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  • WOW!| FIRST TIME HEARING Brenda Lee - I'm Sorry REACTION
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  • @charcasc7462
    @charcasc7462 8 місяців тому +349

    Brenda Lee currently has the #1 song in the USA:Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree. If you do a Christmas song reaction set of videos this year you should do that one.

    • @shirleybuffington6420
      @shirleybuffington6420 8 місяців тому +18

      Yes and she was only 13 when she recited Rockin around the Christmas tree

    • @glennelfmann3143
      @glennelfmann3143 8 місяців тому +17

      The first time it was #1 was in 1958 I believe. She's 79 yrs. old and just sang Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree at the Grand Ole Opry a week or so ago. The video is on youtube.

    • @denniseaton8136
      @denniseaton8136 8 місяців тому +5

      Definitely!

    • @johnsilva9139
      @johnsilva9139 8 місяців тому +15

      Yes. Finally! She recorded it in 1958, and has been a perennial Christmas favorite ever since, but never got to #1 on the Billboard chart till now. Fortunately Brenda is still with us to enjoy her latest historic musical achievement 65 years later.

    • @TonyM1961
      @TonyM1961 8 місяців тому +6

      I was just about to comment that, considering the season, they should listen to it. Glad to see that I am not alone

  • @batmanforpresident9655
    @batmanforpresident9655 8 місяців тому +132

    Fun fact:
    Brenda Lee was 15 years old when she recorded this song. Truly one of the great voices of the rock era.
    Also check out:. "All Alone Am I", "Sweet Nothin's", "I Want To Be, Wanted", "Fool #1", "Losing You".

    • @ronaldmcrae4896
      @ronaldmcrae4896 8 місяців тому +7

      "All Alone Am I" is one of my favorites. Used to listen to it on my transistor radio I carried around with me everywhere.

    • @coolcpa3321
      @coolcpa3321 8 місяців тому +7

      I love Sweet Nothin's

    • @emmitstewart1921
      @emmitstewart1921 8 місяців тому +7

      I can remember watching her on TV when she was 12 or 13 years old. Even then she had that powerful voice. Even seeing one show, you remembered her. It's Christmas time, You have to play Rockin Around The Christmas Tree, Even if you've probably heard it before. Even after sixty years It's still an essential part of Christmas. It belongs on Friday because it is the greatest selling hit by a female performer.

    • @rods1379
      @rods1379 8 місяців тому +4

      15?! Amazing!!

    • @Oxmustube
      @Oxmustube 8 місяців тому +3

      Today some Karen would complain about a 15 year old singing about a toxic male who done her wrong.

  • @milliec42
    @milliec42 8 місяців тому +156

    Brenda's career started at 13 years old. Rocking around the Christmas tree, is a classic. She was 13 when she recorded it.

    • @THEFrankieFlo_
      @THEFrankieFlo_ 8 місяців тому +4

      Younger than that. She actually began performing at 5, and began performing on TV shows at about 10/11. And she never sounded her age.

    • @sparky6086
      @sparky6086 8 місяців тому +3

      ​@@THEFrankieFlo_She was a regular on Red Foley's "Ozark Jubilee" TV show. Little Miss Dynamite!

    • @hectorsmommy1717
      @hectorsmommy1717 8 місяців тому +4

      @@sparky6086 Fun Fact: Red Foley was Pat Boone's father in law. Boone married his daughter Shirley.

    • @8moody1
      @8moody1 8 місяців тому +4

      "Litttle Miss Dynamite"

    • @allendixon7700
      @allendixon7700 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@8moody1I don't know why but in the wintertime. We always wanna bring a hillbilly bone. Now I guess cause the bound stallion to match. It wants to get out get out the hillbilly bone brother

  • @stevenblock9712
    @stevenblock9712 8 місяців тому +123

    Either this is a coincidence or you were aware that she was all over the news last week when her Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, recorded when she was 13, set a record for taking the longest time to become the #1 song on Billboard's chart. She also had her 79th birthday last week. In the years 1958-62, she was alternately selected as the #1 or #2 female singer in the U.S. while in her mid-teens. She had a long career in country music.

