In a clip shared by Billboard, Lee (who was only 13 when she recorded her holiday hit) and Universal Music Group Nashville CEO Cindy Mabe reflect on the passion of Lee’s fans before Mabe drops the big ...

This week's No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 is one you've probably heard before — over and over again. For decades. "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"— sung by Brenda Lee, and first released 65 ...

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(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, to the number one spot on Billboard Magazine’s ...

Brenda Lee has rocked around Christmas trees for 64 years. However, that scratches the surface of why the famously under 5-foot-tall, 78-year-old legend is a Country Music and Rock 'n' Roll Hall of ...

Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" has topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time since it was released in 1958. The holiday classic outperformed familiar chart-topper Mariah ...

Mariah Carey may have escaped from the diamond-coated, microphone-shaped hyperbaric chamber she resides in 11 months out of the year to take her rightful place atop her Yuletide Throne, but there's a ...

Brenda Lee has had a stellar music career, beginning as a rockabilly teen, moving into pop stardom, and eventually returning to her country roots. She is among the most versatile singers ever to ...

Lee recorded the song in 1958 when she was 13 — it topped Billboard's Hot 100 for the first time thanks to a new video starring Lee that was produced to coincide with the song's 65th anniversary. Good ...

Brenda Lee, 78, has been quiet in her later years in life, but she’s about to return to the stage for the Christmas at the Opry special on December 7. While Brenda’s been famous for a long time, the ...

Discover the life of singer Brenda Lee and her musical hits spanning genres and decades. Discover the story behind singer Brenda Lee’s iconic songs and explore how her early fame and life of poverty ...

LOS ANGELES — Brenda Lee is back on top of the Billboard Hot 100. Lee's "Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree" is the No. 1 song in the country for the first time — 65 years after its 1958 release.