Brenda Lee / discography

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The discography of the American pop and country singer Brenda Lee mainly includes vinyl singles that were released in the USA between 1956 and 1991. Their popularity is also reflected in numerous long-playing records, of which only the most successful from US production can be listed here. In addition to the US market, numerous singles have also been published in Great Britain, of which only the successful ones are mentioned here. Brenda Lee's fame reached as far as Germany, where she published several German-language titles in addition to her hits.

Brenda Lee's first US single
Brenda Lee on Brunswick in UK
on Polydor in Germany

United States

Vinyl singles

From page Catalog no. publication
Decca
Jambalaya / Bigelow 6-200 30050 17th September 1956
Christy Christmas / I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus 30107 October 29, 1956
One Step at a Time / Fairyland 30198 January 28, 1957
Dynamite / Love You 'Till I Die 30333 May 27, 1957
Ain't That Love / One Teenager to Another 30411 August 19, 1957
Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues / Rock the Bop 30535 December 30, 1957
Ring-A My Phone / Little Jonah 30673 June 23, 1958
Rockin 'Around the Christmas Tree / Papa Noel 30776 November 25, 1958
Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home / Hummin 'the Blues Over You 30806 5th January 1959
Let's Jump the Broomstick / Some of These Days 30885 April 27, 1959
Sweet Nothin's / Weep No More My Baby 30967 September 28, 1959
I'm Sorry / That's All You Gotta Do 31093 May 30, 1960
I Want to Be Wanted / Just a Little 31149 September 19, 1960
Emotions / I'm Learning About Love 31195 2nd January 1961
It's Never Too Late / You Can Depend On Me 31231 April 3, 1961
Dum Dum / Eventually 31272 June 26, 1961
Fool # 1 / Anybody But Me 31309 September 25, 1961
Break It to Me Gently / So Deep 31348 January 8, 1962
Here Comes That Feeling / Everybody Loves Me But You 31379 April 16, 1962
It Started All Over Again / Heart In Hand 31407 July 2nd, 1962
All Alone Am I / Save All Your Lovin 'for Me 31424 September 24, 1962
Your Used to Be / She'll Never Know 31454 January 28, 1963
Losing You / He's So Heavenly 31478 April 8, 1963
I Wonder / My Whole World Is Falling Down 31510 July 8, 1963
The Grass Is Greener / Sweet Impossible You 31539 September 23, 1963
As Usual / Lonely Lonely Lonely Me 31570 December 9, 1963
The Waiting Game / Think 31599 March 9, 1964
Alone With You / My Dreams 31628 June 1, 1964
When You Loved Me / He's Sure to Remember Me 31654 August 10, 1964
Winter Wonderland / Jingle Bell Rock 31687 October 19, 1964
This Time of the Year / Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day 31688 October 19, 1964
Is It True / Just Behind the Rainbow 31690 October 12, 1964
Thanks a Lot / The Crying Game 31728 January 11, 1965
Truly, Truly, True / I Still Miss Someone 31762 March 29, 1965
Too Many Rivers / No One 31792 May 17, 1965
Rusty Bells / If You Don't 31849 October 9, 1965
Too Little Time / Time and Time Again 31917 March 7, 1966
