Bobby Helms
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American male singer (1933–1997)
Key facts
- Born
- Robert Lee Helms , ( 1933-08-15 ) August 15, 1933, Helmsburg, Indiana , U.S.
- Died
- June 19, 1997 (1997-06-19) (aged 63), Martinsville, Indiana , U.S.
- Genres
- Country pop rock and roll rockabilly
- Occupations
- Singer musician
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar
- Years active
- 1942–1997
- Labels
- Decca Columbia Vocalion
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bobby
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bloomington
- Place of death
- Martinsville
- Occupation
- animator
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Decca
- Official website
- www.bobbyhelms.com
- Image
- Bobby Helms.png
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- date of birth
- 1933-08-15
- date of death
- 1997-06-19
- Commons category
- Bobby Helms
- cause of death
- pulmonary emphysema
- name in native language
- Robert Lee Helms
- birth name
- Robert Lee Helms
- start of work period
- 1955-00-00
- has works in the collection
- Eye Filmmuseum
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Lee Helms (August 15, 1933 – June 19, 1997) was an American country singer and musician. In 1957, he had a perennial Christmas hit with "Jingle Bell Rock", and two other hits that same year: "Fraulein" and "My Special Angel".
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bobby Helms” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.