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Brenda Lee
ActorBorn December 11, 1944 (80 years)
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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.
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.
Filmography
| 2025 | Ringo & Friends at the Ryman · as Self |
| 2023 | Facing the Laughter: Minnie Pearl · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2023 | Willie Nelson & Family (TV Series) · as Self - Musician |
| 2020 | The Center of Nowhere (The Spirit & Sounds of Springfield, Missouri) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2019 | Country Music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Ken Burns: America's Storyteller · as Self |
| 2015 | Country: Portraits of an American Sound · as Self |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | The Outrageous Sophie Tucker · as Self |
| 2012 | Trisha's Southern Kitchen (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | The 51st Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Honoree |
| 2004 | CMT Insider (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Legends in Concert: Brenda Lee · as Self |
| 2003 | |
| 1996 | Access Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | The Women of Country · as Self |
| 1988 | Family Feud (1988) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Dolly (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | 20th Annual Music City News Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1986 | Women in Rock · as Self |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1984 | Surprise Surprise! (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 1983 | Wheel of Fortune (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Contestant |
| 1980 | Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | Hee Haw Honeys (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1977 | Sha Na Na (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | Pop Goes the Country (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | Pebble Mill at One (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | The Midnight Special (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | Hee Haw (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | The Johnny Cash Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | Kraft Music Hall (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1966 | The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | Where The Action Is (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | The Hollywood Squares (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1965 | Hullabaloo! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | Top of the Pops (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1963 | Ready Steady Go! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1959 | Juke Box Jury (TV Series) · as Self - Panellist |
| 1958 | Oh Boy! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1958 | The Dick Clark Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV Series) · as Self - Sketch Actress |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show (TV Series) · as Self - Singer |
| 1955 | Tonight at the London Palladium (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1955 | Crackerjack (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1952 | American Bandstand (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Perry Como Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self |