The Three Bells

For the compilation album by the Browns, see The Three Bells (album).
"The Three Bells"
Single by The Browns
from the album Sweet Sounds by The Browns
B-side"Heaven Fell Last Night"
ReleasedJuly 3, 1959
RecordedJune 3, 1959
StudioRCA Studio B
Genre
Length2:47
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Jean Villard & Bert Reisfeld
Producer(s)Chet Atkins
The Browns singles chronology
"Would You Care"
(1958) 		"The Three Bells"
(1959) 		"Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)"
(1959)

"The Three Bells", also known as "The Jimmy Brown Song", "Little Jimmy Brown", or simply "Jimmy Brown", is a song made popular by the Browns in 1959.[2] The song is an English adaptation of the French language song "Les Trois Cloches" written by Jean Villard, with English lyrics by Bert Reisfeld. The single reached number one in the U.S. on Billboard's Hot C&W Sides chart[3] and the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1959.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b Breihan, Tom (February 8, 2018). "The Number Ones: The Browns' "The Three Bells"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 5, 2023. They'd been singing folk and country for a few years when they got ahold of "The Three Bells" and gave it a simple, plainspoken reading.
  2. ^ Show 11 - Tennessee Firebird. [Part 3], Big Rock Candy Mountain. [Part 1] : UNT Digital Library
  3. ^ "Hot C&W Sides", Billboard, August 31, 1959. p. 56. Accessed September 23, 2016.
  4. ^ The Browns - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed September 23, 2016.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 59.