Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" is No. 3 on this week's Billboard Hot 100 and has racked up over 600 millions streams on Spotify. (illustration by Ross May / Los Angeles Times; photos by Michael Ochs ...

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 ...

Bobby Helms couldn’t have asked for a better first year in the music business. Blessed with a soft nasal twang that bore a resemblance to Webb Pierce, one of the reigning kings of country music in the ...