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.
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.
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.