The famous 78 years old American singer Brenda Mae Tarpley who is professionally known as Brenda Lee performed 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.
Lee has sold more than 100 million records worldwide. 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 first woman to be inducted into both the Rock and Roll and Country Music Halls of Fame.
How many siblings did Brenda Lee have?
Lee has two siblings a brother, and a sister but their details were not found through our search conducted. However, Lee was born Brenda Mae Tarpley on December 11, 1944, in the charity ward of Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, to parents Annie Grayce Yarbrough and Ruben Lindsey Tarpley. She weighed 4 pounds 11 ounces at birth.
Lee attended grade schools wherever her father found work, primarily between Atlanta and Augusta. Her family was poor. As a child, she shared a bed with her brother and sister in a series of three-room houses without running water. Life centered on her parents finding work, their family, and the Baptist church, where she began singing solos every Sunday.
