Hits List: Brenda Lee

The great Brenda Lee was one of the top stars early in the Rock Era, able to cross back and forth from the Country chart.  We recently found out that she still ranks as The #55 Female Artist of the Rock Era*.  Here is her resume:

1956:  "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)"
           "Christy Christmas"
1957:  "One Step At A Time" (#43)
           "Dynamite" (#72)
           "One Teenager To Another"
           "Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues"

1958:  "RIng-A-My Phone"
           "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" (#14, #6 U.K., #53 Australia)
1959:  "Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home"
           "Let's Jump The Broomstick" (#12 U.K.)
           "Sweet Nothin's" (#4, #12 R&B, #4 U.K., #25 Australia)

1960:  "I'm Sorry" (#1, #12 U.K., #6 Australia)
           "That's All You Gotta' Do" (#6, #19 R&B, #6 Australia)
           "I Want To Be Wanted" (#1, #7 R&B, #31 U.K., #10 Australia)
          "Just A Little" (#40)
1961:  "Emotions" (#7, #45 U.K., #20 Australia)
           "I'm Learning About Love" (#33, #20 Australia)
           "You Can Depend On Me" (#6, #25 R&B, #49 Australia)
           "It's Never Too Late" (#49 Australia)
           "Dum Dum" (#4, #22 U.K., #4 Australia)
           "Eventually" (#56)
           "Fool #1" (#3, #38 U.K., #23 Australia)
           "Anybody But Me" (#31, #23 Australia)


1962:  "Break It To Me Gently (#4, #46 U.K., #10 Australia)
           "So Deep" (#52, #10 Australia)
           "Speak To Me Pretty" (#3 U.K.)
           "Everybody Loves Me But You" (#6, #2 Easy Listening, #40 Australia)
           "Here Comes That Feeling" (#89, #5 U.K., #40 Australia)
           "Heart In Hand" (#15, #4 EL, #37 Australia)
           "I Started All Over Again" (#29, #15 U.K., #37 Australia)
           "All Alone Am I" (#3, #1 EL, #7 U.K., #10 Australia)
           "Save Your Lovin' For Me" (#53)
1963:  "Your Used To Be" (#32, #12 EL, #19 Australia)
           "She'll Never Know" (#47, #15 EL)
           "Losing You" (#6, #2 EL, #13 R&B, #10 U.K., #15 Australia)
           "He's So Heavenly" (#93)
           "I Wonder" (#25, #9 EL, #9 U.K.)
           "My Whole World Is Falling Down" (#24, #8 EL, #16 Australia)
           "The Grass Is Greener" (#17, #7 EL, #73 Australia)
           "Sweet Impossible You" (#70, #28 U.K., #73 Australia)
           "As Usual" (#12, #5 EL, #5 U.K., #12 Australia)
1964:  "Think" (#25, #4 EL, #26 U.K., #62 Australia)
           "The Waiting Game" (#62 Australia)
           "Alone With You" (#48, #8 EL, #32 Canada)
           "My Dreams" (#85)
           "When You Loved Me" (#47, #8 EL)
           "He's Sure To Remember Me"
           "Is It True" (#17, #8 Canada, #17 U.K., #58 Australia)
           "Jingle Bell Rock"
           "Christmas Will Just Be Another Lonely Day" (#25 U.K.)
1965:  "Thanks A Lot" (#45, #14 Canada, #100 Australia)
           "Crying Game" (#87)
           "Truly Truly True" #54, #9 EL)
           "Too Many Rivers" (#13, #2 EL, #22 U.K., #99 Australia)
           "No One" (#98, #25 EL, #36 Canada)
           "Rusty Bells" (#33, #3 EL)

1966:  "Too Little Time"
           "Time And Time Again"
           "Ain't Gonna' Cry No More" (#77, #90 Canada)
           "Coming On Strong" (#11, #9 Canada, #76 Australia)
1967:  "Ride, Ride, Ride" (#37)
           "Take Me"
           "Born To Be By Your Side"
           "Where Love Is"
           "Where's The Melody"
1968:  "That's All Right"
           "Kansas City"
           "Johnny One Time" (#41, #3 EL, #38 Canada)
1969:  "You Don't Need Me For Anything Anymore" (#84, #32 EL, #62 Canada)
           "Let It Be Me"
1970:  "I Think I Love You Again" (#97)
           "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man"
1971:  "If This Is Our Last Time"
           "Misty Memories"
1972:  "Always On My Mind"

1973:  "Nobody Wins" (#70)
           "Sunday Sunrise"
           "Wrong Ideas"
1974:  "Big Four Poster Bed"
            "Rock On Baby"
1975:  "He's My Rock"
           "Bringing It Back"
1976:  "Find Yourself Another Puppet"
           "Brother Shelton"
           "Takin' What I Can Get"
1977:  "Ruby's Lounge"
1978:  "Left-Over Love"
1979:  "Tell Me What It's Like"
1980:  "The Cowgirl And The Dandy"
           "Don't Promise Me Anything (Do It)"
           "Broken Trust" (with the Oak Ridge Boys)
1981:  "Every Now And Then"
           "Fool, Fool"
           "Enough For You"
           "Only When I Laugh"
1982:  "From Levi's To Calvin Klein Jeans"
           "Keeping Me Warm For You"
           "Just For The Moment" (with the Oak Ridge Boys)
1983:  "Didn't We Do It Good"
1984:  "A Sweeter Love (I'll Ever Know)"
1985:  "I'm Taking My Time"
           "Why You Been Gone So Long"
1986:  "Two Hearts"
1991:  "Your One And Only"
            "A Little Unfair"
1998:  "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" (re-release--#16 Adult Contemporary, #70 U.K.)

That's 47 hits for Brenda.  Twelve of the forty-seven made the Top 10 (with two #1's), but none after 1964.