Dec. 15—It's funny how we can remember the first time we heard some songs, while others have become intermingled with the many we hear from multiple sources. Even some of our favorite songs appear to ...

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 ...

The opening electric guitar riff followed by the steady beat of jingle bells marks the opening of Bobby Helms’ classic hit “Jingle Bell Rock.” The 1957 track makes reference to other similar-sounding ...

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 ...

In HateSong, we ask our favorite musicians, writers, comedians, actors, and so forth to expound on the one song they hate most in the world. The hater: Singer-songwriter Jonathan Coulton has been ...

If there are two things you should know about KATSEYE is that 1) they make bops, and 2) they have one of the best online presences of any girl group out there. Case in point: Their latest social video ...