Ain't Gonna Cry No More / It Takes One to Know One 31970 June 6, 1966
Coming On Strong / You Keep Coming Back to Me 32018 September 16, 1966
Ride, Ride, Ride / Lonely People Do Foolish Things 32079 January 9, 1967
Born to Be By Your Side / Take Me 32119 April 3, 1967
Where Love Is / My Heart Keeps Hangin 'On 32161 July 10, 1967
Where's the Melody / Save Me for a Rainy Day 32213 October 23, 1967
That's All Right / Fantasy 32248 January 8, 1968
Cabaret / Mood Indigo (with Pete Fountain) 32299 March 18, 1968
Each Day Is a Rainbow / Kansas City 32330 3rd June 1968
Johnny One Time / I Must Have Been Out of My Mind 32428 23rd December 1968
Bring Me Sunshine / You Don't Need Me Anymore 32491 April 21, 1969
Let It Be Me / You Better Move On 32560 September 8, 1969
I Think I Love You Again / Hello Love 32675 April 13, 1970
Sisters in Sorrow / Do Right Woman, Do Right Man 32734 August 31, 1970
If This Is Our Last Time / Everybody's Reaching Out for Someone 32848 June 28, 1971
I'm a Memory / Misty Memories 32918 December 27, 1971
Always On My Mind / That Ain't Right 32975 June 12, 1972
MCA
I Can See Clearly Now / Sweet Memories 1491 1972
Nobody Wins / We Had A Good Thing Going 40003 22nd January 1973
Sunday Sunrise / Must I Believe 40107 23rd July 1973
Wrong Ideas / Something for a Rainy Day 40171 December 24th 1973
Big Four Poster Bed / Castles in the Sand 40262 17th June 1974
Rock On Baby / More Than a Memory 40318 October 7th 1974
He's My Rock / Feel Free 40385 March 24, 1975
Bringing It Back / Papa's Knee 40442 July 21, 1975
Find Yourself Another Puppet / What I Had With You 40511 19th January 1976
Now He's Coming Home / Brother Shelton 40584 June 14, 1976
Takin 'What I Can Get / Your Favorite Worn Out Nightmare's Coming Home 40640 October 18, 1976
Oklahoma Superstar / Ruby's Lounge 40683 February 21, 1977
Tell Me What It's Like / Let Your Love Fall Back on Me 41130 October 1979
The Cowgirl and the Dandy / Do You Wanna Spend the Night 41187 February 16, 1980
You Only Broke My Heart / Don't Promise Me Anything 41270 July 12, 1980
Broken Trust / Right Behind the Rain 41322 20th September 1980
Every Now and Then / He'll Play the Music 51047 January 31, 1981
Fool, Fool / What Am I Gonna Do 51113 June 6, 1981
Enough for You / What Am I Gonna Do 51154 August 15, 1981
Only When I Laugh / Too Many Nights Alone 51195 October 24, 1981
From Levi's to Calvin Klein Jeans / I Know a Lot About Love 51230 January 30, 1982
Keeping Me Warm for You / There's More to Me Than What You Can See 52060 June 19, 1982
Just for the moment / love letters 52124 November 6, 1982
Didn't We Do It / We're So Close 52268 October 8, 1983
A Sweeter Love / Woman's Mind 52394 August 11, 1984
That Was the Way It Was Then / I'm Takin 'My Time 52654 August 19, 1985
Why You Been Gone So Long / He Can't Make Your Kind Of Love 52720 4th December 1985
Two Hearts / Loving Arms 52804 March 24, 1986
Capitol
Let's Open Up Our Hearts / ... 44741 1991
Warner bros.
Some of These Days / A Little Unfair 1930 May 15, 1991
You Better Do Better / Your One and Only 1939 April 10, 1991

