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Some Christmas songs feel like they’ve always been part of the holiday season. Bobby Helms‘ “Jingle Bell Rock” is one of them. Helms was born Aug. 15, 1933, in Bloomington, Indiana, and went on to become one of the most recognizable country and rockabilly singers of the 1950s. He died in 1997 at age 63, but his best-known recording has continued to return to radio stations, holiday playlists and Christmas movies year after year. “Jingle Bell Rock” was released in 1957 and quickly became a holiday hit. The song combined traditional Christmas imagery with the rock-and-roll sound that was taking…

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