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Brenda Lee with her husband Ronnie Shacklett on Nov. 14, 1964 in the United Kingdom. Brenda and Ronnie welcomed their first child together, daughter Julie Shacklett, on April 2, 1964. Brenda was ...
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".
Brenda Lee's secret to her long-lasting marriage is her commitment to commitment.. During the Dec. 17 episode of Southern Living's Biscuits and Jam podcast, the "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree ...
Brenda Lee was just 13 years old in 1958 when she recorded her immortal holiday classic “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree. ... Harry Hammond/V&A Images/Getty. Brenda Lee playing piano, 1960.
She also played piano as a child, but switched to guitar, which she plays left-handed. Inspired by blues artists Guitar Slim and Jimmy Reed, and pop acts Elvis Presley and Brenda Lee, and winning several local talent shows, she created an all-female band, Bobbie Lynn and Her Idols. [2] She began performing in local clubs in Texas. [4]
Over the next few years Frank Sinatra, Phil Harris, Carol Lawrence and Robert Goulet, Keely Smith, Robert Mitchum, and Brenda Lee, among many others, came to the club. Many would perform with the band, and Brenda Lee's sit-in resulted in a duet record album recorded by her and Pete.
Lee talks about her connection to her fellow rock and roll legends in the new PBS American Masters documentary Brenda Lee: Rockin' Around. Harry Hammond/V&A Images/Getty Brenda Lee in 1960.
Francis was born to an Italian-American family (one of her grandfathers having immigrated from Reggio Calabria in 1905) [7] in the Ironbound neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey, the first child of George Franconero (1911–1996) and Ida (née Ferrari-di Vito; 1911–2000), spending her first years in the Crown Heights, Brooklyn area (Utica Avenue/St. Marks Avenue) before the family moved to New ...