Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Jingle Bell Rock" in English language version.
(Hank Garland:) 'I'm angry about it... I let it [the original version of the song] hop back to where it came from. It wasn't any good.' Hank and Helms came up with the "Jingle Bell Rock" America hears every holiday season, he (Garland) said. (David Davis, former manager for Bobby Helms:) 'Bobby and I discussed it many times. He (Bobby) said 'We [, Garland and I,] did it. We threw a bridge in, added a couple of verses, changed the words.' Basically, it was a whole new song. Bobby never tried to get royalties. He said [to me], `David, it'd be a joke. You know how the music business is.' And I do.". (Bill Whitacre, Entertainment attorney:) "What I believe happened is that they [Decca] treated this as a session where they owned it and controlled it.' (Billy Garland, Hank Garland's brother who has power of attorney over Hank Garland's estate:) 'The industry owes Garland $100 million in royalties from hits "Jingle Bell Rock" and "Sugarfoot Rag,"'
(Hank Garland:) 'I'm angry about it... I let it [the original version of the song] hop back to where it came from. It wasn't any good.' Hank and Helms came up with the "Jingle Bell Rock" America hears every holiday season, he (Garland) said. (David Davis, former manager for Bobby Helms:) 'Bobby and I discussed it many times. He (Bobby) said 'We [, Garland and I,] did it. We threw a bridge in, added a couple of verses, changed the words.' Basically, it was a whole new song. Bobby never tried to get royalties. He said [to me], `David, it'd be a joke. You know how the music business is.' And I do.". (Bill Whitacre, Entertainment attorney:) "What I believe happened is that they [Decca] treated this as a session where they owned it and controlled it.' (Billy Garland, Hank Garland's brother who has power of attorney over Hank Garland's estate:) 'The industry owes Garland $100 million in royalties from hits "Jingle Bell Rock" and "Sugarfoot Rag,"'
At the very least, Helms and Garland should have been granted co-writer credit, given the new melody, verses, bridge, and lyrics.
This week I spoke with Hank Garland's younger brother Billy ... Neither [Garland or Helms] received any of the multi-million dollars in songwriting royalties they believed they were due. Billy has been on an indefatigable crusade for nearly six decades to vindicate his brother's claims
I really didn't want to cut it because it was such a bad song. So me and one of the musicians [Hank Garland] worked on it for about an hour putting a melody to it and we put a bridge to it," said Helms [in a 1992 interview]
Before his death, Garland filed suit against the record label, claiming that he and Helms, not Beal and Boothe, wrote the song.
Before his death, Garland filed suit against the record label, claiming that he and Helms, not Beal and Boothe, wrote the song.
I really didn't want to cut it because it was such a bad song. So me and one of the musicians [Hank Garland] worked on it for about an hour putting a melody to it and we put a bridge to it," said Helms [in a 1992 interview]
At the very least, Helms and Garland should have been granted co-writer credit, given the new melody, verses, bridge, and lyrics.
This week I spoke with Hank Garland's younger brother Billy ... Neither [Garland or Helms] received any of the multi-million dollars in songwriting royalties they believed they were due. Billy has been on an indefatigable crusade for nearly six decades to vindicate his brother's claims
