Audio CD review:
Brenda Lee - Best of Brenda Lee

Brenda Lee - Best of Brenda Lee

Band: Brenda Lee Title: Best of Brenda Lee Rating: Release Date: 14 August, 2000 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Sweet Nothin's 2: I'm Sorry 3: That's all you gotta do 4: Dum Dum 5: Fool Number One 6: Rockin Around The Christmas Tree 7: All Alone Am I 8: Losing you 9: As Usual 10: Lets's Jump the Broomstick 11: You Can Depend On Me 12: Jambalaya (On the Bayou) 13: Speak to Me Pretty 14: Here Cams that Feeling 15: It Started All Over Again 16: Dynamite 17: My Colouring Book 18: Heart In Hand 19: My Whole World is Falling Down 20: Sweet Impossible You

Customer Reviews AWESOME!!! Great many rarities include "My Whole World is Falling Down" and "Speak to Me Pretty" wonderful cd, grab it if you can find it, a true gem! :). Breanda Lee is truly one of a kind, one of the great female vocalists of our time, influencing many female vocalists of today. Good introduction to Brenda's music In total, she had twenty-two UK hits between 1960 and 1965 but she had many more than that in America. Brenda Lee began her career, aged just eleven, in 1956, but did not have a British hit until 1960. Generally, the British public seem to prefer her up-tempo rockers while the American public seem to prefer her ballads. I am an exception to the general rule, being a Brit who likes her ballads best, although I enjoy her rocking songs too. While many classic tracks are missing (for example, I want to be wanted, Emotions, Break it to me gently), this is only a budget-priced album and it does contain all of Brenda's British top ten hits. The biggest of these, Speak to me pretty, was never released as a single in America although I can't think why - it is a great song. Brenda's other UK top ten hits were Sweet nothings, Here comes that feeling, Rocking around the Christmas tree, All alone am I and As usual. I'm sorry, Let's jump the broomstick, Dum dum, Fool number one, It started all over again and Sweet impossible you are the other British hits included here. Several others (including I wonder and Is it true, both of which made the UK top twenty) are omitted, but Jambalaya (the song that started Brenda's career in America) is here, along with several other great tracks. For a comprehensive collection of Brenda's hits, you should go for the double CD, Anthology. However, because it is an American compilation, it omits Speak to me pretty. As an introduction to the music of the most important female rock'n'roll singer, this is excellent. Tracks Sweet nothings I'm sorry That's all you gotta do Dum dum Fool number one Rocking around the Christmas tree All alone am I Let's jump the broomstick You can depend on me Jambalaya Speak to me pretty Here comes that feeling It started all over again Dynamite My coloring book Heart in hand My whole world is falling down Sweet impossible you. . You can see a complete list of all Brenda Lee discography, or go back to the Brenda Lee tabs