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Brenda Lee
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Brenda Lee (born Brenda Mae Tarpley; December 11, 1944) is an American performer and the top-charting solo female vocalist of the 1960s. She…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Brenda Lee (born Brenda Mae Tarpley; December 11, 1944) is an American performer and the top-charting solo female vocalist of the 1960s. She sang rockabilly, pop and country music, and had 47 US chart hits during the 1960s, and is ranked fourth in that decade surpassed only by Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Ray Charles. She is known for her 1960 hit "I'm Sorry", and 1958's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", which has become a Christmas standard. At 4 feet 9 inches tall (approximately 145 cm), she received the nickname "Little Miss Dynamite" in 1957, after recording the song "Dynamite" when she was 12, and was one of the earliest pop stars to have a major contemporary international following. In 1969, Lee returned to the charts with her recording "Johnny One Time". The song reached #3 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Chart and #41 on Billboard's Hot 100. The song also earned Lee her second Grammy nomination for Best Pop Female Vocal. Later success came with a return to her roots as a country singer, with a string of hits through the 1970s and 1980s. She is a member of the Rock and Roll, Country Music and Rockabilly Halls of Fame. She is also a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Lee is the only woman to be inducted into both the Rock and Roll and Country Music Halls of Fame.
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2025
Ringo & Friends at the Ryman
Movie Self
- 2024
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2023
Christmas at the Opry
Movie Self
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2019
My Music: A Classic Christmas
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2015
Country: Portraits of an American Sound
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- 2010
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2007
Brenda Lee: In Concert
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2003
Christmas at Belmont
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2003
Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2001
Welcome to the Club: The Women of Rockabilly
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1993
The Women of Country
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1986
American Masters
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1986
Disneyland's Summer Vacation Party
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1986
Women in Rock
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1980
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
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1980
Smokey and the Bandit II
Movie Nice Lady
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- 1978
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1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
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1969
The Johnny Cash Show
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1965
Hullabaloo
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1963
Musik für Sie
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1961
The Mike Douglas Show
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1961
The Two Little Bears
Movie Tina Davis
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1959
Discorama
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1958
The Dick Clark Show
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1956
The Steve Allen Show
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1955
Navy Log
TV show Korean Girl
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1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
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