Bells may refer to: *

Bell A bell is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that when struck vibrates in a single strong strike tone, with its sides forming an efficient resonator. The strike may be made by an inter ...

, a musical instrument

Places

* Bells, North Carolina *

Bells, Tennessee Bells is a city in Crockett County, Tennessee. The population was 2,437 at the 2010 census. History Bells was established in the late 1820s on land acquired by brothers John and William Bell. When a city was founded on this land in 1855, it was g ...

Bells, Texas Bells is a city in Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,392 at the 2010 census, up from 1,190 at the 2000 census. The city lies north of Dallas and is part of the Sherman– Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area. Histor ...

Bells Beach, Victoria Bells Beach is a coastal locality of Victoria, Australia in Surf Coast Shire and a renowned surf beach, located 100 km south-west of Melbourne, on the Great Ocean Road near the towns of Torquay and Jan Juc. It is named after William Bell ...

, an internationally famous surf beach in Australia *

Bells Corners, Ontario Bells Corners is a suburban neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located along Richmond Road west of downtown, within Ottawa's western Greenbelt, in College Ward. As of the Canada 2016 Census, the community had a population of 9, ...

Music

s, directly struck percussion instruments *

Glockenspiel The glockenspiel ( or , : bells and : set) or bells is a percussion instrument consisting of pitched aluminum or steel bars arranged in a keyboard layout. This makes the glockenspiel a type of metallophone, similar to the vibraphone. The glo ...

, also known as bells *

The Bells (band) The Bells, a.k.a. The Five Bells, were a Canadian soft rock band from Montreal, Quebec, active from 1964 to 1974. They released four albums and several singles, two of which were major hits in the early 70s, "Fly Little White Dove Fly" and espec ...

, a Canadian rock band from the 1970s * ''Bells'' (album), an album by Albert Ayler * ''The Bells'' (Lou Reed album), an album by Lou Reed *

The Bells (symphony) ''The Bells'' (russian: Колокола, ''Kolokola''), Op. 35, is a choral symphony by Sergei Rachmaninoff, written in 1913 and premiered in St Petersburg on 30 November that year under the composer's baton. The words are from the poem '' The ...

, or in Russian "Kolokola," a choral work by Rachmaninov based on the poem by Edgar Allan Poe *"Bells", a song by Fred Wesley and Horny Horns from the album ''

The Final Blow ''The Final Blow'' is a compilation album by Fred Wesley and the Horny Horns. The album first released on the P-Vine record label in 1994, then on the Sequel label in the United Kingdom, and the AEM label in the United States. The album is made ...

Film and television

* "Bells" (''Blackadder''), an episode of the British sitcom ''Blackadder II'' * "Bells", an episode of ''

New Girl ''New Girl'' is an American television sitcom created by Elizabeth Meriwether and produced by 20th Television for Fox that originally aired from September 20, 2011, to May 15, 2018. The series revolves around a kooky teacher, Jessica Day (Zooey ...

'' * ''Bells'', a 1982 Canadian-American film also known as ''

Murder by Phone ''Murder by Phone'' (also known as ''Bells'' and ''The Calling'') is a 1982 science fiction slasher film directed by Michael Anderson. Its plot follows a series of murders committed by a disgruntled phone company employee who designs a device that ...

Brands and enterprises

* Bell's Brewery, a brewery in Michigan, United States *

Bell's whisky Bell's is a brand of blended Scotch whisky produced by Diageo in Scotland. It was originally produced by Arthur Bell & Sons Ltd. It is the best selling whisky in the UK. History The Bells distillery was founded in 1798. In 1851, Arthur Bell ...

, a blended whisky *

Bells Stores Bells Stores Ltd was a chain of 54 convenience shops in North East England. It was owned and run by the Bell family until February 2004, when it was acquired by Sainsbury's, the UK's second largest supermarket chain. Shops were initially refurbis ...

, a defunct convenience store chain formerly operating in North East England

Other uses

* "Bells", nickname of former professional basketball player

Joe Colone Joseph F. "Bells" Colone (January 23, 1924 – July 1, 2009) was an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks. Early life Colone attended Berwick Area Senior High School, Berwick High School in Berwick, Pennsylvania and then ...

* "The Bells" (poem), a poem by Edgar Allan Poe *

The Bells (Old Kingdom Series) The Old Kingdom, or Abhorsen in North America, is a fantasy series written by Australian author Garth Nix. It originated in 1995 with the novel ''Sabriel'' and has continued in the novels ''Lirael'' (2001), ''Abhorsen'' (2003) and ''Goldenhand'' ...

, sets of magical bells important in Garth Nix's fantasy series * Bell's theorem, in physics, created by Irish physicist John Stewart Bell *

Bellingham Bells The Bellingham Bells are a collegiate summer baseball team in the West Coast League. The team is composed of college baseball players from teams around the U.S. In recent years, the Bells have produced a number of Major League players including ...

, a team in the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League *

Ship's bell A ship's bell is a bell on a ship that is used for the indication of time as well as other traditional functions. The bell itself is usually made of brass or bronze, and normally has the ship's name engraved or cast on it. Strikes Timing of s ...

s, used for timekeeping * The Bells of 1961, a meteorite which fell in Texas, United States (see

Meteorite fall A meteorite fall, also called an observed fall, is a meteorite collected after its fall from outer space was observed by people or automated devices. Any other meteorite is called a "find". There are more than 1,100 documented falls listed in w ...

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