking Dog Jingle Bells		The Cartridge Family	0:58
	Chansons populaires : Jingle Bells		Chœurs Méludies, Leslie Peeters	3:17
	Christmas (medley)	cover and medley	Jennifer Berning	1:36
	Christmas at Court (Book II): An All-American Christmas. Movement I: An Old-Fashioned Christmas		The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus	7:32
	Christmas for Moderns: The First Noel / White Christmas / O Come All Ye Faithful / The Christmas Song / Silent Night / Jingle Bells	medley	Maynard Ferguson	7:04
	Christmas Medley	medley and partial	Pee-wee Herman	0:31
	Christmas Medley	medley	John Fahey	3:30
	Christmas Medley	medley	KOKIA	13:21
	Christmas Medley: Jingle Bells		Plácido Domingo, Ying Huang & Michael Bolton	0:56
	Croakin' Bells	cover	Frog Marley	2:27
	Dashing	cover	Von Schnell	3:44
	Deck the Halls / Jingle Bells / White Christmas / Winter Wonderland (medley)	medley	Sesame Street	2:50
	Deck the Halls / Jingle Bells / White Christmas / Winter Wonderland (medley)	cover and medley	Sesame Street	2:50
	Frosty All the Way!	instrumental and medley	Boston Pops Orchestra, Keith Lockhart	2:27
	Grand Theft Mistletoe	cover and instrumental	Seth Everman	0:33
	Holiday Favorites	cover and medley	Cincinnati Pops Orchestra	8:23
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