The Variety story states that the movie studio Paramount wanted Lee for the female lead in “White Christmas.” The problem was ...

The song, which came out in 1994 and first hit the top 10 in 2017, has now led the chart for the last seven holiday seasons.

Eighty-one years ago today, the history-making singer who was an international sensation before she could drive was born in ...

Two years ago today, Brenda Lee made music history when her beloved Christmas classic reached the top of the Hot 100.

When people look back at the ’60s, they tend to remember moving folk music, the British Invasion, and transgressive psychedelic rock. However, the truth is that all of these scenes took time to form.

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Never going to be able to listen to that song the same way again. Everybody knows Brenda Lee’s classic “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.” The song was written by Johnny Marks, who also wrote other ...

Brenda Lee welcomed her first daughter, Julie, when she was 18 years old GAB Archive/Redferns ; © Dale Ernsberger / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ...

These days Brenda Lee is best known for the perennial 1958 holiday classic "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," which she recorded when she was 12 years old. But during the '60s, she was the hottest ...

Discover the story behind singer Brenda Lee’s iconic songs and explore how her early fame and life of poverty shaped her artistry across pop, rock ‘n’ roll and country. Known for her Christmas classic ...

NEW YORK — (AP) — Come and take a trip to the giddy birth of rock 'n' roll through the eyes of one of its pioneers — Brenda Lee. The "I'm Sorry" and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" hitmaker who ...