LPs

title Catalog no. publication
Brenda Lee Decca 74039 1960
This Is ..... Brenda Decaa 74082 1961
All the way Decca 74176 1961
Emotions Decca 4104 1961
Sincerely Decca 74216 1962
Brenda, that's all Decca 74326 1962
All Alone Am I. Decca 74370 1963
Let me sing Decca 74439 1964
By request Decca 74509 1964
Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee Decca 74583 1964
Too Many Rivers Decca 74684 1965
Bye bye blues Decca 74755 1966
10 golden years Decca 74757 1966
Coming on strong Decca 74825 1967
For the first time Decca 74955 1968
Johnny One Time Decca 74111 1969
Brenda MCA 305 1973
New Sunrise MCA 373 1973
The Brenda Lee Story - Her Greatest Hits MCA 2-4012 1973
Sincerely, Brenda Lee MCA 477 1975
LA sessions MCA 2233 1976
Take me back MCA 5143 1980
Kris, Willie, Dolly & Brenda - The Winning Hand Monument 38390 1983

Great Britain (singles *)

From page Catalog no.
Brunswick
publication
Sweet Nothin's / Weep No More My Baby 05819 January 1960
I'm Sorry / That's All You Gotta Do 05833 June 1960
Let's Jump the Broomstick / Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues 05823 January 1961
Emotions / I'm Learning About Love 05847 February 1961
Dum Dum / Eventually 05854 July 1961
Speak to Me Pretty / Lover, Come Back to Me 05867 March 1962
Here Comes that Feelin '/ Everybody Loves Me But You 05871 June 1962
It Starts All Over Again / Heart In Hand 05876 September 1962
Rockin 'Around the Christmas Tree / Papa Noël 05880 November 1962
All Alone Am I / Save All Your Lovin 'for Me 05882 January 1963
Losing You / He's So Heavenly 05886 March 1963
I Wonder / My Whole World Is Falling Down 05891 July 1963
Sweet Impossible You / The Grass Is Greener 05896 October 1963
As Usual / Lonely Lonely Lonely Me 05899 January 1964
Think / The Waiting Game 05903 March 1964
Is It True / What'd I Say 05915 August 1964
Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day / Winter Wonderland 05921 November 1964
Too Many Rivers / No One 05936 July 1965

* only with NME assessment

Germany

Vinyl singles *

From page Catalog no. publication
Rockin 'Around the Christmas Tree Brunswick 12187
Sweet Nothin's / Baby Face Brunswick 12194 November 1959
I'm Sorry / That's All You Gotta Do Brunswick 12220 July 1960
Emotions / I'm Learning About Love Brunswick 12227 March 1961
Darling, bye bye / Don't miss out on happiness Brunswick 12242 March 1962
Do not miss luck / where and when Polydor 52134 March 1962
In my dreams / what's wrong with you Brunswick 12261 April 1963
As Usual / Kansas City Brunswick 12274 February 1964
Goodbye is beautiful / Kansas City Polydor 52303 April 1964
Three red roses bloom / No My Boy Polydor 52382 September 1964
I always want to wait for you / without you Polydor 52396 October 1964

* English-language productions only with music market evaluation

Compact disc*

title Label publication
Little Miss Dynamite Bear Family 2000
Universal Masters Collection MCA 2003
Hit Collection Double play 2004
Greatest Country Songs Curb 2005
Rock'N'Roll Legends MCA 2008
Miss Dynamite / Emotions Hoodoo 2012
Seven Classic Albums Plus RealGoneMusic 2013
The Very Best Of Brenda Lee OneDay 2013
Fools Rush In Play 24-7 2013
I'm Sorry: The Best Of Brenda Lee Ap-Music 2013
Hit Albums And Singles Collection Goldies 2013

* produced or distributed in Germany

Chart placements

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
UK UK US US Country CountryTemplate: chart table / maintenance / charts non-existent
1960 Brenda Lee - - Country67 (1 week)
Country
1961 All the way UK20 (2 weeks)
UK
- -
1962 Brenda, that's all UK13 (9 weeks)
UK
- -
1963 All Alone Am I. UK8 (20 weeks)
UK
US91 (8 weeks)
US
-
1964 Let me sing - US39 (13 weeks)
US
-
By request - US90 (11 weeks)
US
-
1965 Too Many Rivers - US36 (14 weeks)
US
-
1966 Bye bye blues UK21 (2 weeks)
UK
US94 (13 weeks)
US
-
10 golden years - US70 (14 weeks)
US
-
1967 Coming on strong - US94 (12 weeks)
US
-
1968 For the first time - US187 (2 weeks)
US
-
1969 Johnny One Time - US98 (9 weeks)
US
-
1973 Brenda - - Country7 (17 weeks)
Country
New Sunrise - - Country3 (25 weeks)
Country
The Brenda Lee Story - Her Greatest Hits - - Country6 (17 weeks)
Country
1975 Sincerely, Brenda Lee - - Country23 (9 weeks)
Country
1976 LA sessions - - Country41 (5 weeks)
Country
1980 Little Miss Dynamite UK15th
gold
gold

(11 weeks)UK
- -
Take me back - - Country30 (10 weeks)
Country
1983 25th Anniversary UK65 (4 weeks)
UK
- -
1985 The Very Best Of Brenda Lee UK16
gold
gold

