Bobby Helms Death
Bobby passed away on June 19, 1997 at the age of 63 in Martinsville, Indiana, USA. Bobby's cause of death was emphysema and asthma.
When did Bobby Helms die?
June 19, 1997How did Bobby Helms die? What was the cause of death?
Emphysema and asthmaHow old was Bobby Helms when died?
63Where did Bobby Helms die? What was the location of death?
Martinsville, Indiana, USA
Bobby Helms Birthday and Date of Death
Bobby Helms was born on August 15, 1933 and died on June 19, 1997. Bobby was 63 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: August 15, 1933
Date of Death: June 19, 1997
Age at Death: 63
Bobby Helms - Biography
Robert Lee Helms (August 15, 1933 – June 19, 1997), known professionally as Bobby Helms, was an American country music singer who enjoyed his peak success in 1957 with the seasonal hit "Jingle Bell Rock". His other hits include "Fraulein" and "My Special Angel".
His first single in 1957, titled "Fraulein", went to No. 1 on the country music chart and made it into the Top 40 on the Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart. Later that same year, he released "My Special Angel", which also hit No. 1 on the country charts and entered the Top 10 on Billboard's pop music chart, peaking at No. 7.
His song "Jingle Bell Rock", which was released in the late fall of 1957, was a big hit and was being played and danced to on Dick Clark's teen dance show American Bandstand by mid-December of that year. It also re-emerged in four out of the next five years, and sold so well that it repeated each time as a top hit, becoming a Christmas classic still played today. (In 2016, it was rated radio's third most-played Christmas song, according to StationIntel.) It took five years for the song to become a second million-seller for Helms.
On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Bobby Helms among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.
