Cat. No. VV 1066: BRENDA LEE ~ 10 GOLDEN YEARS. MCA COPS 1405.
USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.
BRENDA LEE (BRENDA MAE TARPLEY) BEGAN SINGING AT A VERY EARLY AGE. HER FAMILY WAS VERY POOR. HER FATHER WAS DIED IN AN CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT AND BY THE TIME BRENDA TURNED TEN, SHE WAS THE PRIMARY BREADWINNER OF HER FAMILY THROUGH SINGING AT EVENTS AND ON LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION SHOWS. DURING THAT TIME, SHE APPEARED REGULARLY ON THE COUNTRY MUSIC SHOW TV RANCH ON WAGA-TV IN ATLANTA. BRENDA WAS SO SHORT, THE HOST WOULD LOWER A STAND MICROPHONE AS LOW AS IT WOULD GO AND STAND HER UP ON A WOODEN CRATE TO REACH IT.
BRENDA'S BIG BREAKTHROUGH CAME IN FEBRUARY 1955, WHEN SHE TURNED DOWN $30 TO APPEAR ON A SWAINSBORO RADIO STATION TO SEE COUNTRY SINGER RED FOLEY AND A TOURING PROMOTIONAL UNIT OF HIS ABC-TV PROGRAM "OZARK JUBILEE" IN AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. A DISC JOCKEY PERSUADED RED FOLEY TO HEAR HER SING BEFORE THE SHOW. FOLEY AGREED AND WAS BLOWN AWAY BY HER PERFORMANCE AND LET HER PERFORM "JAMBALAYA" ON STAGE THAT NIGHT, UNREHEARSED.
ON JULY 30, 1956 DECCA RECORDS OFFERED HER A CONTRACT AND HER FIRST RECORD WAS "JAMBALAYA" BACKED WITH "BIGELOW 6-200". BRENDA'S SECOND SINGLE FEATURED TWO NOVELTY CHRISTMAS TUNES: "I'M GONNA LASSO SANTA CLAUS" AND "CHRISTY CHRISTMAS". THOUGH SHE TURNED 12 ON DECEMBER 11, 1956 BOTH OF FIRST TWO DECCA SINGLES CREDITED HER AS "LITTLE BRENDA LEE (9 YEARS OLD).
BRENDA IS PROBABLY PRIMARILY KNOWN FOR PERFORMING ROCKABILLY, POP, COUNTRY BUT WITH ONE EXCEPTION, AND THAT IS THE ALL-TIME CLASSIC CHRISTMAS SONG "ROCKIN' ROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE" RECORDED IN 1958 AND WAS A HIT THEN AND ONCE AGAIN TOPPED THE U.S. BILLBOARD 100 IN 2023, MAKING BRENDA THE OLDEST ARTIST EVER TO TOP THE CHART AND BREAKING SEVERAL RECORDS.
THIS ALBUM IS AN AUSTRALIAN RELEASE WAS ISSUED IN 1966 AND HAS DIFFERENT ARTWORK TO THE AMERICAN VERSION AND IS A FINE OVERVIEW OF HER EARLY RECORDINGS AND INCLUDES SEVERAL NUMBER 1 HITS. THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION BOTH FRONT AND REAR THERE ARE NO APPRECIABLE SIGNS OF WEAR OTHER THAN VERY FEINT RING WEAR. THE YELLOWING AROUND THE EDGES OF THE REAR ARE CAUSED BY THE SCANNING AND ARE NOT APPARENT ON THE SLEEVE. THE RECORD IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION.
TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Jambalaya (On The Bayou) / Dynamite / Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?) / Sweet Nothin's / I'm Sorry. Side 2 - Fool No. 1 / Dum Dum / All Alone Am I / As Usual / Too Many Rivers.
12" VINYL RECORD
