On this day (July 17) in 1960, Brenda Lee scored her first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “I’m Sorry.” The song spent three weeks at the top and performed favorably on other charts as well. More ...

Brenda was all smiles in a full, collared dress while she sat at a piano backstage in 1960. This was the year she recorded her signature song “I’m Sorry” that hit No. 1 on the Billboard pop charts and ...

Brenda Lee was just 13 when she showed up at a Nashville recording studio that was decked out in Christmas cheer — well before the holiday season — to record “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” a ...

Sixty-plus years after hitting No. 1 with her last chart-topper "I'm Sorry" in 1960, 78-year-old Brenda Lee has again topped Billboard's Hot 100 chart via her 1958-released holiday classic "Rockin' ...

The 15-track collection contains all of Lee’s biggest hits including “I’m Sorry,” “Sweet Nothin’s,” and “That’s All You Gotta Do,” among others ...

Mariah Carey may have a bit of competition for that queen of Christmas crown, and her name is Brenda Lee. Lee's holiday staple "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100 ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The album features 15 tracks remastered from original production tapes and ...

At 78 years old, Lee is the oldest woman to top the 'Billboard' Hot 100 Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared in The New ...

65 years after it was released, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree has topped the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time. NPR's Scott Detrow talks about it with singer Brenda Lee. In case you don't ...

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Mariah Carey may have a bit of competition for that queen of Christmas crown and her name is Brenda Lee. Lee's holiday staple "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100 ...