%22Jingle Bell Rock%22 is a popular Christmas song first released by Bobby Helms in 1957. It has received frequent airplay in the United States during every Christmas season since then. %22Jingle Bell Rock%22 was composed by Joseph Carleton Beal (1900–1967), and James Ross Boothe (1917–1976). Beal was a Massachusetts-born public relations professional and longtime resident of South Ocean Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Boothe was a Texan writer in the advertising business.