    • @haveanicedave1551
      @haveanicedave1551 8 місяців тому +4

      Before that was probably Do that to me one more time & Please don't go took the longest time to reach #1. It took 18 weeks in the Top 40. It took Brenda Lee 60+ years for her song to reach #1. Also, they probably don't count the times she was not in the Top 40, but from what I have seen and remember, this song kept returning every year at Christmas and maybe only spent a few weeks in the top 40 each time and it adds up to more than 18 weeks total.

  • @cdobrown6475
    @cdobrown6475 8 місяців тому +123

    Hard to believe she was only 15. No autotune in those days. Pure talent.

    • @sandgrownun66
      @sandgrownun66 8 місяців тому +2

      And plenty of pops and crackles.

    • @SusanGordon-bf2cg
      @SusanGordon-bf2cg 8 місяців тому +2

      Brenda was auto-tuned ... In utero

    • @SusanGordon-bf2cg
      @SusanGordon-bf2cg 8 місяців тому

      @@sandgrownun66 Most likely remastered by now ...

    • @sandgrownun66
      @sandgrownun66 8 місяців тому +2

      @@SusanGordon-bf2cg It sounds like a rip of a badly scratched record.

    • @PanglossDr
      @PanglossDr 8 місяців тому +3

      And no need for nastiness here.

  • @M_ondo
    @M_ondo 8 місяців тому +71

    LITTLE MISS DYNAMITE is explosive singing Sweet Nothin's. Brenda is definitely one of the best singers ever. Signed a recording contract at 13 or 14.

  • @elizabethfranco1284
    @elizabethfranco1284 8 місяців тому +97

    Great song by her but I’m surprised you all didn’t do Rockin Around the Christmas Tree! It finally hit number one after 65 years.

    • @AnaColon-ze4ze
      @AnaColon-ze4ze 8 місяців тому +7

      I love that song so much 1 of my favorites.......

    • @liammize3765
      @liammize3765 8 місяців тому +6

      And she finally did a video for it too.

  • @ckayuha2351
    @ckayuha2351 8 місяців тому +22

    In 1962, the Beatles were the opening act for Brenda Lee’s show in West Germany

  • @coffee-xg6my
    @coffee-xg6my 8 місяців тому +32

    Total classic!!! No one and I mean NO One could have _ever_ sung this with the feeling she sings it!

  • @surlechapeau
    @surlechapeau 8 місяців тому +17

    Jay & Amber, you'll Love her "Sweet Nothin's" and "I Want to Be Wanted"!!! "Sweet Nothin's" shows her sassy side!!

  • @thomastimlin1724
    @thomastimlin1724 8 місяців тому +21

    Brenda Lee was short, tiny....but a vocal giant!! one of the most recognizable voices in the world. This was a monster #1 hit back in the day, July 1960..

  • @judywelch1044
    @judywelch1044 8 місяців тому +26

    OMG YOU GUYS. i WAS 14 YRS OLD AND SHE WASN'T MUCH OLDER . Little girl with the BIG voice. This is the music I grew up with. Thanks.

  • @susanaltman5134
    @susanaltman5134 8 місяців тому +28

    I saw a biography of Brenda Lee on You Tube. She said that in the early years of her career she was singing songs about things were beyond her life experience. She was very convincing in any case. She has some great songs "Sweet Nothings", "Dynamite'", "Jambalaya", "Coming On Strong", "Dum Dum".

  • @martinscott-reed5379
    @martinscott-reed5379 8 місяців тому +8

    Brenda Lee's voice is on another level. I can't get enough of her.

