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Brenda Mae Tarpley (born December 11, 1944), [2] known professionally as Brenda Lee, is an American singer. Primarily performing rockabilly , pop, country and Christmas music , she achieved her first Billboard hit aged 12 in 1957 and was given the nickname "Little Miss Dynamite".
Lee said she still credits Marks for the song’s success. “I look to the heavens and say, ‘Johnny, we did it again,’” Lee said. “He was a precious, precious man.”
This Christmas, Lee, now 80, is celebrating her perennial holiday hit with a new PBS American Masters documentary, Brenda Lee: Still Rockin'. The 51-minute special includes appearances by Keith ...
Brenda Lee on Hitting No. 1 With ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,’ After Record-Breaking 65-Year Climb: ‘You Can’t Keep a Good Song Down’ Chris Willman December 4, 2023 at 9:25 PM
In 1991, Lee rerecorded the song and other standards for A Brenda Lee Christmas, which includes only the rerecording and not the original version. On November 3, 2023, Lee released a music video for the song, consisting of the 78-year-old Lee lip synching to the original recording of her 13-year-old voice at a party that includes Trisha ...
Lee and her holiday hit will also be celebrated again on Dec. 16 at 10 p.m. E when American Masters - Brenda Lee: Rockin' Around premieres on PBS. The documentary will explore Lee's life and ...
Brenda Lee’s iconic “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” has hit No. 1 for the first time in its 65-year history. The single, which annually returns to the Hot 100’s top 10, is Lee’s ...
In 1985, The Very Best of Brenda Lee reached the top 20 in the UK and certified gold in sales from the BPI. Foreign language compilations were also issued during the decade, including the German Wiedersehn Ist Wunderschön (1985). In 1991, Warner Bros. Records released two new studio albums by Lee: Brenda Lee and A Brenda Lee Christmas. Her ...