Brenda Lee

Biography

Brenda Mae Tarpley, 11 December 1944, Lithonia, Georgia, USA. Even in early adolescence, Lee had an adult husk of a voice that could slip from anguished intimacy through sleepy insinuation to raucous lust, even during ‘Let’s Jump The Broomstick’, ‘Speak To Me Pretty’ and other jaunty classics that kept her in the hit parade from the mid-50s to 1965. Through local radio and, by 1956, wider exposure on Red Foley’s Ozark Jubilee broadcasts, ‘Little Brenda... Read more

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Children's Music Christian & Gospel Comedy Movies Country & Bluegrass Easy Listening Holiday & Seasonal Music Videos & Concerts Pop / Rock Pop / Rock Television Vocals

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60s

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