BRENDA LEE

BRENDA LEE INDUCTED TO THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME
MARCH 18, 2024 - WALDORF ASTORIA

Brenda performing at age 9	A true teen idol, Lee recorded her two best known songs, the ballad, "I'm Sorry" & the holiday standard, "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" before her 16th birthday.
Brenda Lee in Jackson TN, graciously signing autographs at RockabillyFest 2000	Brenda Lee

Brenda Lee was born Brenda Mae Tarpley in 1944 in Lithonia, Georgia. In 1949 she began as a child prodigy on the radio in Conyers, Georgia and has been singing professionally since age six. Brenda Lee, now in her 50’s, had her first hit record in 1960. Her hits included, All Alone Am I, Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree and Fool Number 1.

The following is a list of the pop songs recorded by Brenda Lee in the 60's that reached the top ten:

Sweet Nothin's

I'm Sorry

That's All You Gotta Do

I Want To Be Wanted

Emotions

You Can Depend On Me

Dum Dum

Fool #1

Break It To Me Gently

Everybody Loves Me But You

All Alone Am I

Losing You