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American singer and actor (1903–1977)
James Lord Pierpont is credited with writing the tune and lyrics that became “Jingle Bells,” first published in 1857 under the title “One Horse Open Sleigh” and republished under the name “Jingle Bell...
"Jingle Bells" began in 1857 as a secular "sleighing song" titled "One Horse Open Sleigh" and included verses about drinking, unchaperoned rides and a character named Miss Fanny Bright that are often ...
James Lord Pierpont wrote and published the song originally titled “The One Horse Open Sleigh” in 1857; it was later retitled “Jingle Bells” and became a global standard . Pierpont was born in 1822, t...
"Jingle Bells" began life as "One Horse Open Sleigh" (published 1857) with three additional verses and flirtatious, sometimes racy imagery; by the late 19th century the chorus and first verse crystall...
"Jingle Bells" grew out of mid‑19th‑century American popular music rather than any long European carol tradition: James Lord Pierpont published it as "The One‑Horse Open Sleigh" in 1857 and the tune a...
"Jingle Bells" began as a mid-19th century sleighing tune and has been reinterpreted repeatedly—from a secular, possibly minstrel-stage ditty to a Christmas standard, a jazz/big-band staple, a symbol ...
"Jingle Bells" began in the mid‑19th century as "The One‑Horse Open Sleigh" with different verses, a more complex chorus and non‑Christmas subject matter; Pierpont published it in 1857 and the title "...
Most 20th‑century popular shortenings of “Jingle Bells” reduced the song to the single verse and chorus now familiar on radio and stage; major recorded artists who adopted that shorter form include Bi...