Playlist
Brenda Lee Essentials
Apple Music Oldies
Tracks: 1953:22
Little Miss Dynamite packs a punch on ballads and belters alike.
Updated Oct 28, 2023
Tracks 19
- 1The Definitive Collection2:05
- 2Brenda Lee2:41
- 320th Century Masters - The Christmas Collection: The Best of Brenda Lee2:32
- 4Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang!2:27
- 5Break It to Me Gently (Single Version) [Music from and Inspired By the Original TV Series] - Single2:38
- 620th Century Masters - The Christmas Collection: The Best of Brenda Lee2:10
- 7Brenda, That's All3:34
- 8The Definitive Collection2:23
- 990's Country Love Songs4:08
- 10The Definitive Collection2:48
- 11Brenda Lee4:14
- 12The Definitive Collection2:27
- 13The Definitive Collection2:28
- 14The Definitive Collection2:31
- 15Anthology 1956-19803:03
- 16The Definitive Collection2:26
- 17The Definitive Collection2:43
- 18The Definitive Collection2:30
- 19Ladies of Country3:25
About this playlist
Nicknamed “Little Miss Dynamite” in part for how her diminutive frame packs a truly explosive voice, Brenda Lee dominated the U.S. pop charts in the '60s with chipper rockers and woozy ballads alike. Her sustained emotional delivery provides tender laments like “All Alone Am I” and “I'm Sorry” with outsized catharsis, while the much-sampled “Sweet Nothin's” showcases her throaty, rockabilly-style belting. She even smudges her squeaky-clean image with the risqué edge to “Dum Dum,” and her snappy holiday chestnut “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree” is a perennial favorite that's been given new life in Home Alone and far beyond.