Silver Bells

E39399
Christmas song popular song

"Silver Bells" is a classic Christmas song widely associated with the holiday season and frequently included on festive albums.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Silver Bells canonical 9
Silver Bells (feat. Justin Young) 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christmas song ⓘ
popular song ⓘ
associatedWithHoliday Christmas ⓘ
associatedWithSeason winter holidays ⓘ
composer Jay Livingston ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coveredBy Al Martino ⓘ
Andy Williams ⓘ
Anne Murray ⓘ
Bing Crosby ⓘ
Dean Martin ⓘ
Doris Day ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Johnny Cash ⓘ
Andy Williams ⓘ
surface form: Johnny Mathis

Kacey Musgraves ⓘ
Kate Smith ⓘ
Kenny G ⓘ
Martina McBride ⓘ
Merle Haggard ⓘ
Michael Bublé ⓘ
Perry Como ⓘ
Relient K ⓘ
Stevie Wonder ⓘ
Wynonna Judd ⓘ
surface form: The Judds

The Supremes ⓘ
filmReleaseYearOfOriginalContext 1951 ⓘ
firstNotableRecordingArtist Bing Crosby ⓘ
Carol Richards ⓘ
firstNotableRecordingYear 1950 ⓘ
firstPerformanceContext film The Lemon Drop Kid ⓘ
frequentlyIncludedOn Christmas compilation albums ⓘ
genre Christmas music ⓘ
pop standard ⓘ
hasFormat orchestral arrangement ⓘ
solo vocal ⓘ
vocal duet ⓘ
isStandardIn American Christmas songbook ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalSetting city streets at Christmastime ⓘ
lyricist Ray Evans ⓘ
originallyWrittenFor The Lemon Drop Kid ⓘ
originalWorkingTitle Tinkle Bells ⓘ
publicationYear 1950 ⓘ
recordLabelOfEarlyHitVersion Decca Records ⓘ
recurringLyric "It’s Christmas time in the city" ⓘ
"Silver bells, silver bells" ⓘ
subjectMatter sounds and sights of Christmas in the city ⓘ
theme urban Christmas atmosphere ⓘ
titleChangeReason concern over unintended bathroom-humor connotation of word "tinkle" ⓘ
typicalTempo moderate ⓘ
typicalTimeSignature 4/4 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A Legendary Christmas → hasTrack → Silver Bells ⓘ
A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas → hasTrack → Silver Bells ⓘ
Jay Livingston → notableWork → Silver Bells ⓘ
Ray Evans → notableWork → Silver Bells ⓘ
The Lemon Drop Kid → featuresSong → Silver Bells ⓘ
The Lemon Drop Kid → song → Silver Bells ⓘ
Tinkle Bells → originalTitleOf → Silver Bells ⓘ
Tinkle Bells → laterChangedToTitle → Silver Bells ⓘ
Christmas in the Sand → hasTrack → Silver Bells ⓘ
Christmas in the Sand → hasTrack → Silver Bells ⓘ
this entity surface form: Silver Bells (feat. Justin Young)