Written for star Judy Holliday by the award-winning Betty Comden, Adolph Green and composer Jule Styne, Bells Are Ringing enjoyed a long Broadway run and four Tony Award nominations before being transferred to the screen. The show generated two hit songs, "The Party's Over" and "Just in Time", and was critically acclaimed for its witty lyrics, Jerome Robbins' and Bob Fosse's sparkling staging and, most of all, Holliday's triumphant performance as Ella.

The album has been remastered for optimum sound quality and includes very rare bonus material: extra dance music in "Hello Hello There" and "Mu-Cha-Cha", and composer Jule Styne singing and playing demos of three selections, including a song that was cut from the final show!

Bells Are Ringing opened at the Schubert Theatre on November 29, 1956 and ran for 924 performances until it closed on March 7, 1959