Brenda Lee is 78 years young today. She had 47 US chart hits during the 1960s and is ranked fourth in that decade, surpassed only by Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Ray Charles. Brenda was pretty much a regular on the Ozark Jubilee TV show after she was "discovered" by host Red Foley at a performance Augusta, GA. In this clip, she is just 11 years old. | GatorRock

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree is a globally classic Christmas Pop and Rock & Roll track with an upbeat Rockabilly/Twist rhythm, performed by the American singer Brenda Lee. The song was first recorded and released in 1958 and is one of the most popular Christmas songs of all time. Brenda Lee (born Brenda Mae Tarpley, 1944) is an American singer-songwriter, famously nicknamed "Little Miss Dynamite" for her diminutive stature but powerful, mature vocal delivery. She was a pioneer of Rock & Rol