The Very Best of Brenda Lee

~ Release by Brenda Lee (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1I'm Sorry
background vocals:
Anita Kerr Singers
vocals:
Brenda Lee
conductor:
Owen Bradley
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1960 (number: 28) and Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 168)
recording of:
I’m Sorry (Brenda Lee song, 1960)
writer:
Dub Albritton and Ronnie Self
publisher:
Songs of Universal
2:42
2I Want to Be Wanted
3:06
3All Alone Am I
vocals:
Brenda Lee
recording of:
All Alone Am I
lyricist:
Arthur Altman
composer:
Μάνος Χατζιδάκις
publisher:
Seed Point Music Publishing, Ltd. and Songs of Universal, Inc.
translated version of:
Μη τον ρωτάς τον ουρανό
2:47
4Dum Dum
recording of:
Dum Dum
composer:
Jackie DeShannon and Sharon Sheeley
publisher:
EMI Unart Catalog Inc., Money Honey Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
2:28
5Fool #1
recording of:
Fool #1
lyricist and composer:
Kathryn Fulton
publisher:
Sure Fire Music Company Inc.
2:30
6Blue Velvet
2:38
7Tammy
2:57
8Big Four Poster Bed
recording of:
Big Four Poster Bed
writer:
Shel Silverstein
publisher:
Evil Eye Music Inc.
4:39
9I Love You Because
2:50
10Break It to Me Gently
vocals:
Brenda Lee
recording of:
Break It to Me Gently
writer:
Diane Lampert and Joe Seneca
publisher:
Northern Music Company, Rainbow Music Corp and The Songwriters Guild
2:40
11Sweet Nothin's
background vocals:
Anita Kerr Singers
lead vocals:
Brenda Lee
vocals:
Brenda Lee
conductor:
Owen Bradley
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1959 (number: 19)
recording of:
Sweet Nothin’s
lyricist and composer:
Ronnie Self
publisher:
Leeds Music Ltd.
2:26
12That's All You Gotta Do
background vocals:
Anita Kerr Singers
lead vocals:
Brenda Lee
vocals:
Brenda Lee
conductor:
Owen Bradley
recording of:
That’s All You Gotta Do
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Reed
publisher:
Bike Music
2:31
13Everybody Loves Me but You
2:32
14Losing You
cover recording of:
Losing You
writer:
Pierre Havet, Jean Renard and Carl Sigman
version of:
Connais-tu
version of:
Un ange
2:34
15Emotions
recording of:
Emotions
writer:
Ramsey Kearney and Mel Tillis
publisher:
Universal Cedarwood Publishing
2:52
16You Can Depend on Me
3:35
17My Prayer
cover recording of:
My Prayer
lyricist:
Jimmy Kennedy
composer:
Georges Boulanger
publisher:
J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Peter Maurice Music, Skidmore Music Co., Inc., イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
is based on:
Avant de mourir
2:52
18The End of the World
cover recording of:
The End of the World
lyricist:
Sylvia Dee
composer:
Arthur Kent
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation and Summit Music Corp,
sub-publisher:
ミュージック・セールス
3:09
19Someday You'll Want Me to Want You
2:41
20Why Don't You Believe Me
recording of:
Why Don't You Believe Me
writer:
Lew Douglas, Luther King Laney and Roy Rodde
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc.
2:33
21Broken Trust
3:48
22Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
producer:
Owen Bradley
vocals:
Brenda Lee (on 1958-10-19)
part of:
Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-20 (number: 2), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-13 (number: 3), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-27 (number: 3), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-06 (number: 7), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-11-29 (number: 13), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-11-22 (number: 19), Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1960 (number: 33), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2024 (number: 59), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2023 (number: 60), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2025 (number: 67), Offizielle deutsche Charts – Single-Jahrescharts 2025 (number: 70), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2022 (number: 80), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2021 (number: 92) and BILLIONS CLUB
recording of:
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (on 1958-10-19)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Marks
publisher:
Chappell, D. Davis & Co. Pty Ltd, EMI Davis Music Australia Pty Limited and St. Nicholas Music
2:05