Monday, June 6, 2022

Brenda Lee - Discography

Brenda Lee - Discography 


One of the biggest pop stars of the early '60s, Brenda Lee hasn't attracted as much critical respect as she deserves. She is sometimes inaccurately characterized as one of the few female teen idols. More crucially, the credit for achieving success with pop-country crossovers usually goes to Patsy Cline, although Lee's efforts in this era were arguably of equal importance. While she made few recordings of note after the mid-'60s, the best of her first decade is fine indeed, encompassing not just the pop ballads that were her biggest hits, but straight country and some surprisingly fierce rockabilly.

Brenda was a child prodigy, appearing on national television by the age of ten, and making her first recordings for Decca the following year (1956). Her first few Decca singles, in fact, make a pretty fair bid for the best preteen rock & roll performances this side of Michael Jackson. "BIGELOW 6-200," "Dynamite," and "Little Jonah" are all exceptionally powerful rockabilly performances, with robust vocals and white-hot backing from the cream of Nashville's session musicians (including Owen Bradley, Grady Martin, Hank Garland, and Floyd Cramer). Lee would not have her first big hits until 1960, when she tempered the rockabilly with teen idol pop on "Sweet Nothin's," which went to the Top Five.

1959 - Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang!














5 comments:

The Hound said...

Thank you for this Brenda Lee Collection of Lps and all the great lps you have put so far. Rocking Eddie

Ozzieguy said...

Very Welcome Rocking Eddie am glad that you also enjoy such great music.
Regards
Ozzieguy

adilson said...

OZZIEGUY
Esta narrativa já diz tudo,qualquer outro tipo de comentário só vai acrecenta.Parabens e muito obrigado por ter atendido a meu pedido das postagem da Brenda Lee, nunca poderia ficar de fora
desta maravilha de blog.Parabens e Obrigado.

Ozzieguy said...

Hello adilson, am happy that you requested and am glad that I was able to supply my purchased collection for you.
Regards
Ozzieguy

salianni2001ca said...

Connie Francis was better!! I can't understand why Brenda Lee is in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame and Connie isn't. Their career paths and musical styles were almost exactly identical. What's the big difference here?