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Complete Discography of
Helms, Bobby

Helms, Bobby
Hanging Around
  Yesterday's lovin'
  (Speed#114)

Helms, Bobby
Freedom Lovin' Guy
  I've Never Seen Anyone
  (Speed#117)

Helms, Bobby
Tennessee Rock N' Roll
  I Don't Owe You Nothing
  (Decca#9-29947)

Helms, Bobby
Heartsick feeling
  Fraulein
  (Decca#9-30194)

Helms, Bobby
My Special Angel
  Standing At The End Of My World
  (Decca#9-30423)

Helms, Bobby
My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You / Sugar Moon
  Far Away Heart / If I Only Knew
  (Decca#ED-2555)

Helms, Bobby
Jingle Bell Rock
  Captain Santa Clus (And His Reindeer Space Patrol)
  (Decca#9-30513)

Helms, Bobby
Schoolboy Crush
  Borrowed Dreams
  (Decca#9-30682)

Helms, Bobby
A Hundred Hearts
  The Fool And the Angel
  (Decca#9-30749)

Helms, Bobby
New River Train
  Miss Memory
  (Decca#9-30831)

Helms, Bobby
No Other Baby
  You're No Longer Mine
  (Decca#9-30928)

Helms, Bobby
Hurry Baby
  My Lucky Day
  (Decca#9-30976)

Helms, Bobby
Sad Eyed Baby
  You're The One
  (Decca#31230)

Helms, Bobby
Then Came You
  Yesterday's Champagne
  (Decca#31403)

 

Helms, Bobby

A: "Freedom Lovin' Guy"
B: "I've Never Seen Anyone"
LABEL: Speed # 117
REGION: Bloomington
DATE: 50s
GENRE: country
RARITY: 4/5

 

 

 

 



NOTES:

Bobby Helms (born Robert Lee Helms, on August 15, 1933 in Bloomington, Indiana; died June 19, 1997) is an American singer who enjoyed his peak success in 1957.

Born into a musical family, he began performing as a duo with his brother before going on to a successful solo career in country music. In 1956, Helms made his way to Nashville, Tennessee where he signed a recording contract with Decca Records. The following year would be filled with astonishing successes. Helms' first single in 1957 titled "Fraulein" went to No. 1 on the country music charts and made it into the Top 40 on the pop music charts. Later that same year he released "My Special Angel" that also went to No. 1 on the country charts and entered the Top 10 on Billboard magazines pop music charts, peaking at No. 7.

Released just a few days before Christmas of 1957, his song "Jingle Bell Rock" was a big hit but uniquely, it re-emerged four out of the next five years and sold so well that it repeated each time as a top hit and became a Christmas classic still played to this day.

Bobby Helms continued touring and recording for the next three decades. His pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.

Helms spent most of his later years living just outside of Martinsville, Indiana, until the time of his death in 1997.


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