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Brenda Lee: Decca Records
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Brenda Lee has sold over 100 million records, and more records than any other woman in the history of recorded music. With over 29 gold records including Jambalaya, Sweet Nothins and I’m Sorry. Brenda has been charted in more categories (including Pop/Rock, Rock, Easy Listening and Country) than any other female in the history of recorded music. Together on Stage, Frankie Avalon and Brenda Lee are sure to bring to Branson a once in a lifetime performance experience!
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Brenda Lee’s tremendous impact on the history of recorded music is easily recognized by reading just a few highlights from her outstanding career. She was signed to a major label recording contract at age 11, she had sold over a million records and became a teen rock icon by the age of 15, she became the best selling female artist by the age of 21, she has sold over 100 million records worldwide, and the list of accolades goes on and on.
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Lee and her husband/manager, Ronnie Shacklett, have been married since the early 1960s. She is a member of both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the only female to be so honored. She was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1982. Brenda Lee has sold more than 100 million records, and she continues to perform.
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Over the ensuing years, Lee has continued to record and perform all around the world, previously cutting records in four different languages. She is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Rockabilly Hall of Fame, and the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.
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Lee's last Top Ten pop hit was in 1963, with "Losing You." While she still had hits through the mid-'60s, these became smaller and less frequent with the rise of the British Invasion (although she remained very popular overseas). The best of her later hits, "Is It True?," was a surprisingly hard-rocking performance, recorded in 1964 in London with Jimmy Page on guitar. 1966's "Coming on Strong," ... would prove to be her last Top 20 entry.
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Many regard Brenda Lee as a buttermilk-voiced country pop crooner, but Lee ... pounded out some heavy rockabilly singles for the Decca label in the 1950s. She didn't hit pay dirt until she crossed over to the country pop/teen idol realm.
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