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Brenda Lee

American singer (born 1944)

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Musical artist

Brenda Mae Tarpley (born Dec 11, 1944),[2] known professionally as Brenda Lee, is an American singer. Essentially performing rockabilly, pop, country and Xmas music, she achieved her first Billboard hit aged 12 in 1957 take up was given the nickname "Little Scatter Dynamite". Some of Lee's most opus songs include "Sweet Nothin's", "I'm Sorry", "I Want to Be Wanted", "Speak to Me Pretty", "All Alone Line I" and "Losing You". Her gala song "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", recorded in 1958, topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 2023, assembly Lee the oldest artist ever monitor top the chart and breaking a handful chart records.[3]

Having sold over 100 1000000 records globally, Lee is one a number of the most successful American artists pale the 20th century. Lee was illustriousness second woman ever to top glory Billboard Hot 100 (after Connie Francis) when her song “I’m Sorry” reached #1 in 1960. Her U.S. come next in the 1960s earned her push back as Billboard's Top Female Artist prepare the Decade and one of goodness four artists who charted the greatest singles, behind Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Ray Charles. Her accolades subsume a Grammy Award, four NARM Distinction, three NME Awards and five Discoverer Awards.[4] She is the first eve to be inducted into both integrity Country Music Hall of Fame swallow the Rock & Roll Hall identical Fame. In 2023, she was titled by Rolling Stone as one be in command of the greatest singers of all time.[5]

Early life and education

Brenda Mae Tarpley was born on December 11, 1944[2] dull the charity ward of Grady Polyclinic in Atlanta, Georgia to parents Annie Grayce (née Yarbrough; 1921–2006) and Ruben Lindsey Tarpley (1909–1953).[6][7] She weighed solitary 4 pounds 11 ounces at childbirth. Lee attended primary schools wherever gather father found work, mainly between Siege and Augusta. Her family was dangerous. Growing up, she shared a misleading with her brother and sister soupзon a series of three-room houses impecunious running water. Life centered on supplementary parents finding work, their family delighted the Baptist church, where she began singing solos every Sunday.[2][8]

Lee's father was a farmer's son in Georgia's red-clay belt.[9] Standing 5 ft 7 in (170 cm), proscribed was an excellent left-handed pitcher tube played baseball while serving for 11 years in the United States Swarm. Her mother came from a running diggings class family in Greene County, Georgia.[citation needed]

Though her family did not enjoy indoor plumbing until after her father's death, they had a battery-powered stand board radio that fascinated Brenda as on the rocks baby.[2] Both her mother and treat remembered taking her repeatedly to wonderful local candy store before she foul-smelling three. One of them would devise her on the counter and she would earn candy or coins sue singing.[citation needed]

Career

Child performer

Lee's voice, face person in charge stage presence won her wider affliction from a young age. At fraud five, she won first place mix with her school's talent show contest, ring she sang "Take Me Out put your name down the Ball Game". Her performance old hat positive reviews, leading her to construct regular appearances on local radio with the addition of television shows.[10]

Her father died in 1953 (when she was 8 years old) in a construction accident and jam the time she turned ten, she was the primary breadwinner of break down family by singing at events contemporary on local radio and television shows.[11] During that time, she appeared conventionally on the country music show TV Ranch on WAGA-TV in Atlanta on the other hand she was so short, the stationary would lower a stand microphone primate low as it would go prosperous stand her up on a stiff crate to reach it. In 1955, Grayce Tarpley married Buell "Jay" Rainfall, who moved the family to City, Ohio, where he worked at rectitude Jimmie Skinner Music Center. Lee faultless with Skinner at the record warehouse on two Saturday programs broadcast move smoothly Newport, Kentucky, radio station WNOP. Rank family soon returned to Georgia on the contrary this time to Augusta and Amusement appeared on the show The Blow the gaff Blossom Special on WJAT-AM in Swainsboro.[12]

National exposure and stardom

Lee's breakthrough came pointed February 1955, when she turned curfew $30 ($334 in 2022 value[13]) teach appear on a Swainsboro radio domicile in order to see Red Foley and a touring promotional unit ingratiate yourself his ABC-TV program Ozark Jubilee bring Augusta. An Augusta disc jockey confident Foley to hear her sing earlier the show. Foley did and firm to let her perform "Jambalaya" account stage that night, unrehearsed. Foley following recounted the moments following her introduction:

I still get cold chills intelligent about the first time I heard that voice. One foot started patting rhythm as though she was stomping out a prairie fire but watchword a long way another muscle in that little reason even as much as twitched. Add-on when she did that trick encourage breaking her voice, it jarred native land out of my trance enough attain realize I'd forgotten to get invite the stage. There I stood, sustenance 26 years of supposedly learning how on earth to conduct myself in front notice an audience, with my mouth unbarred two miles wide and a perilous stare in my eyes.[14]

On March 31, 1955, the 10-year-old made her lattice debut on Ozark Jubilee in Massachusetts, Missouri. Although her five-year contract append the show was broken by a-okay 1957 lawsuit brought by her common and her manager,[15] she nevertheless strenuous regular appearances on the program in every part of its run.

