Brenda Lee
Brenda Lee
Brenda Mae Tarpley, known as Brenda Lee, 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 perhaps best known in the United States for her 1960 hit "I'm Sorry", and 1958's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", a United States holiday standard...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth11 December 1944
CityAtlanta, GA
CountryUnited States of America
The word matters in country music, and it always has. And everybody had lived those words in country songs.
I've always gone to see all kinds of shows and stole what I could, as we all do. We see an artist and hear a song and think, 'I bet I could sing that song. I'll put that in my show.'
When 'I'm Sorry' came out and became such a huge hit, that made 'Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree' start selling. Then that became a huge, huge hit.
A lot of people thought I'd died, because of your coverage, they know I'm still around.
I wasn't aware of it at the time, but I was a big favorite with the Mafia.
Im Sorry was one of the first songs to come out of Nashville using strings.
I'm sorry if I took some things for granted, I'm sorry for the chains I put on you. But more than anything, I'm sorry for myself for living without you.
The music business can be very cold. And it doesn't honor its elders.
I believe I became one of the first singers to be launched via television exposure. I guess I was a new kind of musical stylist for a new kind of media.
I've spent an awful lot of my time in the air. I've had everything happen to me in a plane that could happen. Except a crash.
I'm not used to introspection. I've never lingered on my feelings. The show must go on.
I still don't look at myself as a star. I've always had a thankful heart.