Brenda Lee
| December 11, 1944 |
Brenda Mae Tarpley (Brenda Lee) is born at Grady Hospital in Atlanta (grew up in Lithonia)
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Brenda Lee
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| March 31, 1956 |
After meeting Red Foley at Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Brenda Lee appeared as a guest star on his Ozark Mountain Jubillee, Foley's national television show.
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Brenda Lee
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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| May 21, 1956 |
Brenda Lee, then 11, is signed to a recording contract by Decca Records
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Brenda Lee
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| July 30, 1956 |
Brenda Lee sings Jambalaya at her first recording session. The single is released for the country charts. |
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Brenda Lee
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| August 13, 1959 |
Brenda Lee records "Sweet Nothin's," her first top ten hit
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Brenda Lee
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| March 28, 1960 |
Brenda Lee records "I'm Sorry," her first gold record. Today it is her signature song.
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Brenda Lee
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| June 6, 1960 |
I'm Sorry by Brenda Lee peaks at #1 on Billboard's Top 40 chart. The flip side, "All You Gotta Do," written by fellow Atlantan Jerry Reed, would later make it to #9 on the Billboard Pop Chart.
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Brenda Lee
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| September 19, 1960 |
I Just Want to be Wanted by Brenda Lee reaches #1 on Billboard's Top 40 Charts
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Brenda Lee
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Jerry Reed |
| December 19, 1960 |
Rockin' Around the Chrismas Tree by Brenda Lee, a song she recorded in 1958, peaks at #14
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Brenda Lee
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| January 16, 1961 |
Emotions by Brenda Lee peaks at #7
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Brenda Lee
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| April 3, 1961 |
You Can Depend on Me by Brenda Lee peaks at #6
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Brenda Lee
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| June 26, 1961 |
Dum Dum peaks at #4
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Brenda Lee
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| October 9, 1961 |
Hit the Road Jack by Ray Charles reaches Number 1, while Brenda Lee's Fool #1 peaks at #3
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Brenda Lee
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Ray Charles |
| January 20, 1962 |
Break it to me Gently peaks at #4
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Brenda Lee
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| April 28, 1962 |
Everybody Loves Me But You peaks at #6
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Brenda Lee
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| October 6, 1962 |
All Alone Am I peaks at #3
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Brenda Lee
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| April 20, 1963 |
Losing You, Brenda Lee's last top ten hit, peaks at #6
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Brenda Lee
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| October 3, 1987 |
Lithonia celebrates "Brenda Lee Day," for the pop/country singer who spent her childhood there. Lee serves as Grand Marshall in the parade and is honored with a street, Brenda Lee Lane. |
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Brenda Lee
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Petite but powerful, 12 year-old Brenda Lee reached a national audience on Red Foley's Ozark Mountain Jamboree, where she was known as "Little Brenda Lee." Her first recording, a cover of Hank Williams' Jambalaya, made it into the country charts. The following year One Step at a Time marked her initial appearance on the pop charts.
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