Best of Brenda Lee [Import]

Brenda Lee | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 14, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: MCA
• ASIN: B00004U2Q8
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,500 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #6 in Music > Imports > Broadway & Vocalists
  • #16 in Music > Imports > Pop
  • #28 in Music > Rock > Oldies & Retro > Rockabilly

Track Listings

1. Sweet Nothin's

2. I'm Sorry

3. That's all you gotta do

4. Dum Dum

5. Fool Number One

6. Rockin Around The Christmas Tree

7. All Alone Am I

8. Losing you

9. As Usual

10. Lets's Jump the Broomstick

11. You Can Depend On Me

12. Jambalaya (On the Bayou)

13. Speak to Me Pretty

14. Here Cams that Feeling

15. It Started All Over Again

16. Dynamite

17. My Colouring Book

18. Heart In Hand

19. My Whole World is Falling Down

20. Sweet Impossible You

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Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction to Brenda's music, February 21, 2005

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Brenda Lee (Audio CD)

Brenda Lee began her career, aged just eleven, in 1956, but did not have a British hit until 1960. In total, she had twenty-two UK hits between 1960 and 1965 but she had many more than that in America. Generally, the British public seem to prefer her up-tempo rockers while the American public seem to prefer her ballads. I am an exception to the general rule, being a Brit who likes her ballads best, although I enjoy her rocking songs too.

While many classic tracks are missing (for example, I want to be wanted, Emotions, Break it to me gently), this is only a budget-priced album and it does contain all of Brenda's British top ten hits. The biggest of these, Speak to me pretty, was never released as a single in America although I can't think why - it is a great song. Brenda's other UK top ten hits were Sweet nothings, Here comes that feeling, Rocking around the Christmas tree, All alone am I and As usual.

I'm sorry, Let's jump the broomstick, Dum dum, Fool number one, It started all over again and Sweet impossible you are the other British hits included here. Several others (including I wonder and Is it true, both of which made the UK top twenty) are omitted, but Jambalaya (the song that started Brenda's career in America) is here, along with several other great tracks.

For a comprehensive collection of Brenda's hits, you should go for the double CD, Anthology. However, because it is an American compilation, it omits Speak to me pretty. As an introduction to the music of the most important female rock'n'roll singer, this is excellent.

Tracks

Sweet nothings

I'm sorry

That's all you gotta do

Dum dum

Fool number one

Rocking around the Christmas tree

All alone am I

Let's jump the broomstick

You can depend on me

Jambalaya

Speak to me pretty

Here comes that feeling

It started all over again

Dynamite

My coloring book

Heart in hand

My whole world is falling down

Sweet impossible you

5.0 out of 5 stars It started all over again, October 21, 2011

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James P. Ltaestro "Pat Maestro" (Yuma, Arizona) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Brenda Lee (Audio CD)

Finally, a C.D. with the fabulous song: It Started All Over Again, written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin.
Originally, the song was released with the flip side: Heart In Hand, which is also on this C.D.
Although It Started All Over Again is in Mono it has a very clean sound, much better then my worn 45 RPM record I bought in the summer of 1962.
Both songs are great and Heart in Hand is in fabulous Stereo.
Although That's all you Gotta Do is available in Stereo on other C.D.s it's in mono on this C.D.
The Brenda Lee Anthology 2 disc C.D. set is best for her hits but this is where you'll find It Started All Over Again, One of Brenda Lee' best songs.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME!!!, January 5, 2006

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kelley68 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of Brenda Lee (Audio CD)

Breanda Lee is truly one of a kind, one of the great female vocalists of our time, influencing many female vocalists of today.

Great many rarities include "My Whole World is Falling Down" and "Speak to Me Pretty"

wonderful cd, grab it if you can find it, a true gem! :)