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This edition in Universal's discount-priced compilation series Best of Brenda Lee: The 20th Masters Christmas Collection is actually a re-titled reissue of the 1999 collection Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree: The Decca Christmas Recordings. It contains all of the seasonal music Brenda Lee recorded for Decca Records between 1956 and 1965. Included is her initial Christmas single "Christy Christmas"/"I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus," along with the 1958 45 rpm "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"/"Papa Noel," the A-side of which finally became a gold-selling hit in 1960; the complete contents of Lee's 1964 LP Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee; and three songs, "White Christmas," "Jingle Bells," and "Silent Night," recorded in 1965 and included as bonus tracks on Japanese copies of the LP, but not released in the U.S. until 1999. The selections are a combination of familiar holiday fare done in Lee's inimitable style and a few attempts to join the pantheon of Christmas perennials. Only "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" succeeded, despite Lee having reached the charts with the ballads "This Time of the Year" and "Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day," but the surprisingly aggressive "I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus" is amusing, especially coming from a singer who was only 11-years-old when she recorded it.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Boots Randolph, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Garland, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Marks, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist - Roy Botkin, ComposerLyricist - Marvin Holtzman, ComposerLyricist - Sanford Bellini, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cliff Owens, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist - Jesse Hollis, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
James Ross Boothe, ComposerLyricist - Joseph Carleton Beal, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Cohen, Producer - Marty Symes, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Lee, MainArtist - Tony Starr, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Cohen, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist - Frankie Adams, ComposerLyricist - Wilbur Jones, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Felix Bernard, ComposerLyricist - Richard B. Smith, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Livingston, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist - RAYMOND B. EVANS, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
J. Fred Coots, Composer - Haven Gillespie, Author - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist - John Reis, ComposerLyricist - Peter Reichert, ComposerLyricist - Adam David Willard, ComposerLyricist - Andy Stamets, ComposerLyricist - Paul O'Beirne, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny MacRae, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jack Rollins, ComposerLyricist - Steve Nelson, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Reis, ComposerLyricist - Peter Reichert, ComposerLyricist - Adam David Willard, ComposerLyricist - Andy Stamets, ComposerLyricist - Paul O'Beirne, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lee Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Patti Seymour, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Danny Wilde, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Billy Hayes, ComposerLyricist - Nick Trevisick, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Lee, MainArtist - Jay Jay Johnson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carl Sigman, ComposerLyricist - Peter De Rose, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Owen Bradley, Producer - Ronnie Self, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
James Pierpont, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Joseph Mohr, Author - Franz Xaver Gruber, Composer - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
This edition in Universal's discount-priced compilation series Best of Brenda Lee: The 20th Masters Christmas Collection is actually a re-titled reissue of the 1999 collection Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree: The Decca Christmas Recordings. It contains all of the seasonal music Brenda Lee recorded for Decca Records between 1956 and 1965. Included is her initial Christmas single "Christy Christmas"/"I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus," along with the 1958 45 rpm "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"/"Papa Noel," the A-side of which finally became a gold-selling hit in 1960; the complete contents of Lee's 1964 LP Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee; and three songs, "White Christmas," "Jingle Bells," and "Silent Night," recorded in 1965 and included as bonus tracks on Japanese copies of the LP, but not released in the U.S. until 1999. The selections are a combination of familiar holiday fare done in Lee's inimitable style and a few attempts to join the pantheon of Christmas perennials. Only "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" succeeded, despite Lee having reached the charts with the ballads "This Time of the Year" and "Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day," but the surprisingly aggressive "I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus" is amusing, especially coming from a singer who was only 11-years-old when she recorded it.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:13
- Main artists: Brenda Lee
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: MCA Nashville
- Genre: Ambient/New Age Christmas Music
© 1999 MCA Records Nashville a division of MCA Records Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1999 MCA Nashville
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