Brenda Lee / discography
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.
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 | US | Country | |||
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
(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
(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
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 placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | Country | |||
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
(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 |
with Willie Nelson
|
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 |
with George Jones
|
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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 | platinum | Sales | swell |
---|---|---|---|---|
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
||||
United Kingdom (BPI) | 3 × gold3 | platinum1 | 900,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 3 × gold3 | 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 .
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Web links
- Brenda Lee: Discography at countrydiscoghraphy
- Brenda Lee: Discography at 45cat.com
- Brenda Lee: Chart positions at musicvf.com