Brenda Mae Tarpley

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Brenda Mae Tarpley, better known as Brenda Lee, is an American pop and country singer famed for her powerful voice and classic hits like "I'm Sorry" and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree."

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Brenda Mae Tarpley canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Little Miss Dynamite ⓘ
associatedAct Owen Bradley ⓘ
associatedGenreScene Nashville sound ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
birthDate 1944-12-11 ⓘ
birthPlace Atlanta, Georgia, United States ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
familyName Tarpley ⓘ
genre country ⓘ
pop ⓘ
rockabilly ⓘ
givenName Brenda ⓘ
hasSold over 100 million records worldwide ⓘ
influenced Dolly Parton ⓘ
Elton John ⓘ
Taylor Swift ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
memberOf Country Music Hall of Fame ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
name Brenda Mae Tarpley ⓘ
notableAchievement multiple top-10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
one of the best-selling female artists of the 1960s ⓘ
notableCharacteristic short stature ⓘ
notableFor Christmas standard Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree ⓘ
early rock and roll era teen idol status ⓘ
notableSongType Christmas music standard ⓘ
notableWork All Alone Am I ⓘ
Break It to Me Gently ⓘ
I'm Sorry ⓘ
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree ⓘ
Sweet Nothin's ⓘ
numberOfChildren 2 ⓘ
occupation singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
recordLabel Decca Records ⓘ
MCA Records ⓘ
residence Nashville, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
linked to: Nashville
spouse Ronnie Shacklett ⓘ
stageName Brenda Lee ⓘ
voiceType powerful voice ⓘ

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Brenda Lee → birthName → Brenda Mae Tarpley ⓘ
Brenda Lee → birthName → Brenda Mae Tarpley ⓘ
subject linked to: Tarpley
Brenda Mae Tarpley → name → Brenda Mae Tarpley ⓘ