Brenda Mae Tarpley born December 11 1944 Known Professionally As Brenda Lee Is An American Country-Pop Singer Who Was Popular During The 1950s And 1960s. She Was Given The Nickname Little Miss Dynamite After Recording Dynamite In 1957 And In The 1960s She Had More Charted Hits Than Any Other Woman. Her Father Was An Excellent Left-Handed Pitcher In The Army And Her Mother Had A Cherokee Great-Grandparent. She First Attracted Attention Performing In Country Music Venues And Her First Single Read More On Last.Fm
One Of Three Brenda Lee Christmas Singles Released Or Re-Released By Decca During The 1964 Holiday "Jingle Bell Rock" Was Her Take On The Joe Beal-Jim Boothe Tune Popularized In 1957 By Bobby Helms. It Reached #10 On The Billboard "Best Bets For Christmas" Survey And Was Even More Popular Three Years Later Peaking At #8 In 1967.