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Brenda Lee

1944 - Today

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Brenda Mae Tarpley (born December 11, 1944), known professionally as Brenda Lee, is an American singer. Primarily performing rockabilly, pop, country, and Christmas music, she achieved her first Billboard hit at age 12 in 1957, and was given the nickname "Little Miss Dynamite". Some of Lee's most successful songs include "Sweet Nothin's", "I'm Sorry", "I Want to Be Wanted", "Speak to Me Pretty", "All Alone Am I", and "Losing You". Her festive song "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", recorded in 1958, topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 2023, making Lee the oldest artist ever to top the chart and breaking several chart records. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Brenda Lee is the 512th most popular singer (down from 391st in 2019), the 3,177th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,213th in 2019) and the 168th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Brenda Lee ranks 512 out of 4,381. Before her are Katy Perry, Johnny Rebel, Esther Ofarim, Maria Bethânia, Natalie Cole, and Randy Newman. After her are Kaliopi, Kirsten Flagstad, Chris Brown, Bobby Brown, Dusty Hill, and Ceca.

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Among people born in 1944, Brenda Lee ranks 236. Before her are Alvin Lee, Brian Tracy, Jeffrey Tambor, Richard Leakey, Elizabeth Loftus, and Tommie Smith. After her are Christian Boltanski, Peter Lindbergh, Goukouni Oueddei, Charles Sobhraj, Rory Byrne, and James Michel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brenda Lee ranks 3,177 out of 20,380. Before her are Marshall Harvey Stone (1903), Anna May Wong (1905), Elizabeth Loftus (1944), Tommie Smith (1944), John Fetterman (1969), and David Berkowitz (1953). After her are Edsel Ford (1893), Bobby Brown (1969), Dusty Hill (1949), Ken Carpenter (1913), Delphine LaLaurie (1787), and George Chakiris (1934).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Brenda Lee ranks 168. Before her are Marian Anderson (1897), Paula Abdul (1962), Katy Perry (1984), Johnny Rebel (1938), Natalie Cole (1950), and Randy Newman (1943). After her are Bobby Brown (1969), Dusty Hill (1949), Billy Preston (1946), Brandy Norwood (1979), Dinah Washington (1924), and Mos Def (1973).

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