Bobby Helms couldn’t have asked for a better first year in the music business. Blessed with a soft nasal twang that bore a resemblance to Webb Pierce, one of the reigning kings of country music in the ...

Just a few decades ago, a catchy jingle was the trademark of any Top 40 radio station. The Not-So-Distant History Of Radio Jingles Many people of a certain generation ...

Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" is No. 3 on this week's Billboard Hot 100 and has racked up over 600 millions streams on Spotify. (illustration by Ross May / Los Angeles Times; photos by Michael Ochs ...