  • @hollyclow2136
    @hollyclow2136 8 місяців тому +24

    Check out her "rockn around the Christmas tree" just hit #1, this year! first recoded in 1958

  • @susanliltz3875
    @susanliltz3875 8 місяців тому +16

    Brenda Lee is a big part of Christmas!!
    Time for some Christmas music!!
    First one :
    Rockin Around The Christmas Tree
    by Brenda Lee !!
    Her song bounced back to number one!! Again!!!
    She was just 13 when she recorded it!

  • @memorylane7068
    @memorylane7068 8 місяців тому +9

    Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree is ripe for the season and is #1 right now! After 65 years! It was released in 1958 and she was 13 she recorded it.

  • @pjmurphy920
    @pjmurphy920 8 місяців тому +26

    Thank you!! Brenda Lee has one of the most beautiful female voices out there.

  • @TheSmokey999
    @TheSmokey999 8 місяців тому +11

    And remember this is her voice ! No autotune, you had to have talent . And this is her voice at age 15 . Next female Friday. The last one before Christmas. You should do her Christmas Song - Rockin Around The Christmas Tree . Recorded by her at age 13 !

  • @pattikinney5535
    @pattikinney5535 8 місяців тому +20

    Brenda Lee is one of a kind. Little Miss TNT was her knickname. React to her song Dynamite, you'll see why.

  • @scott1395
    @scott1395 8 місяців тому +8

    Brenda used to visit relatives in my hometown I Georgia as a little girl, she used to sing for the mill workers! Her singling career started much earlier than thought!

  • @user-bz7fg1pk4lbo7
    @user-bz7fg1pk4lbo7 8 місяців тому +21

    My Parents had this song on Vinyl back when I was a little kid. I remember hearing it as a child. Of course they had the Christmas Album too, with "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree". Brenda Lee has spent her entire life performing. She was only 15 Years old when this became one of her biggest hits, but had other hits before this. She's in her upper 70's now and still does plenty of shows every year.

  • @kathyrizzi8754
    @kathyrizzi8754 8 місяців тому +17

    I love Brenda Lee, this song takes me back to my early teens, a long time ago LoL! 🌹♥️♥️

  • @covfefecoffeeluvr5349
    @covfefecoffeeluvr5349 8 місяців тому +20

    ❤OMG!!! This one of my absolute faves. She recorded this when she was only 14!!! Such a massive talent! Double thumbs up👍👍

  • @dlbeal
    @dlbeal 8 місяців тому +17

    Great pick Amber!! My favorite after this song is Break it to me Gently. It is so soulful and bluesy.

  • @maryanngarrimone1153
    @maryanngarrimone1153 8 місяців тому +14

    She had a beautiful voice and so many hits. I still have her vinyl record album in my collection ❤❤❤❤

  • @davidmorgan1408
    @davidmorgan1408 8 місяців тому +6

    I feel like I never REALLY listened to this song, though I've heard it all my life. It's beautiful. That "oh oh oh yes" part, with that break in her voice - stunning.

  • @BoltManiac
    @BoltManiac 8 місяців тому +11

    A true classic. I still have my mom’s 45 of it.

  • @lreed1040
    @lreed1040 8 місяців тому +9

    Brenda Lee, such a treasure and will always be. Favorites of mine and songs for great reactions are "Break It To Me Gently", "Sweet Nothin's" and one of my personal fav's "Eventually". Christmas is approaching fast and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" is like one of those Songs for the season that must be heard or I just does not feel like Christmas much like "Merry Christmas Darling" by The Carpenters, "Holly Jolly Christmas" by Burl Ives, "Jingle Bell Rock" by Bobby Helms and of course "White Christmas" by Bing. Many holiday songs by Nat King Cole and Johnny Mathis fall into that category also. You call them Christmas Classics. Great pick and reaction.

  • @garyarnett1220
    @garyarnett1220 8 місяців тому +6

    You've heard iconic songs on here. Welcome to what Iconic truly means.

