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Like Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and only a few others, Brenda Lee could sound equally wonderful whether she was tearing into an upbeat rock & roll number or crooning a melancholy countrypolitan ballad. The fact that she demonstrated ample knowledge of both even before getting halfway through her teenage years made her achievements much more special. MCA's The Definitive Collection befits its title in one area: it's the definitive collection of her Billboard chart history, where most -- but not all -- of her artistic excellence occurred. The disc includes a full 28 tracks, but dispatches her early history as a rock firebrand with only three songs (when even ten wouldn't have been overdoing it), and moves quickly to her decade-long mastery of the forlorn, love-scorned ballad. It's a fact that most new listeners with a potential appreciation for Lee's talents would be drawn to her earlier rockabilly material, not her balladry, so this is a lost opportunity that some other collection will have to remedy. (In fact, the two-disc Anthology [1956-1980] proves that there's enough excellent Brenda Lee material to fill two discs.)
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Mort Garson, ComposerLyricist - Tom Glazer, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Owen Bradley, Producer - Ronnie Self, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Lee, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Boots Randolph, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Martin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dub Allbritten, ComposerLyricist - FLOYD CRAMER, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Owen Bradley, Producer, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie Self, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Lee, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Moore, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - The Anita Kerr Singers, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Murrey "Buddy" Harman, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Reed, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Giuseppe Spotti, ComposerLyricist - KIM GANNON, ComposerLyricist - Alberto Testa, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Lee, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 MCA Nashville
Mel Tillis, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Kearney, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Grady Martin, ComposerLyricist - Louis Innis, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1960 MCA Nashville
Louis Dunlap, ComposerLyricist - Earl Hines, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Charles Carpenter, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sharon Sheeley, ComposerLyricist - Jackie DeShannon, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist - Kathryn R. Fulton, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dub Allbritten, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Ronnie Self, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1961 MCA Nashville
Joe Seneca, ComposerLyricist - Diane Lampert, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Owen Bradley, Producer - Ronnie Self, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1962 MCA Nashville
Sharon Sheeley, ComposerLyricist - Jackie DeShannon, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1962 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Arthur Altman, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manos Hadjidakis, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jack Keller, ComposerLyricist - Howard Greenfield, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1962 MCA Nashville
Carl Sigman, ComposerLyricist - JEAN RENARD, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Crutchfield, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist - Cecil Gant, ComposerLyricist - Raymond Leveen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barry Mann, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist - Mike Anthony, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Zanetis, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist - John Nicholas Shakespeare, ComposerLyricist - Kenneth Alan James Hawker, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 MCA Nashville
Harlan Howard, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1965 MCA Nashville
Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist - David Wilkins, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 MCA Nashville
Kris Kristofferson, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1973 MCA Nashville
Shel Silverstein, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1974 MCA Nashville
Ben Peters, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Lee, MainArtist - Ron Chancey, Producer - Les Ladd, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1979 MCA Nashville
Boots Randolph, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Garland, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Marks, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Like Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and only a few others, Brenda Lee could sound equally wonderful whether she was tearing into an upbeat rock & roll number or crooning a melancholy countrypolitan ballad. The fact that she demonstrated ample knowledge of both even before getting halfway through her teenage years made her achievements much more special. MCA's The Definitive Collection befits its title in one area: it's the definitive collection of her Billboard chart history, where most -- but not all -- of her artistic excellence occurred. The disc includes a full 28 tracks, but dispatches her early history as a rock firebrand with only three songs (when even ten wouldn't have been overdoing it), and moves quickly to her decade-long mastery of the forlorn, love-scorned ballad. It's a fact that most new listeners with a potential appreciation for Lee's talents would be drawn to her earlier rockabilly material, not her balladry, so this is a lost opportunity that some other collection will have to remedy. (In fact, the two-disc Anthology [1956-1980] proves that there's enough excellent Brenda Lee material to fill two discs.)
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 28 track(s)
- Total length: 01:13:53
- Main artists: Brenda Lee
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: MCA Nashville
- Genre: Blues/country/folk Country
© 2006 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2006 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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