Brenda LEE – Miss Dynamite – Best of the Early Years

Few child stars make the transition to even mild teenage success, much less do they go on to enjoy careers as adults. Yet Brenda Lee - aka 'Little Miss Dynamite' was the exception, building on her childhood fame to become one of the worlds most popular singers.

This special compilation deals with her earliest work, anthologising everything that Brenda recorded between 1956-58, including her early hits 'Jambalaya', 'One Step At A Time', 'Lets Jump The Broomstick' and the perennial 'Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree'. Also featured is her first 'Signature tune', 'Dynamite' as well as some Rockabilly classics.

Juxtaposing R&R alongside Rockabilly, Country, Pop, Beat Ballads and novelty songs, this body of work is made all the more remarkable for the fact that these sides were all recorded before Brenda's fourteenth birthday!

These are wholly essential recordings, many of which are hard to find elsewhere on CD.

Also see JASCD 906.

Track Listing

1. JAMBALAYA (ON THE BAYOU)
2. BIGELOW 6-200
3. CHRISTY CHRISTMAS
4. I'M GONNA LASSO SANTA CLAUS
5. ONE STEP AT A TIME
6. FAIRYLAND
7. DYNAMITE
8. LOVE YOU TILL I DIE
9. AIN'T THAT LOVE
10. ONE TEENAGER TO ANOTHER
11. ROCK THE BOP
12. ROCK-A-BYE BABY BLUES
13. RING-A-MY-PHONE *
14. LITTLE JONAH (ROCK ON YOUR STEEL GUITAR) *
15. ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE *
16. PAPA NOEL *
17. BILL BAILEY, WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME *
18. HUMMIN' THE BLUES OVER YOU
19. LET'S JUMP THE BROOMSTICK *
20. MY BABY LIKES WESTERN GUYS *
21. HEADIN' HOME *
22. BIGELOW 6-200
23. SOME PEOPLE
24. YOUR CHEATIN' HEART
25. DOODLE BUG RAG
26. THE GOLDEN KEY *

* Stereo