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won her first singing contest when she was 5 and was performing regularly on an Atlanta radio station when she was 7. It was at about that time that a TV producer changed her name to Brenda Lee. An appearance on the popular TV show, Ozark Jubilee led to guest shots on such popular network programs as The Ed Sullivan Show and The Perry Como Show, which in turn led to a record deal with Decca. Lee's big breakthrough came in 1960 with the tune "Sweet Nothin's," which went to Number 4 on the pop charts. Over the next 13 years, she garnered two Number 1's ("I'm Sorry" and "I Want to Be Wanted"), four Top 5s and five Top 10s. While its short seasonal nature kept it from becoming a chart topper, her "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," recorded in 1958, has become a holiday classic. Just as her presence on the pop charts was declining, Lee struck it big on the country charts. Between 1973 and 1975, she had six consecutive Top 10 hits on Decca's successor label, MCA. She continued to land tunes on the country charts through the '80s and '90s with "Tell Me What It's Like," "The Cowgirl and the Dandy" and "Broken Trust" (with the Oak Ridge Boys) all going Top 10. With her electrifying stage presence and diminutive stature, Lee earned the nickname "Little Miss Dynamite," giving her fans everything they had bargained for and then some.



Over the ensuing years, Lee has continued to record and perform all around the world, previously cutting records in four different languages. She is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Rockabilly Hall of Fame, and the Hit Parade Hall of Fame. The Recording Academy has announced that Brenda Lee will receive a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement in February 2009, capping a career that has been nothing less than splendid.