NEW YORK — Her memories of recording “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” are a little hazy. She remembers the producer placing decorations around the studio and blasting the air conditioner on a warm ...
Brenda Lee performs at the "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" concert at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in 2015. (Laura Roberts/Invision/AP) As the holiday season approaches each year, a ...
Brenda Lee was just 13 with a voice beyond her years when she recorded “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” the 1958 Rockabilly hit that’s become standard on any holiday playlist worth its salt. When ...
Brenda Lee spent the early years of her life in Georgia, and though her family didn’t have a lot of money, they always made sure she had batteries to run the radio so she could listen to the Grand Ole ...
The simplicity of "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" is a big part of its appeal, said Nathaniel Sloan, a musicologist at the University of Southern California and co-host of the "Switched on Pop" ...
Students from Betsy A. Rhodes Elementary School perform Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree. Students from Betsy A. Rhodes Elementary School perform Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.