The diminutive 60-year-old belter s big voice, however, still justifies her nickname Little Miss Dynamite. The power balladeer, with hits such as Break It to Me ...

Lee was still inspiring future artists decades later. At 18, Taylor Swift penned an essay about Lee that was later featured in the 2017 book Woman Walk the Line: How the Women in Country Music Changed ...

At risk of spoiling Ken Burns’ Country Music docu-series, viewers hear a lot from Brenda Lee. That might come as a surprise if you only know her as the big-voiced child star or the singer of the ...

(CBS 11) - We just passed the 60th anniversary of the date when singer Brenda Lee recorded one of the most popular holiday songs of all: Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree. Born Brenda Mae Tarpley on ...

Can there be any lingering doubt about who truly holds the Queen of Christmas crown? Brenda Lee has returned to the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 chart with “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” 65 ...

Brenda Lee was just 13 with a voice beyond her years when she recorded “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” the 1958 Rockabilly hit that’s become standard on any holiday playlist worth its salt. When ...

Note: This story was originally published on Dec. 13, 2015, as part of a special Tennessean series on Brenda Lee. We've brought it back this holiday season ahead of Lee's birthday on Dec. 11. Forget ...