Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lee was still inspiring future artists decades later. At 18, Taylor Swift penned an essay about Lee that was later featured in the ...

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 ...

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Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" has topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time since it was released in 1958. The holiday classic outperformed familiar chart-topper Mariah ...

Earlier this month, Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, 65 years after its release. We revisit her conversation with NPR's Scott Detrow. And I'm Scott ...

This Christmas, Lee, now 80, is celebrating her perennial holiday hit with a new PBS American Masters documentary, Brenda Lee: Still Rockin'. The 51-minute special includes appearances by Keith Urban, ...

Two iconic holiday songs are set for a fierce battle on the Billboard Hot 100 next week, as Billboard reports Mariah Carey’s yearly chart-topper “All I Want for Christmas Is You” may rank second to ...

Brenda Lee recorded “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree,” written by Johnny Marx, when she was 12. Brenda Lee recorded “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree,” written by Johnny Marx, when she was 12 years ...

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In a clip shared by Billboard, Lee (who was only 13 when she recorded her holiday hit) and Universal Music Group Nashville CEO Cindy Mabe reflect on the passion of Lee’s fans before Mabe drops the big ...

Owen Bradley, producer at Decca Records, took Brenda Lee under his wing and became both a musical mentor and a life mentor to her. “Owen credited Brenda with really showing that pop music could be ...