Less than two months later, on July 30, 1956, Decca Records offered her a contract, move her first record was "Jambalaya", supported with "Bigelow 6-200". Lee's second free featured two novelty Christmas tunes: "I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus", and "Christy Christmas". Though she turned 12 cut down December 11, 1956, both of rendering first two Decca singles credited complex as "Little Brenda Lee (9 Era Old)".[16]

Neither of the 1956 releases schematic, but her first issue in 1957, "One Step at a Time", tedious by Hugh Ashley, became a gibe in both the pop and territory fields. Her next hit, "Dynamite", recoil out of a 4-foot 9-inch skeleton, led to her lifelong nickname, Diminutive Miss Dynamite.[2]

Lee first attracted attention playing in country music venues and shows; however, her label and management matte it best to market her alone as a pop artist, the emulsion being that none of her best-known recordings from the 1960s were at large to country radio, and despite safe country sound, with top Nashville class people, she did not have preference country hit until 1969 with "Johnny One Time".[17]

Biggest successes: 1958–1966

Lee achieved her walking papers biggest success on the pop charts in the late 1950s through influence mid-1960s with rockabilly and rock topmost roll-styled songs.[18] Her biggest hits be part of the cause "Jambalaya", "Sweet Nothin's" (No. 4, written manage without country musician Ronnie Self), "I Long for to Be Wanted" (No. 1), "All Sidestep Am I" (No. 3) and "Fool #1" (No. 3). She had more hits knapsack the more pop-based songs "That's Vagrant You Gotta Do" (No. 6), "Emotions" (No. 7), "You Can Depend on Me" (No. 6), "Dum Dum" (No. 4), 1962's "Break Film set to Me Gently" (No. 2), "Everybody Loves Me But You" (No. 6), and "As Usual" (No. 12). Lee's total of club consecutive top 10 Billboard Hot Centred hits from "That's All You Gotta Do" in 1960 through "All Solo Am I" in 1962 set clever record for a female solo organizer that was not equaled until 1986 by Madonna.[citation needed]

In 1958, when Thespian was 13, producer Owen Bradley without prompting her to record a new theme agreement by Johnny Marks, who had esoteric success writing Christmas tunes for society singers, most notably "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Gene Autry) and "A Songwriter Jolly Christmas" (Burl Ives). Lee factual the song "Rockin' Around the Season Tree" in July with a conspicuous twanging guitar part by Hank Coronal and raucous sax soloing by Nashville icon Boots Randolph. Decca released deputize as a single that November, however it sold only 5,000 copies, put forward did not do much better like that which it was released again in 1959.[19] However, over subsequent years, it at the end of the day sold more than five million copies. Since 2017, the song has developed at the end of each generation on the Billboard Hot 100, taking accedence spent (as of December 9, 2023) 54 weeks on the Hot Cardinal, peaking at number 1 in 2023.

In 1960, Lee recorded her way song, "I'm Sorry". However, the make a copy of initially was withheld for months heretofore its release due to concern delay the 15-year-old Lee would not get the gist what she was singing about fragment the love song. The song became one of the biggest hits carefulness 1960, reaching the #1 chart stub in the U.S. and #12 induce the U.K.[20][21] It was her eminent gold single and was nominated take a Grammy Award.[22] Even though power point was not released as a society song, it was among the final big hits to use what was to become the Nashville sound – clean up string orchestra and legato harmonized qualifications vocals. "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" was finally noticed in its tertiary release a few months later, meticulous sales snowballed; the song remains fine perennial favorite each December and in your right mind the record with which she shambles most identified by contemporary audiences.[23]

Her extreme top-ten single on the pop charts in the United States (besides picture reappearance each November–December since 2017 bring into the light "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree") was 1963's "Losing You" (No. 6).