  • @richardsfaire
    @richardsfaire 4 місяці тому +1

    Brenda Lee was my favorite singer growing up. Try The Grass is Greener, Break it to Me Gently, and Losing You. She's a tiny thing with this incredibly powerful voice.

  • @mso4433
    @mso4433 8 місяців тому +5

    She was a tiny little girl, but what a voice! I had many of her albums in the 60's. Thanks for giving her some exposure to a new audience.

  • @Jude_196
    @Jude_196 8 місяців тому +8

    WOW - Can't WAIT to see your reaction to THIS ONE!! 😍😍😍 She was SO YOUNG when this was recorded!

  • @christophermarshall527
    @christophermarshall527 8 місяців тому +4

    Pure talent, she always touches my heart, great song, music, and production as well here. Beautiful!!!

  • @silverdoeGirl
    @silverdoeGirl 8 місяців тому +10

    I grew up with this song on the family party play list. She had a stunning voice.

  • @billclisham8668
    @billclisham8668 8 місяців тому +13

    Miss Brenda could easily be the deepest of deep dives because she was early rock, country, and gospel. My favorite of hers was Dynamite Brenda also has a cameo in a video by Pistol Annies for "hush,hush"

    • @phila3884
      @phila3884 8 місяців тому +3

      There was Brenda Lee... and then there was all the rest.

    • @marxlover100
      @marxlover100 8 місяців тому +2

      @@phila3884 Well, there were at least two other great ones in that era. There was Connie Francis and she wasn't "all the rest". She had a ton of hits at the time Brenda came on the scene. Surprisingly, she's not in the R&R Hall of Fame, which is a crime. And there was also the fabulous Patsy Cline, greatest female voice I've ever heard. Her life was cut short in a plane crash.

  • @larrytomlinson6819
    @larrytomlinson6819 8 місяців тому +10

    Brenda had a fluid quality that few other singers have .

  • @gailvolm3862
    @gailvolm3862 8 місяців тому +4

    The live performance of her as a 14 year old is classic, and you can't believe she is so young to sing such heartbreak!

  • @Renee-Suzanne
    @Renee-Suzanne 8 місяців тому +6

    Total childhood memory: this song! My Dad always played only "country and western" when I was a kid....he still does!

  • @KenRoerden
    @KenRoerden 8 місяців тому +10

    A true classic. Brenda has a unique voice that draws you in. Since it is the middle of December, and Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree was just re-released and went to #1, please listen to it for next Friday. Also check out Comin' On Strong. It is referenced in Radar Love by Golden Earring which you did a while back.

  • @jeffdetmer4681
    @jeffdetmer4681 8 місяців тому +2

    What a talent.Top female artist of the 60s. One of the top 4 in record sales behind Elvis, Beatles and Ray Charles. Pretty good company. The holidays wouldn't be complete without her Rockin around the Christmas Tree, released when she was 13.

  • @mil2k11
    @mil2k11 8 місяців тому +10

    My parents got together during this song back in the early 60s. From what I remember, my dad was beating up a gum machine in a malt shop. My mom was with her friends, thinking "look at this idiot". They all hung out as a group and got to know each other. A few months later, they were back in the same place or some place like it and this song came on. It was then when my dad took his shot and my mom apparently accepted. Things moved much slower back then (and maybe for good reason since they were both 17 & 18), but they got married about 4 years later in '65 and I came into existence a year after that.

    • @robertknight2556
      @robertknight2556 8 місяців тому +2

      Good story. Thanks for that. Robert, uk.

  • @forwardpeace
    @forwardpeace 8 місяців тому +5

    Brenda is a gem with dozens of great hits.

  • @armandoguevara9960
    @armandoguevara9960 5 днів тому

    Lovely sound for muy ears, she had a beautiful and warm voice❤❤❤❤

  • @rwschumm
    @rwschumm 8 місяців тому +9

    Brenda Lee and This Song are SUPER Classics! This actually crossed Rock and C&W Genres, as I recall.... Fantastic Choice and Reaction, You Guys!

