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The Brenda Lee Christmas Favorite of 1958
Still Rockin' After Fifty Years
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" continues to be a favorite year after year. It appeared in the 1990 movie "Home Alone." And, last year, Brenda Lee's recording was the most played Christmas song in the world. It remains among the top five best-selling Christmas songs of all time. Brenda Lee recorded the song in Nashville, Tennessee in July of 1958 at the young age of just thirteen years old! The songs' writer, Johnny Marks, who also wrote "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Holly Jolly Christmas", had been relaxing on a beach in Maine when he spotted some teenagers dancing against a backdrop of fir trees. Rock 'n roll music at the time was still beginning, and the association of a fir tree and the dancing teenagers was the inspiration for the song. The team of musicians that recorded with Lee that day, were, saxophonist Boots Randolph,guitarists Hank Garland and Grady Martin, pianist Floyd Cramer and the Anita Kerr Singers. Lee, now 63, says she closes each show with "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", year-round. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree With Brenda Lee
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree on CD
Rockin Around the Christmas Tree
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Track Listings
1. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee, Marks, Johnny
2. Papa Nole - Brenda Lee, Botkin, Roy
3. This Time of the Year - Brenda Lee, Owens, Cliff
4. Jingle Bell Rock - Brenda Lee, Beal, Joe
5. Christy Christmas - Brenda Lee, Symes, Marty
6. I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus - Brenda Lee, Adams, Frank
7. Winter Wonderland - Brenda Lee, Bernard, Felix
8. Silver Bells - Brenda Lee, Evans, Ray
9. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Brenda Lee, Coots, J. Fred
10. The Angel and the Little Blue Bell - Brenda Lee, MacRae, Johnny
11. Frosty the Snowman - Brenda Lee, Nelson, Steve [2] E
12. Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day - Brenda Lee, Jackson, Lee
13. Blue Christmas - Brenda Lee, Hayes, Bill
14. A Marshmallow World - Brenda Lee, DeRose, Peter
15. Strawberry Snow - Brenda Lee, Self, Ronnie
16. White Christmas - Brenda Lee, Berlin, Irving
17. Jingle Bells - Brenda Lee, Pierpont, J.S.
18. Silent Night - Brenda Lee, Mohr, Joseph
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Rocking Around the Christmas Tree
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A Rockin' Christmas
Joy to the World: Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
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Christmas Favorites
The Time-Life Treasury of Christmas
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Disc: 1 Amazon Music Sampler
1. (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays - Perry Como
2. White Christmas - Bing Crosby
3. Jingle Bells - Ella Fitzgerald
4. Do You Hear What I Hear? - Andy Williams
5. Carol of the Bells/Deck the Halls - Robert Shaw Chorale
6. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day - Harry Belafonte
7. Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley
8. My Favorite Things - Eddie Fisher, Eddie Fisher, Eddie Fisher
9. Joy to the World - Julie Andrews
10. Here We Come A-Caroling - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
11. March of the Toys - St. Louis Symphony
12. O Holy Night - Luciano Pavarotti
Disc: 2 Amazon Music Sampler
1. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry
2. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams
3. Twelve Days of Christmas - Roger Whittaker
4. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - Boston Pops Orchestra
5. Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte
6. I'll Be Home for Christmas - Elvis Presley
7. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
8. Sleigh Ride - Johnny Mathis, Johnny Mathis
9. Tennessee Christmas - Alabama, Alabama
10. Baby's First Christmas - Connie Francis
11. Little Drummer Boy - Harry Simeone Chorale
12. Auld Lang Syne - Guy Lombardo
Christmas Hits
Christmas Hits
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Brenda Lee Favorites
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
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Rockin' Auction
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Christmas Time
The Life of Brenda Lee
LITTLE MISS DYNAMITE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BRENDA LEE
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