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Profile of Bobby Helms
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Bobby Helms |
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15th August 1933 |
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Bloomington, Indiana |
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Singer |
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Bobby Helms (born August 15, 1933 in Bloomington, Indiana) is an American singer. Bobby died in 1997.
Born into a musical family, he began performing as a duo with his brother before going on to a successful solo career in country music. In 1956, Helms made his way to Nashville, Tennessee where he signed a recording contract with Decca Records. The following year would be filled with astonishing successes. Helms' first single in 1957 titled "Fraulein" went to No. 1 on the country music charts and made it into the Top 40 on the pop music charts. Later that same year he released "My Special Angel" that also went to No. 1 on the country charts and entered the Top 10 on Billboard magazines pop music charts, peaking at No. 7.
Released just a few days before Christmas of 1957, his song "Jingle Bell Rock" was a big hit but uniquely, it re-emerged four out of the next five years and sold so well that it repeated each time as a top hit and became a Christmas classic still played trom this day.
Bobby Helms continued touring and recording for the next three decades.
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