The original sheet music for iconic Christmas song 'Jingle Bells' has sold at auction for £19,000, 165 years after the festive classic was written. Written in 1857 by James Pierpoint, the song is ...
Bluegrass music might not seem like a natural fit in a Christmas concert by The Tabernacle Choir. But when Tabernacle organist Richard Elliott is given a chance to go solo at a Christmas concert, the ...
UNIDENTIFIED CHORUS: (Singing) J-I-N-G-L-E bells. SIMON: Ah, jingle bells. Don't worry. Not going to sing along, but I would like to pose a question. How did those bells become a symbol of this season ...
This article was originally published on November 30, 2022. We’re rerunning it now in honor of the season. “Jingle Bells” is, whether you like it or not, one of the most recognizable songs in the ...
Perhaps no single piece of secular music is more ubiquitous during the Christmas holiday season than "Jingle Bells," the venerable ditty about the joys of dashing through snow-covered fields while ...
The popular holiday tune “Jingle Bells” was not written as a Christmas song. Rating: True (About this rating?) For years, social media users have claimed that the classic holiday tune "Jingle Bells" ...
It’s early September as I write this and it is 80 degrees, so I’m not quite in the holiday spirit yet. However, as nights get cooler and days get shorter, I begin to get nostalgic for the “good old ...
One of the world’s most recognizable Christmas songs may not be a Christmas song at all. The holiday classic "Jingle Bells" may have you dashing through the snow and longing for a ride on a ...
It’s annually voted the most popular Christmas song. Perhaps it’s the most controversial. When Savannah resident James L. Pierpont composed the song he sowed the seeds for a dispute. Pierpont wrote ...