Final yr, UMe gathered a lot of basic vacation songs and launched them individually as collectible 7” singles. The custom will proceed in 2025, together with a model of Bobby Helms’ “Jingle Bell Rock” and “Captain Santa Claus (And His Reindeer Space Patrol),” pressed to apple crimson vinyl.
Different titles set to be launched within the collection of 2025 7-inch collectible vinyl data embody Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas,” John & Yoko’s “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” / “Listen, The Snow Is Falling,” Dean Martin’s “Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow” / “Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer,” Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmastime,” and The Jackson 5’s “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town.”
All the 2025 7” releases plus all of the collectibles from 2024 will probably be out there individually and as a part of a carrying case that includes the whole assortment.
When nation music singer Bobby Helms was first supplied the prospect to sing a brand new festive track referred to as “Jingle Bell Rock,” he was initially skeptical concerning the thought of blending rock’n’roll and Christmas. However he was rapidly received over, and his single, issued by Decca Data in October 1957, quickly turned a vacation basic. “‘Jingle Bell Rock’ has made itself a part of Christmas,” Helms stated. “It lifts people up.”
On the time Helms recorded the track, he was already a preferred singer. His single “Fraulein” had been one other hit for Decca and the Indiana-born singer had turn out to be a daily visitor on TV, showing on each American Bandstand and The Ed Sullivan Present. The only was an immediate hit and featured an intriguing B-side referred to as “Captain Santa Claus (And His Reindeer Space Patrol).” Helms first appeared within the Billboard Prime 100 in 1958 – and was again there greater than six a long time later when “Jingle Bell Rock” re-appeared within the charts in 2018.
Order Bobby Helms’s “Jingle Bell Rock” as a 7-inch now.
