Don'cha Hear Them Bells Explained

Don'cha Hear Them Bells
Cover:Don'cha Hear Them Bells Les Paul Mary Ford.jpg
Caption:1953 45 single release on Capitol Records.
Type:single
Artist:Les Paul and Mary Ford
Label:Capitol
Prev Title:Johnny (Is The Boy for Me)
Prev Year:1953
Next Title:The Kangaroo
Next Year:1953

"Don'cha Hear Them Bells" is a 1953 song written by Les Paul and recorded by Les Paul and Mary Ford. The song was released as a single.

Background

The song was released as a 7" vinyl 45 single on Capitol Records, 45-11878, F2614, backed with "The Kangaroo", in 1953.[1] The recording was also released as a 10" 78 as 2614. The song was composed by Les Paul and was published by the Iris-Trojan Music Corporation in New York. "Don'cha Hear Them Bells" reached no. 13 on the Billboard Jockey Chart in November, 1953 in a four-week chart run and no. 28 on the Cash Box chart in a 10-week chart run.[2] [3] The flip side "The Kangaroo" reached no. 23 on the Cash Box chart.

Album appearances

The song appeared on the 1991 album Les Paul: The Legend and the Legacy on Capitol Records and on the 2007 release Les Paul: The Essential Collection on West End Records.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Les Paul and Mary Ford* / Les Paul - Don'cha Hear Them Bells / The Kangaroo (Shellac) at Discogs . . 2013-08-13 . 2016-10-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161019090052/https://www.discogs.com/Les-Paul-And-Mary-Ford-Les-Paul-Doncha-Hear-Them-Bells-The-Kangaroo/release/4181239 . dead .
  2. Web site: Song artist 201 - Les Paul & Mary Ford. Tsort.info. 1 May 2021.
  3. Web site: The Cash Box Best Selling Singles, 1953. . 2017-04-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150610085228/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/50s_files/19531226.html . 2015-06-10 . dead .