During a 2018 panel discussion at the Museum, Brenda Lee is asked to pinpoint a woman in country music who changed her life. "Patsy Cline," she offers, opening into an emotional memory of the fellow Country Music Hall of Fame member, who took a then-teenaged Lee under her wing. Hear that memory from Brenda Lee here. Stream the full panel discussion — Lee, writer Holly Gleason, and singer-songwriter Aubrie Sellers exploring the contributions and struggles of pioneering women in country music — on

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

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee ( Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee ) 1964 | The songs of my life