Bells Are Ringing (album)

Bells Are Ringing
Studio album by
Released1959
RecordedApril 15 and July 26, 1958
Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California
GenreJazz
Length43:27
LabelContemporary M3559/S7559
ProducerLester Koenig
Shelly Manne chronology
The Gambit
(1958)
Bells Are Ringing
(1959)
Shelly Manne & His Men Play Peter Gunn
(1959)

Bells Are Ringing (full title Modern Jazz Performances of Songs from Bells Are Ringing) is an album by drummer Shelly Manne's group Shelly Manne & His Friends, with pianist André Previn and bassist Red Mitchell. It was recorded in 1958 and released on the Contemporary label. The album features Manne's jazz interpretations of songs from Jule Styne, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green's broadway musical, Bells Are Ringing and followed the success of Manne's 1956 album, My Fair Lady. The album appeared a year prior to the release of the motion picture.