Brenda Lee: Rockin' Around | movie | 2024 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Discover the story behind singer Brenda Lee’s iconic songs and explore how her early fame and life of poverty shaped h | dG1fd2k2MXIxUGREWGc

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00:00She walked into the studio with that right relationship and 13 14 whatever age it was

00:13when she walked out of that studio she was 21. I thought Brenda can't be this young by the time

00:19she got 14 or 15 years old she had a much lower register she was always in control. Even at 11

00:26and 12 years old in the recording studio with the a-team here in Nashville so for

00:41me to be able to say mom you don't have to go to the cotton mill today it's okay

00:47that was a great thing. When I first heard Brenda Lee I thought how can this be coming out of this

01:03person. I just always think of her going dynamite with that little growly thing she does all the time

01:09just unbelievable. No one says country artist Brenda Lee or rock and roll star it's she's just Brenda.

01:16She had a fully formed career by the time she signed a record contract. My experience was

01:23positive because we were all especially in the rock movement that was a whole new thing that we

01:30were all novices at. She was an anomaly at that time so that really you know when you're different

01:36and unique that goes that gets you a long way. I don't see Brenda Lee in any box she'd kick out the

01:43sides anyway if she was ever put in one. She had more double-sided hits than anyone in history before

01:49or since. She was the largest selling female vocalist of the 1960s. They did sit her down at one point and

01:55said look you know as we move toward different things in your career you need to understand you're

02:00not always going to be America's darling. You will not always have the number one record in America.

02:06She just had the number one record at Christmas. I mean she's just oh come on who does that.

02:12Rockin' around the Christmas tree at the Christmas tree.

02:16That song didn't go number one over all those decades and finally went number one crazy.

02:21It's not Christmas if I don't hear rockin' around the Christmas tree Brenda Lee. People can't really

02:25believe it's been that many years.

02:28She's in our house at every Christmas. That's true. She's like sitting next to the tree with

02:32a present. Is she country? Yes. Is she pop? Yes. Is she rockabilly? Yes. And she sings it all

02:39effortlessly. She has tenacity and perseverance. My mother told me don't let anybody tell you who

02:46you are. You know who you are. Now go be it.