    • @ptournas
      @ptournas 8 місяців тому +3

      Yes, she did did have several great crossover hits!

  • @squidlicious8449
    @squidlicious8449 8 місяців тому +3

    Need to get some Pentatonix Christmas songs up in here for Christmas - like "Mary Did You Know"!

  • @lisaw5604
    @lisaw5604 8 місяців тому +2

    A true classic from Miss Brenda Lee. I had this urge to hear "Where the Boys Are" - Connie Francis.

  • @stevenblock9712
    @stevenblock9712 8 місяців тому +6

    The two songs of Brenda's that you have heard both were recorded and went to #1 on the Billboard charts when Brenda was 15 in 1959.

  • @Zentrix-24
    @Zentrix-24 8 місяців тому

    1960 tune by 15 yo Brenda Lee doing "I'm Sorry", I was 10 yrs old then, even us kids had a crush on Brenda........Such a beautiful voice too!

  • @luckyskittles8976
    @luckyskittles8976 8 місяців тому +7

    She's great. She teamed up with Loretta Lynn, Kitty Wells And KD Lang for "Honky Tonk Angles Medely" so many great hits

    • @trishaurvan9439
      @trishaurvan9439 8 місяців тому

      Oh that medley was incredible! The growl from Bremda, the cry from kd...so awesome!

  • @diannefeldman5888
    @diannefeldman5888 7 місяців тому +1

    Brenda Lee started singing when she was a little girl and sounded the same as she got older, she is so good!!

  • @michellejackson6679
    @michellejackson6679 6 місяців тому +1

    This lady's Christmas song just became #1 50 some years later.. Rocking Around the Christmas Tree. Go Brenda Lee.

  • @loriparks8805
    @loriparks8805 8 місяців тому +2

    Rockin around the Christmas 🎄 a song that my grandchildren knew through the movie 🎥🍿 flick Home alone 😂 which is one of my top 10 Christmas songs by Brenda Lee who just released it if I'm not mistaken 65 years !!! anniversary on this song !!!!! And now it's number one on the charts !! At the age of 13 years old when she sang this song ! Wow 😮 a tiny body with a big voice . Timeless along with being legendary 🎶

  • @connieb4372
    @connieb4372 8 місяців тому

    This song reminds me of my late mother. She loved this kind of music. I was born in 1959, but I remember hearing this song a lot and know the words. I think Connie Francis was also one of her favorites which is why she named me Connie. She said that what touched her about Connie Francis was that she cried when she sang sad songs (there were no videos back then, only performances on television shows). We used to watch a lot of the musical shows back then.. there were not many options for TV.. We only had four channels to choose from and someone had to get up to change the channel or raise or lower the volume. Can you imagine that? LOL. I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays. Take care and be kind. Keep up the good work kids!

  • @jayce711
    @jayce711 8 місяців тому +2

    Our Little Miss Dynamite!!! 15 yrs old singing like that!! Next song you should check out by her is Sweet Nothin's.

  • @joeyrobison6629
    @joeyrobison6629 8 місяців тому

    Recently Brenda Lee has become the oldest person at age 79 (born December 11, 1944) to have a number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", recorded in 1958 when she was just 13 years old! She was close friends with Patsy Cline and shared the same record producer, Owen Bradley. Another little-known fact, The Beatles were an opening act for her when she appeared in Germany in 1962. Other hits by Brenda to react to include "Fool #1", "Break It To Me Gently", "Too Many Rivers", "All Alone Am I", "As Usual", "Johnny One Time" among many others.

  • @col-hiwildcats6717
    @col-hiwildcats6717 8 місяців тому +1

    What a voice for such a young lady. This record was not released for several months after it was recorded because the record execs weren't sure about the subject matter being "appropriate" for a 15-year-old girl. In the mid-60's and through the 70's there were 3 guys from my hometown (Bartlesville, OK) who were her backing band. Every November - December she is back at the top of the charts with "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree".

