Brenda Lee’s Christmas Excitement
– Brenda Lee, also known as “Little Miss Dynamite”, has her signature Christmas song “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” hitting number one on Billboard’s Holiday 100 chart once again.
– Although Ms. Brenda released this iconic tune back in 1958, it continues being a holiday staple, much like my granny’s sugar cookies, making it the top-selling holiday digital song for the 2nd year running in 2020.
– Brenda is over the moon with joy and feeling festive enough to decorate a dozen trees because she never dreamt that she’d see her song still spreading Christmas cheer more than six decades after she first recorded it.
Our Little Miss Dynamite Blows Up the Charts
– DJs were originally reluctant to play this song by the teenage Brenda Lee – honey, they must’ve mistaken their turntables for chopping boards, ’cause they sure did butcher that judgement call.
– Despite its initial lukewarm reception, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” has become a bona fide Christmas classic, with over 36 million copies sold worldwide – that’s enough to stretch from Nashville to the North Pole!
Brenda Rockin’ Down Memory Lane
– The evergreen tune was penned by Johnny Marks – the same clever fella who gave us “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer”. Talk about a yuletide hit-factory!
– Ms. Brenda fondly recalls recording the song during a July heatwave, all while having the studio decorated for Christmas and the air conditioner turned down to the ‘Arctic’ setting. Talk about dedication, darlin’!
Well, butter my biscuits and pass the apple pie! Brenda Lee’s got us all rockin’ around the Christmas tree every holiday season, and it ain’t slowing down any time soon. To see that this cheeky bit of holiday cheer from ’58 is topping the charts again is like finding an extra present tucked behind the tree – both surprising and delightful.
Dear DJs, let me read you the tinsel-tinged riot act: Brenda Lee’s yuletide ditty is as timeless as Aunt Edna’s fruitcake, and it’s gonna keep getting played for Christmases to come. So, you best learn to rock around that turntable properly!
Bless your hearts and let’s keep this Christmas spirit going — congratulations, Brenda! You’re as iconic as the star on top of the tree, your light ain’t dimming any time soon, sugar.
Original article: https://theboot.com/ixp/204/p/brenda-lee-rockin-around-the-christmas-tree-no-1-reaction/