Silver Bells - Single Version

This song evokes the sights and sounds of Christmas as anticipation builds for the holiday. We see happy people bustling beneath Christmas lights on sidewalks and hear the sound of ringing bells, which only happens this time of year. The bells are a longstanding tradition of The Salvation Army, which sends out troops to stand by kettles and ring bells to solicit donations around Christmastime.

This Christmas classic was written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans for the 1951 Bob Hope movie The Lemon Drop Kid. Among the many other hit records the duo have written are two Academy Award winning numbers, "Buttons and Bows" and "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)." They join Johnny Marks ("Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer") and Irving Berlin ("White Christmas") on the list of Jewish songwriters who composed famous Christmas songs.

This song was originally sung by Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell in The Lemon Drop Kid. The following year, Bing Crosby, together with Carol Richards, did the first recorded version.