  • @dalevandebeek2041
    @dalevandebeek2041 8 місяців тому

    Brenda was a very tiny girl with a great big voice. I remember her well. I could listen to her all day. Im a 75 yr old young lady from Canada 🇨🇦

  • @SLam-ve3yp
    @SLam-ve3yp 8 місяців тому +1

    When you say Brenda Lee that's the first song that comes to mind for me.

  • @delorespetree3243
    @delorespetree3243 8 місяців тому +1

    Love brenda lee grow up listening to her music know that song by heart

  • @alexfletcher5192
    @alexfletcher5192 6 місяців тому +1

    It's the age of my parents and the age of romance. When feelings were still important. And with that you could conquer more. And her voice could rock out as easily as it could captivate on a ballad.

  • @craigreid7178
    @craigreid7178 8 місяців тому +1

    Brenda had a beautiful smoky texture to her voice coupled with perfect control. She is a classic voice from the early days of cross over country-rock.

  • @fabian4ever69
    @fabian4ever69 8 місяців тому +2

    Like others have mentioned her song Rocking Around the Christmas Tree recently hit Number One on the Billboard charts 65 years after releasing it when she was 13 years old. Sweet Nothings is a great song too. My mom was a fan and even danced like Brenda Lee. Today is my moms birthday and she celebrates her birthday in Heaven. Brenda reminds me so much of my mom.

  • @jillosler9353
    @jillosler9353 8 місяців тому

    And that was the unbelievable voice of a FIFTEEN YEAR OLD!!! Our UK eqivalent was Helen Shapiro (Don't treat me like a child) or Lulu (Shout). As it's Christmas time you really need to react to Brenda Lee's 'Rocking Around the Christmas Tree' which I believe she recorded when she was only 13 years old??? Just like our own Sir Tom Jones, Brenda can still belt out those notes now she is a senior citizen - and still does! Great choice of female artist!!! ❤

  • @BillO964
    @BillO964 8 місяців тому +2

    Brenda is still preforming and just released a hit christmas song. 🥳

  • @lydiaporto8700
    @lydiaporto8700 8 місяців тому +6

    Oh my goodness!!!!!!!! You finally got her on!!!! Thank you. She was so young, yet had sooo many number 1 songs.

  • @blacksox2730
    @blacksox2730 8 місяців тому

    Just saw her live in Nashville at the 8th annual All for the Hall benefit for the Country Hall of Fame. Hosted by Keith Urban & Vince Gill. Guests included Trisha Yearwood, Patty Loveless, Old Dominion, Hardy, and Brooks & Dunn closed the show after three hours. Brenda Lee (Just turned 79) did Rocking Around the Christmas Tree! She sang it in 1958 at age 13. It just set the record for longest time to become #1 on the Hot 100 Billboard Chart where it currently sits. Awesome concert which raised almost a million dollars for the Hall. Everyone involved donated their time and talent. Vince Gill got a big laugh when he stated this is what you get for free on a Tuesday in Nashville!!!

  • @jackgilchrist
    @jackgilchrist 8 місяців тому +2

    Putting in my vote for "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree." It just isn't Christmas without hearing that song, and only the Brenda Lee version will do.

  • @davidcollins897
    @davidcollins897 8 місяців тому

    I fell in love with Brenda Lee's "Coming On Strong" after listening to the Golden Earring song "Radar Love" - but it was not until it was covered in the early 1990s by White Lion that I realized that the Brenda Lee reference related to the song on the radio. Before that, I thought Brenda Lee was in the car. Between the two versions, I learned she was a beautiful singer and when I heard "Radar Love" anew, I put it all together. "Coming On Strong" truly is a wonderful "some forgotten song" as the lyricist from Golden Earring so poignantly alluded. Now both are "some forgotten songs" as it were. It somehow makes me feel especially old.

