Brenda Lee

Brenda Lee (born Brenda Mae Tarpley, 11 December 1944) is an American performer and the top-charting solo female vocalist of the 1960s.

She was a guest performer in Hee Haw.

Career Highlights
She sang rockabilly, pop and country music, had forty-seven US chart hits during the 1960s, and is ranked fourth in that decade, surpassed only by Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Ray Charles. She is known for her 1960 hit "I'm Sorry", and 1958's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", which has become a Christmas standard.

At four feet nine inches tall (approximately 145 cm), she received the nickname "Little Miss Dynamite" in 1957 after recording the song "Dynamite" when she was twelve. She was one of the earliest pop stars to have a major contemporary international following.

In 1969, Lee returned to the charts with her recording "Johnny One Time" penned by A.L. "Doodle" Owens and Dallas Frazier. The song reached #3 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Chart and #41 on Billboard's Hot 100. The song also earned Lee her second Grammy nomination for Best Pop Female Vocal. Later success came with a return to her roots as a country singer, with a string of hits through the 1970s and 1980s. She is a member of the Rock and Roll, Country Music, and Rockabilly Halls of Fame. She is also a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Lee is the only woman to be inducted into both the Rock and Roll and Country Music Halls of Fame. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.