Brenda Lee

2023 - 12 - 4

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Brenda Lee on Hitting No. 1 With 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' (Variety)

Brenda Lee, whose 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' finally leapfrogged over Mariah Carey to hit No. 1, talks about the song's 65-year journey.

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Brenda Lee's 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' Hits No. 1 (The New York Times)

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree” beat out Mariah Carey's “All I Want for Christmas Is You” as the first holiday song to top Billboard's Hot 100 chart this ...

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Move over, Mariah. Brenda Lee's 'Rockin' Around the Christmas ... (USA TODAY)

Brenda Lee leads the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart with her holiday anthem "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" for the first time ever.

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Brenda Lee Interview: 'Rockin Around the Christmas Tree' Hot 100 ... (Billboard)

Now, at age 78, she's watching as the song, promoted by major label UMG Nashville, has reached the pinnacle of Billboard's all-genre chart. In the process, the ...

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Brenda Lee's 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' Hits No. 1 (Rolling Stone)

Brenda Lee reached No. 1 on the Hot 100 thanks to 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' 65 years after first releasing the song.

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Brenda Lee's 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' Hits No. 1 65 ... (PEOPLE.com)

At 78 years old, Brenda Lee is the oldest woman to top the 'Billboard' Hot 100 as her Christmas classic "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" hit No.

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Mariah Carey Dethroned: Brenda Lee's 'Rockin' Around The ... (Forbes)

Lee is the oldest artist to top the Hot 100, and “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree,” released in 1958, is the oldest song to reach the chart's summit.

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Brenda Lee Tops Hot 100 With 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' (Variety)

Brenda Lee made history by topping Billboard's Hot 100 singles with her 65-year-old hit 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree.'

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Brenda Lee makes history with Christmas classic 'Rockin' Around ... (CNN)

Brenda Lee is celebrating her signature song, “Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree,” on the 65th Anniversary of the holiday classic with a new music video. From ...

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Brenda Lee talks about hit holiday single 65 years in the making (NBC4 WCMH-TV)

(NBC) — Sixty-five years after it was first released, “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree” by Brenda Lee has finally ascended, for the very first time, ...

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Brenda Lee's 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree': How'd It Hit No. 1? (Billboard)

The holidays tend to be a slow time for the music industry, but with Mariah Carey and now Brenda Lee vying for those top spots, there's certainly more to ...

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Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" tops Billboard ... (CBS News)

Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" outperformed familiar chart-topper Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You."

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'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' goes to No. 1 — after 65 years (NPR)

Move over, Mariah Carey: Brenda Lee's reliable holiday hit, first released during the Eisenhower administration, is the No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 ...

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Brenda Lee reacts to hearing 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' hit ... (ABC News)

Brenda Lee's classic holiday song "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" has just topped the Billboard Hot 100 for the very first time, 65 years after its ...

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