  • @paulwalker9421
    @paulwalker9421 8 місяців тому +5

    What a voice from Brenda Lee. Would love your reaction to Crystal Gayle songs "talking in Your Sleep" or "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" Please Please!!

  • @tgforty5
    @tgforty5 8 місяців тому +3

    Brenda could rock too! Her famous hit "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" just reached Billboard's #1, 65 years after it was recorded. I've loved Brenda Lee ever since I was a child.

  • @davidstathers9534
    @davidstathers9534 8 місяців тому +1

    Brenda and patsy cline two cracking great voices of their day great reaction guys

  • @pattygault3848
    @pattygault3848 6 місяців тому +1

    She was 15yrs old when she sang this song! Talk about Old Souls!

  • @mimigina7439
    @mimigina7439 8 місяців тому

    I turned 58 in October, and I’ve heard Ms. Brenda my Whole life. My mom and my aunts all played record albums often, plus back then, we had the coolest jukebox in my uncles store. Brenda Lee always had at least one, if not more, singles in those jukeboxes, back when you could play about a dozen songs for 25 cents!

  • @gaels8654
    @gaels8654 8 місяців тому +3

    Being about 10 years old at the time, I had a slight crush on her because of her voice.
    You may wish to go back even farther to the SONS OF THE PIONEERS of the 1930s and their two big hits: Tumbling Tumbleweeds; and Cool Water !

    • @JerisEve
      @JerisEve 8 місяців тому

      Oh yes. Please do. Take a trip to another world.

  • @alanhope1190
    @alanhope1190 8 місяців тому

    She started her career so young and has stayed with us until now, age 79!

  • @DG2244
    @DG2244 8 місяців тому +2

    Thank you for keeping these amazing artists current. The young generations need to hear the beautiful music from this era.

  • @Bearfacts01
    @Bearfacts01 4 місяці тому +1

    The power in her voice is unmatched.

  • @stevedahlberg8680
    @stevedahlberg8680 8 місяців тому +2

    This came out a little before I was born but my parents liked it and I heard it on the radio a lot even when I was a little kid. And of course you've got to do her classic Rocking around the Christmas tree.
    But, initially through my parents, and then later of my own volition I started checking out music from before my time, just like you guys are doing with your reaction channel, and for example I bought Dick Clark's Greatest Hits from the 50s, and it was a double album in those songs were typically so short you can imagine that is a ton of songs and a ton of performers and bands. You can totally get lost in that world.
    Shaboom Shaboom by the crew cuts is another one that I didn't really feel like I liked as a kid, but I remember my mom loved it. But about the time I got to high school age, I realized how much I loved it.
    And if you want to practice doing the Twist, check out Peppermint Twist by Joey Dee and the Starliters!

  • @glennspreeman1634
    @glennspreeman1634 4 місяці тому +1

    Saw her live at a county fair when she was 14-15 years old!

  • @jackiegerspachhas4237
    @jackiegerspachhas4237 8 місяців тому +1

    Her song “SWEET NOTHIN’S” WOW!!!!!!!!

  • @cecileluv
    @cecileluv 8 місяців тому

    What a voice for a then 15 year old!!
    Of all things, her Christmas song at 13 made it to number 1 for the first time after 65 years. She is now 78... saw a recent interview.

  • @carolmartin4413
    @carolmartin4413 8 місяців тому

    Aw...1950's Brenda Lee! My dad, who was forever faithful to my mom til the day he died, was pure mush when he watched/listened to tiny but power voice Brenda Lee. We laughed til it hurt seeing this strapping 6' family man melt! 🤣 Sweet memories 💖

  • @chrisedwards7095
    @chrisedwards7095 8 місяців тому +1

    Brenda Lee was just on the Christmas At The Opry TV special. The fact that "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" is #1 is amazing!
    As an adult in the 70's she did songs like "Big Four Poster Bed" and "The Cowgirl and The Dandy".