(9 weeks)UK
- -
1994 The very best of ... with love UK20 (8 weeks)
UK
- -
1995 The Best Of Brenda Lee:
20th Century Masters The Christmas Collection
UK-
gold
gold
UK
US59 (5 weeks)
US
Country6 (5 weeks)
Country
2017 Rockin 'Around The Christmas Tree:
The Decca Christmas Recordings
- US17 (7 weeks)
US
Country19 (2 weeks)
Country
Jingle Bell Rock - US176 (2 weeks)
US
Country27 (3 weeks)
Country

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Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US Country CountryTemplate: chart table / maintenance / charts non-existent
1957 One Step At A Time - - - - US43 (11 weeks)
US
-
Dynamite - - - - US72 (7 weeks)
US
-
1958 Rockin 'Around the Christmas Tree DE26 (9 weeks)
DE
AT25 (7 weeks)
AT
CH7 (9 weeks)
CH
UK6th
platinum
platinum

(47 weeks)UK
US2 (32 weeks)
US
Country62 (2 weeks)
Country
1959 Sweet Nothin's DE34 (1 month)
DE
- - UK4 (19 weeks)
UK
US4 (24 weeks)
US
-
Let's jump the broomstick - - - UK12 (15 weeks)
UK
- -
1960 I'm sorry DE25 (5 months)
DE
- - UK12 (16 weeks)
UK
US1 (23 weeks)
US
-
That's All You Gotta Do - - - - US6 (14 weeks)
US
-
I want to be wanted - - - UK31 (6 weeks)
UK
US1 (15 weeks)
US
-
Just a little - - - - US40 (5 weeks)
US
-
1961 Emotions DE47 (1 month)
DE
- - UK45 (1 week)
UK
US7 (12 weeks)
US
-
I'm learning about love - - - - US33 (4 weeks)
US
-
You Can Depend On Me - - - - US6 (12 weeks)
US
-
Dum dum - - - UK22 (8 weeks)
UK
US4 (12 weeks)
US
-
Eventually - - - - US56 (3 weeks)
US
-
Fool Number One - - - UK38 (3 weeks)
UK
US3 (14 weeks)
US
-
Anybody But Me - - - - US31 (9 weeks)
US
-
1962 Break It to Me Gently - - - UK46 (2 weeks)
UK
US4 (13 weeks)
US
-
So deep - - - - US52 (4 weeks)
US
-
Speak to Me Pretty - - - UK3 (12 weeks)
UK
- -
Everybody Loves Me But You - - - - US6 (11 weeks)
US
-
Here comes that feeling - - - UK5 (12 weeks)
UK
US89 (3 weeks)
US
-
It started all over again - - - UK15 (11 weeks)
UK
US29 (8 weeks)
US
-
Heart in hand - - - - US15 (10 weeks)
US
-
Save All Your Lovin 'For Me - - - - US53 (6 weeks)
US
-
All Alone Am I. - - - UK7 (17 weeks)
UK
US3 (15 weeks)
US
-
1963 Your Used To Be - - - - US32 (7 weeks)
US
-
She'll never know - - - - US47 (6 weeks)
US
-
Losing you - - - UK10 (16 weeks)
UK
US6 (13 weeks)
US
-
He's So Heavenly - - - - US73 (3 weeks)
US
-
My Whole World Is Falling Down - - - - US24 (9 weeks)
US
-
I wonder - - - UK14 (9 weeks)
UK
US25 (8 weeks)
US
-
Sweet Impossible You - - - UK28 (6 weeks)
UK
US70 (5 weeks)
US
-
The Grass Is Greener - - - - US17 (8 weeks)
US
-
As usual - - - UK5 (15 weeks)
UK
US12 (11 weeks)
US
-
1964 Kansas City DE39 (1 month)
DE
- - - - -
Think - - - UK26 (8 weeks)
UK
US25 (9 weeks)
US
-
Goodbye is beautiful DE23 (5 months)
DE
- - - - -
My dreams - - - - US85 (3 weeks)
US
-
Alone With You - - - - US48 (6 weeks)
US
-
When You Loved Me - - - - US47 (7 weeks)
US
-
Is It True? - - - UK17 (8 weeks)
UK
US17 (9 weeks)
US
-
I always want to wait for you DE15 (3 months)
DE
- - - - -
Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day - - - UK25 (5 weeks)
UK
- -
1965 The Crying Game - - - - US87 (4 weeks)
US
-
Thanks a lot - - - UK41 (2 weeks)
UK
