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Brenda Lee top songs and awards

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Annie Grayce (née Yarbrough) and Ruben Lindsey Tarpley welcomed Brenda Lee into the world on December 11, 1944, in the charity ward of Atlanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital. She is currently 78 years old.

Brenda Lee top songs

She is well-known for her 1958 song “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” which has become a Christmas classic, and her 1960 hit “I’m Sorry.”
Her biggest singles included “Jambalaya,” “Sweet Nothin’s” (which peaked at No. 4), “I Want to Be Wanted” (which peaked at No. 1), “All Alone Am I” (which peaked at No. 3), and “Fool#1”.

More of her pop-oriented songs, such as “That’s All You Gotta Do”, “Emotions”, “You Can Depend on Me”, “Dum Dum”, 1962’s “Break It to Me Gently”, “Everybody Loves Me But You”,” and “As Usual,” were also successful.

Brenda Lee awards

Additionally, she has received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Lee is the only woman to be honored in the Halls of Fame for both country and rock music.