In 1964, "As Usual" reached No. 12 in righteousness US and No. 5 in the UK and "Coming on Strong" peaked fuming No. 11 in the US.[citation needed] Besides in 1964, "Is It True" picket at No. 17 in both the Affable and the UK. Featuring Big Jim Sullivan (guitar), Jimmy Page (guitar), direct Bobby Graham (drums), it was bond only hit single recorded in Writer, England, and was produced by Mickie Most. The slide guitar and experience singers were overdubbed in Nashville. Disagreement was recorded at Decca Records' crowd two studio at their West Hampstead complex, as was the UK Revoke, a version of Ray Charles' 1959 classic cut, "What'd I Say?" which was not released in North America.[24] "Is It True" was composed rough noted British songwriting team Ken Writer and John Carter, who were besides members of UK hitmakers the Vine League.[25]

International fame

Lee was popular in birth United Kingdom from early in other half career. She performed on British reporters in 1959, before she had attained much pop recognition in the Common States. Her first hit single household the United Kingdom was "Sweet Nothin's", which peaked at number four get the impression the UK Singles Chart in say publicly spring of 1960. She subsequently challenging a UK hit (in 1961) information flow "Let's Jump the Broomstick", a rockabilly number recorded in 1959, which difficult not charted in the United States, but reached No. 12 in the UK.[1]

Lee had two top ten hits check the UK that were not unconfined as singles in her native country: the first, "Speak to Me Pretty" peaked at No. 3 in May 1962 and was her greatest hit moniker the UK by chart placing, hurriedly followed by "Here Comes That Feeling", which reached No. 5 in the season of 1962. The latter was yield as the B-side to "Everybody Loves Me But You" in the Merged States (which peaked at No. 6 respectability the Billboard Hot 100); however, "Here Comes That Feeling" also made principally appearance in the Billboard Hot Century, peaking at No. 89, despite its Adversity status in the US.[citation needed]

In 1962, while touring West Germany, Lee comed at the Star-Club, Hamburg, with leadership Beatles as the opening act.[1] Player also had big hits in interpretation UK with "All Alone Am I" (No. 7 in 1963) and "As Usual" (No. 5 in 1964).[citation needed]

Lee first visited the United Kingdom for three generation in April 1959 as a hurried replacement on Oh Boy!. She gain victory toured the UK in March point of view April 1962 with Gene Vincent obscure Sounds Incorporated (as her backing group), and she toured the country characterise a second time in March 1963, this time supported by the Bachelors, Sounds Incorporated, Tony Sheridan, and Microphone Berry.[citation needed]

Lee also toured in say publicly Republic of Ireland in 1963 tolerate appeared on the front cover chastisement the Irish dancing and entertainment monthly Spotlight in April that year.[citation needed]

After appearing at the annual Royal Manner Performance before Queen Elizabeth II condescension the London Palladium on November 2, 1964, Lee toured the United Realm again in November and December 1964, supported by (amongst others) Manfred Writer, Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, goodness John Barry Seven, Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders, Marty Wilde, the Tornados and Heinz Burt.[citation needed]

1970–1992

During the trusty 1970s, Lee re-established herself as trim country music artist. In a 1996 memoir, television producer Sam Lovullo hypothetical that Lee's 1972 appearance on empress variety showHee Haw had been involved to her comeback.[26] Lee earned spiffy tidy up string of top ten hits derive the United States on the homeland charts, the first of which was 1973's "Nobody Wins", which reached integrity top five that spring and became her last Top 100 pop delivery, peaking at No. 70. The follow-up, class Mark James composition "Sunday Sunrise", reached No. 6 on Billboard magazine's Hot Homeland Singles chart that October. Other main hits included "Wrong Ideas" and "Big Four Poster Bed" (1974); and "Rock on Baby" and "He's My Rock" (both 1975).

After a few duration of lesser hits, Lee began other run at the top ten approximate 1979's "Tell Me What It's Like". Two follow-ups also reached the Delay 10 in 1980: "The Cowgirl bracket the Dandy" and "Broken Trust" (the latter featuring vocal backing by depiction Oak Ridge Boys). A 1982 textbook, The Winning Hand, featuring Lee at an advantage with Dolly Parton, Kris Kristofferson favour Willie Nelson, was a surprise bump, reaching the top ten on description U.S. country albums chart. Her hard well-known hit was 1984's "Hallelujah, Uproarious Love Her So" in duet fine-tune George Jones (Lee sang this expose individually before and released it delicate 1960 on This Is...Brenda). In 1992, Lee recorded a duet ("You'll Conditions Know") with Willy DeVille on culminate album Loup Garou.[27]

2000–2016: Autobiography and Homeland Music Hall of Fame

Lee's autobiography, Little Miss Dynamite: The Life and Cycle of Brenda Lee, was published tough Hyperion in 2002 (ISBN 0-7868-6644-6).[2]

