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2-CD with 24-page booklet, 62 tracks. Playing time approx. 154 mns. Even in 1996, Jingle Bell... more

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Bobby Helms: Fraulein - The Classic Years (2-CD)

2-CD with 24-page booklet, 62 tracks. Playing time approx. 154 mns.

Even in 1996, Jingle Bell Rock got back into the charts, almost 40 years after it was recorded. It's here along with all of Bobby's Decca recordings from 1956 to 1962 and his rare Speed singles. There's Fraulein and My Special Angel, of course, but rock 'n' roll fans need to hear Tennesse Rock'n Roll, Long Gone Daddy, Schoolboy Crush and I Don't Owe You Nothin'. In total 62 tracks, and sadly the only tribute currently available to a trendsetting and popular artist.

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Interpret: Bobby Helms
Album titlle: Fraulein - The Classic Years (2-CD)
Genre Country
Label Bear Family Records
Preiscode BH
Artikelart CD
EAN: 4000127155948
weight in Kg 0.21

Helms, Bobby - Fraulein - The Classic Years (2-CD) CD 1
01	Tennessee Rock 'n' Roll	Bobby Helms
02	I Need To Know How	Bobby Helms
03	I Don't Owe You Nothing	Bobby Helms
04	Sowin' Teardrops	Bobby Helms
05	(Got A) Heartsick Feeling	Bobby Helms
06	Far Away Heart	Bobby Helms
07	Just A Little Lonesome (1)	Bobby Helms
08	(Now And Then) There's A Fool Such As I	Bobby Helms
09	I'm Leaving Now (Long Gone Daddy)	Bobby Helms
10	Tonight's The Night	Bobby Helms
11	Jingle Bell Rock	Bobby Helms
12	Captain Santa Claus	Bobby Helms
13	No Other Baby	Bobby Helms
14	Standing At The End Of My World	Bobby Helms
15	My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You	Bobby Helms
16	New River Train	Bobby Helms
17	A Hundred Hearts	Bobby Helms
18	Hurry Baby	Bobby Helms
19	Sad Eyed Baby	Bobby Helms
20	Someone Was Already There	Bobby Helms
21	To My Sorrow	Bobby Helms
22	Lonely River Rhine (2)	Bobby Helms
23	Then Came You	Bobby Helms
24	Just Between Old Sweethearts	Bobby Helms
25	I Can't Take It Like You Can	Bobby Helms
26	My Greatest Weakness	Bobby Helms
27	Yesterday's Champagne (1)	Bobby Helms
28	Yesterday's Lovin'	Bobby Helms
29	Hangin' Around	Bobby Helms
30	Freedom Lovin' Guy	Bobby Helms
31	I've Never Seen Anyone	Bobby Helms

Helms, Bobby - Fraulein - The Classic Years (2-CD) CD 2
01	Fraulein	Bobby Helms
02	Most Of The Time	Bobby Helms
03	My Special Angel	Bobby Helms
04	Just A Little Lonesome (2)	Bobby Helms
05	The Magic Song	Bobby Helms
06	Sugar Moon	Bobby Helms
07	Schoolboy Crush	Bobby Helms
08	If I Only Knew	Bobby Helms
09	Love My Lady	Bobby Helms
10	Plaything	Bobby Helms
11	Jacqueline	Bobby Helms
12	Living In The Shadows Of The Past	Bobby Helms
13	Forget About Him	Bobby Helms
14	I Guess I'll Miss The Prom	Bobby Helms
15	Miss Memory	Bobby Helms
16	Soon It Can Be Told	Bobby Helms
17	The Fool And The Angel	Bobby Helms
18	Someone For Everyone	Bobby Helms
19	Yesterday's Champagne (2)	Bobby Helms
20	Lonely River Rhine (1)	Bobby Helms
21	How Can You Divide A Little Child	Bobby Helms
22	Borrowed Dreams	Bobby Helms
23	You're The One	Bobby Helms
24	I Want To Be With You	Bobby Helms
25	You're No Longer Mine	Bobby Helms
26	My Lucky Day	Bobby Helms
27	Let Me Be The One	Bobby Helms
28	Guess We Thought The World Would End	Bobby Helms
29	Teach Me	Bobby Helms
30	One Deep Love	Bobby Helms
31	Once In A Lifetime	Bobby Helms

Bobby Helms BOBBY HELMS, born August 15, 1933 in Bloomington, Indiana,... more

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"Bobby Helms"

Bobby Helms

BOBBY HELMS, born August 15, 1933 in Bloomington, Indiana, achieved his biggest seller by mixing rock 'n' roll with the spirit of Christmas. He wasn't too sure about that unholy conjunction but Jingle Bell Rockbecame a holiday classic peaking at #6 pop in 1958, charting each Christmas for the next four years and cropping up in the opening credits to the box-office winner, Lethal Weapon. Two of his other records, Fraulein (#36) and My Special Angel (#7) were among the biggest crossover hits of 1957.

Helms made his first records for Speed, a Nashville label, in 1955. Hillbilly fans regard them as his best efforts. In 1956 he obtained a record deal with Decca after appearing on Ernest Tubb's Midnight Jamboree radio show and auditioning for Decca's A&R man, Paul Cohen. "My first release" he told Walt Trott "was a less than successful number called 'Tennessee Rock 'n' Roll' which came out right after Sun Records had gotten all that attention with their rockin' newcomer Elvis Presley on over there in Memphis".

Paul Cohen chose the song which was written by a couple of Tin Pan Alley tunesmiths, Larry Coleman and Irving Reid. Coleman was famous for Ricochet, Tennessee Wig Walk, Pa-Paya Mama and Changing Partners, novelty hits for Teresa Brewer, Bonnie Lou, Perry Como and Patti Page. The song's contrivance and the fact that Helms was never comfortable with rock'n'roll - "I was a country singer" he told Jimmy Guterman. "I didn't like the beat" - accounts for it's belated appearance in this series. On the other hand when Trevor Cajiao asked if he was happy doing things like Tennessee Rock 'n' Roll, Helms replied "Yeah, it didn't hurt me. That's Grady Martin and 'Sugarfoot' Garland playing high and low guitar on there".

Tennessee Rock 'n' Roll wasn't a hit but Fraulein (also #1 C&W) was just around the corner. Helms's regular chart reign ended in 1960 but he staged a comeback on Aubrey Mayhew's Little Darlin' Records in 1967. Eventually, excessive drinking and pill-popping wore him out. He lost vision in his right eye and took to wearing a patch over it. He suffered from diabetes, emphysema and stomach problems. In 1993 he appeared at the Harrogate C&W Festival in Yorkshire looking old and frail; fellow performer Kenny Johnson remarked "It wouldn't have surprised me if he'd asked me to buy a 'Big Issue'." [an English magazine sold by and on behalf of the homeless].

On June 19, 1997, thrice-married Helms died of heart failure in Martinsville, Indiana. He was 63. His entire recordings for Speed and Decca are gathered together on Bear Family's collection, 'Fraulein; The Classic Years' (BCD 15594). His biography, 'Jingle Bell Rock' (Aalida Press), written by Lisa E. Brown and David Ward, is a fascinating tale of grief and destruction.

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