  • @GrumpyOldGuy534
    @GrumpyOldGuy534 8 місяців тому +8

    Another one of her best tunes is "Break it to me Gently” Check it out

    • @neptune9
      @neptune9 8 місяців тому +4

      I second the motion! Love that song! My favorite by Brenda Lee.

    • @chag1pyk5
      @chag1pyk5 8 місяців тому

      ​@neptune9 Mine too. A fantastic arrangement that really shows off her voice so well

  • @mary_mary770
    @mary_mary770 8 місяців тому +1

    Miss Brenda Lee only stood 4 ft 9. And was given the nickname Little Miss Dynamite at age 13 for her powerhouse vocals.

  • @spiritwalkerperformer1689
    @spiritwalkerperformer1689 7 місяців тому

    I love Brenda Lee. She's still performing in her ''90s today. I know her granddaughter well, who also performs with her during the Christmas season. Of course, Brenda's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" is a Christmas favorite. I love her voice!

    • @kentclark6420
      @kentclark6420 2 місяці тому

      Her 70s. That's awesome if you know her granddaughter. I was listening to Brenda as far back as I can remember from the late 50s.

  • @user-wn8mg2jh1d
    @user-wn8mg2jh1d 8 місяців тому

    She has a smooth voice and I use too listen to her , I grew up in the South as a Puerto Rican, But we use to help All the local farmers during harvesting time.

  • @johnnyd5285
    @johnnyd5285 8 місяців тому

    She was only about 15 when she did this song, around 1960, I was 12 and I loved it!

  • @Earcandy73
    @Earcandy73 8 місяців тому +1

    Brenda Mae Tarpley- what a powerhouse! She’s amazing and Number 1 on Billboard now!

  • @littleogeechee223
    @littleogeechee223 8 місяців тому +1

    What a spectacular talent she is! She had such a huge, huge voice c9ming out of that tiny little body. Lots of people thought she had to far older than her 13, 14 years, and she was very short-statured to go with it. Some people actually thought she was a Little Person.

  • @valogden
    @valogden 8 місяців тому +1

    We always had her Christmas album on every Christmas growing up. My favorite Christmas song on it is The Angel and the Little Blue Bell. It's such a sweet song and I always teared up when the Angel visits the bell.

  • @johnjsal
    @johnjsal 8 місяців тому +1

    "It was black and white. She was in that green dress."
    LOL

  • @avidrdr5640
    @avidrdr5640 8 місяців тому

    She started singing professionally in the EARLY 50's, after winning a talent contest when she was 5 years old, basically supporting her poverty laden family after her dad was killed in a work accident when she was 7. She got her first recording contract at about 10 years old and her first smash hit at 13. She had more charted hits throughout the 60's than any other female singer, and 4th over all, following Elvis, the Beatles and Ray Charles. She was literally one of the first to create "Rockabilly". She's in a class by herself.

  • @mustangbill65
    @mustangbill65 8 місяців тому

    I'm so Blessed to have been born in that beautiful era....where the music was so dreamy..

  • @dennystewart3238
    @dennystewart3238 8 місяців тому +2

    Only 15 when she recorded this!! She was and still is amazing!!

  • @Alexardelean89
    @Alexardelean89 7 місяців тому

    My mom got me into Brenda Lee when I was a kid. Absolutely love her still. I have this album on cd.

  • @richarddaugherty8583
    @richarddaugherty8583 8 місяців тому

    Such an outstanding voice! She can go from soft to cutting glass! FYI, her 79th birthday last week! So many great hits! Given the season, you should listen to Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree! It's a Christmas classic that you've probably heard hundreds of times but didn't know it was her. I also love Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt. That woman is a human feline! I swear she can purr.

  • @alyarout
    @alyarout 8 місяців тому +1

    love this woman.

  • @stevemorris6855
    @stevemorris6855 8 місяців тому

    Such a powerful voice for a kid. She is still special.