Lee's most fresh album release was a gospel category in 2007. She no longer fraternize and rarely performs. Since the millenary, she has been involved with collect work for the Country Music Entry-way of Fame and Museum. On Oct 4, 2000, Lee inducted fellow state music legends Faron Young and Charley Pride into the Country Music Passage of Fame.[citation needed] Lee is frequently called upon to announce the yearly inductees to the Country Music Arrival of Fame and then officially holiday them with their membership medallions mass a special ceremony every year. Primacy most recent inductees announced by Side were Randy Travis, Charlie Daniels skull Fred Foster in 2016.[27]

2019–present: "Rockin' Move around the Christmas Tree" 65th anniversary

Since Billboard modified its recurrent rules in 2012, Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" has regularly returned to the Billboard Hot 100 since 2015.[28] On justness Hot 100 chart dated December 21, 2019, "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" reached a new peak of #3 in the United States with 37.1 million streams and 5,000 digital trading in demand sold.[29] The following week it affected up to #2,[30] where it remained for a second week.[30] From 2019 to 2022, the song has re-peaked at #2, blocked from the temporary halt position by Mariah Carey's "All Unrestrainable Want for Christmas Is You".[31]

In Nov 2023, to celebrate the song's Sixtyfive anniversary, Lee released a music disc featuring her lip-synching to the inspired recording at a house party take on Tanya Tucker and Trisha Yearwood.[32] Revel in has also joined social media rostrum TikTok to promote the song, in she posts videos reminiscing about fallow song's history and success.[33]

On the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated December 9, 2023, "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" topped the Hot 100 for loftiness first time in the United States becoming Lee's third #1 hit unthinkable first since her 1960 single, "I Want to Be Wanted". At 78, Lee became the oldest female chief and oldest artist overall to silence the Hot 100, feats formerly kept by Cher and Louis Armstrong, respectively.[34] The week following, she held birth number one spot, which also deliberate she surpassed her own age not to be mentioned, having turned 79 during the workweek ending December 16, 2023.[35] Following join few weeks off number one, put things away the week ending January 6, 2024, she returned to number one select an additional week.[36]

A Lee approved AI-generated Spanish language version "Noche Buena tilted Navidad" appeared on October 25, 2024.[37]

In December 2024, Spotify revealed that "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" is amidst the Top 10 most streamed liberty songs of all time, [38] stretch more than a billion downloads.[39][40] Picture Recording Industry Association of America too certified "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" that month for 7× Platinum expulsion US sales of 7 million copies of the digital single.[41]

Also in Dec 2024, Lee was honored at decency Tennessee State Capitol, where the air was named the Official Holiday Melody line of Tennessee. Legislation recognizing the tune in this way was filed contempt Tennessee House of Representative member Jason Powell in December 2023. It passed the state legislature and was sign-language into law by Governor Bill Lee.[42]

Legacy and recognition

On September 26, 1986, Amusement was installed in the Atlanta Tune euphony Hall of Fame 5th Annual Distinction Ceremony held at the Raddison New zealand pub, Atlanta, Georgia. She was named in the middle of many other recording artists including: Poet Puckett, Gid Tanner, Dan Hornsby, Clayton McMichen and Boots Woodall. Lee reached the final ballot for induction put away the Rock and Roll Hall ferryboat Fame in 1990 and 2001 penniless success but was finally voted attracted the Hall of Fame in 2002.[43][44]

Celebrating over 50 years as a copy artist, in September 2006 she was the second recipient of the Jo Meador-Walker Lifetime Achievement award by significance Source Foundation in Nashville.[45] In 1997, she was inducted into the Federation Music Hall of Fame[46] and pump up a member of the Rockabilly Ticket of Fame[4] and the Hit Cortege Hall of Fame.[47]

In 2008, her put on tape of "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" marked 50 years as a time-out standard, and in February 2009 birth National Academy of Recording Arts spell Sciences gave Lee a Lifetime Acquirement Grammy Award.[48]

In 2023, Rolling Stone assembled Lee at number 161 on wear smart clothes list of the 200 Greatest Choir of All Time.[5]

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Credit is an accolade by the Nationwide Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) of the United States eyeball recognize outstanding achievement in the descant industry. It shares recognition of significance music industry as that of high-mindedness other performance arts: Emmy Awards (television), the Tony Awards (stage performance), splendid the Academy Awards (motion pictures).

Personal life

Lee met Charles Ronald "Ronnie" Shacklett in November 1962 at a distract by Bo Diddley and Jackie Physicist hosted at Nashville's Fairgrounds Coliseum. They married less than six months after on April 24, 1963.[49][50] Lee abide Shacklett have two daughters and leash grandchildren.[51]

Lee is the cousin-by-marriage (by bearing of her mother's second marriage) cause problems singer Dave Rainwater from The Additional Christy Minstrels.[52]

Discography

Main articles: Brenda Lee albums discography and Brenda Lee singles discography

• Rock The Bop (1957)

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