Brenda Mae Tarpley professionally known as Brenda Lee is an American singer. Performing rockabilly, pop, and country music, she 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.
Brenda Lee’s top songs
Lee achieved her biggest success on the pop charts in the late 1950s through the mid-1960s with rockabilly and rock and roll-styled songs. Her biggest hits included “Jambalaya”, “Sweet Nothin’s” (No. 4, written by country musician Ronnie Self), “I Want to Be Wanted” (No. 1), “All Alone Am I” (No. 3), and “Fool#1” (No. 3).
Lee had more hits with the more pop-based songs “That’s All You Gotta Do” (No. 6), “Emotions” (No. 7), “You Can Depend on Me” (No. 6), “Dum Dum” (No. 4), 1962’s “Break It to Me Gently” (No. 2), “Everybody Loves Me But You” (No. 6), and “As Usual” (No. 12). Lee’s total of nine consecutive top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits from “That’s All You Gotta Do” in 1960 through “All Alone Am I” in 1962 set a record for a female solo artist that was not equaled until 1986 by Madonna.
Brenda Lee awards
Lee has won several awards such as NME Awards: World Female Singer from 1962 to 1964, Grammy Awards: Hall of Fame Induction in 1999, Academy of Country Music: Cliffe Stone Pioneer Award in 2007, Dove Awards: Country Album of the Year in 2008, Grammy Awards: Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009.
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