Anthology 1956-1980

~ Release by Brenda Lee (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1CD: Volume 1: 1956-1961
#TitleLength
1Jambalaya (on the Bayou)
2:06
2Bigelow 6-200
vocals:
Brenda Lee
recording of:
Bigelow 6-200
writer:
Paul Simmons and Don Woody
2:12
3One Step at a Time
vocals:
Brenda Lee
recording of:
One Step at a Time
lyricist and composer:
Hugh Ashley
2:37
4Dynamite
lead vocals:
Brenda Lee
recording of:
Dynamite
lyricist:
Tom Glazer
composer:
Mort Garson
publisher:
Skidmore Music Co., Inc. and Songs Music, Inc.
2:01
5Little Jonah (Rock on Your Steel Guitar)
2:21
6Let's Jump the Broomstick
background vocals:
Anita Kerr Singers
lead vocals:
Brenda Lee
vocals:
Brenda Lee
conductor:
Owen Bradley
recording of:
Let’s Jump the Broomstick
lyricist and composer:
Charles Robins
publisher:
Ken Marlow
2:33
7Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
recording engineer:
Eric Prestidge (on 1958-10-19)
assistant engineer:
Kevin Anderson, Mark J. Coddington, Noah Dewey, Larry Jefferies, David LaBarre, Mike McCarthy, Todd Robbins, Bob Tassi and James Valentini
assistant producer:
Danny Kee
producer:
Owen Bradley
mixer:
Eric Prestidge
editor:
Keith Odle
vocals:
Brenda Lee (in 1958, on 1958-10-19)
orchestra:
Nashville String Machine (on 1958-10-19)
conductor:
Bergen White (on 1958-10-19)
arranger:
Bergen White
produced for:
JEN Productions, Inc. and Sound Mind Productions
recorded at:
Javelina Recording Studio, Nashville, TN in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-10-19)
mixed at:
Masterfonics in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
edited at:
Groundstar Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
part of:
Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-20 (number: 2), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-13 (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
2:04
8Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home2:20
9Sweet 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.
2:21
10Weep No More My Baby3:00
11I Want to Be Wanted (Per Tutta La Vita)3:02
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
2:26
13I'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
2:38
14Emotions
vocals:
Brenda Lee (on 1960-08-16)
recording of:
Emotions (on 1960-08-16)
writer:
Ramsey Kearney and Mel Tillis
publisher:
Universal Cedarwood Publishing
2:47
15If You Love Me (Really Love Me)2:37
16You Can Depend on Me
3:30
17Kansas City
vocals:
Brenda Lee
cover recording of:
Kansas City (aka “K.C. Loving”)
lyricist:
Jerry Leiber (in 1952)
composer:
Mike Stoller (in 1952)
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd., Jerry Leiber Music, Mike Stoller Music, Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd. and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
2:36
18Dum Dum2:24
19Fool #1
recording of:
Fool #1
lyricist and composer:
Kathryn Fulton
publisher:
Sure Fire Music Company Inc.
2:26
20So Deep
2:08
2CD: Volume 2: 1962-1980