US45 (7 weeks)
US
-
Truly, Truly, True - - - - US54 (6 weeks)
US
-
Too Many Rivers - - - UK22 (12 weeks)
UK
US13 (13 weeks)
US
-
No one - - - - US98 (1 week)
US
-
Rusty Bells - - - - US33 (9 weeks)
US
-
1966 Ain't Gonna Cry No More - - - - US77 (4 weeks)
US
-
Coming on strong - - - - US11 (13 weeks)
US
-
1967 Ride, ride, ride - - - - US37 (7 weeks)
US
-
1968 Johnny One Time - - - - US41 (11 weeks)
US
Country50 (11 weeks)
Country
1969 You Don't Need Me For Anything Anymore - - - - US84 (3 weeks)
US
-
1970 I think I love you again - - - - US97 (2 weeks)
US
-
1971 If This Is Our Last Time - - - - - Country30 (13 weeks)
Country
Misty memories - - - - - Country37 (12 weeks)
Country
1972 Always on My Mind - - - - - Country45 (10 weeks)
Country
1973 Nobody wins - - - - US70 (5 weeks)
US
Country5 (15 weeks)
Country
Sunday Sunrise - - - - - Country6 (15 weeks)
Country
Wrong Ideas - - - - - Country6 (15 weeks)
Country
1974 Big Four Poster Bed - - - - - Country4 (14 weeks)
Country
Rock on baby - - - - - Country6 (14 weeks)
Country
1975 Hey's my rock - - - - - Country8 (13 weeks)
Country
Bringing It Back - - - - - Country23 (12 weeks)
Country
1976 Find Yourself Another Puppet - - - - - Country38 (9 weeks)
Country
Brother Shelton - - - - - Country77 (5 weeks)
Country
Takin 'What I Can Get - - - - - Country41 (9 weeks)
Country
1977 Ruby's Lounge - - - - - Country78 (5 weeks)
Country
1978 Leftover love - - - - - Country62 (6 weeks)
Country
1979 Tell me what it's like - - - - - Country8 (15 weeks)
Country
1980 The Cowgirl and the Dandy - - - - - Country10 (12 weeks)
Country
Don't Promise Me Anything - - - - - Country49 (7 weeks)
Country
Broken Trust - - - - - Country9 (14 weeks)
Country
1981 Every Now and Then - - - - - Country26 (10 weeks)
Country
Fool, fool - - - - - Country67 (5 weeks)
Country
Enough for you - - - - - Country75 (5 weeks)
Country
Only When I Laugh - - - - - Country32 (13 weeks)
Country
1982 From Levi's to Calvin Klein Jeans - - - - - Country33 (11 weeks)
Country
Keeping me warm for you - - - - - Country70 (6 weeks)
Country
Just for the moment - - - - - Country78 (4 weeks)
Country
1983 You're Gonna Love Yourself (In The Morning) - - - - - Country43 (9 weeks)
Country
Didn't We Do It - - - - - Country75 (4 weeks)
Country
1984 A Sweeter Love (I'll Never Know) - - - - - Country22 (16 weeks)
Country
1985 I'm takin 'my time - - - - - Country54 (9 weeks)
Country
Why You Been Gone So Long - - - - - Country50 (12 weeks)
Country
Hallelujah, I Love You So - - - - - Country15 (16 weeks)
Country

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Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 900,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1

literature

  • Günter Ehnert: Hit Records - British Chart Singles 1950-1965 , Taurus Press, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-922542-32-8 .
  • Günter Ehnert: Hit Balance Sheet - German Chart Singles 1956-1980 , Taurus Press, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 .

swell

  1. a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US chart surfers

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