#478 - Brenda Lee on the Truth Behind Childhood Fame

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🗓️ 29 October 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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On this episode of The Bobbycast, the legendary Brenda Lee sits down with Bobby Bones to share the truth behind childhood fame. She talks about playing The Grand Ole Opry for the first time at 10 years and going to Japan at 14 years old. She also shares how the movie Home Alone helped launch her success with "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree," and why she never thought that was going to be her biggest hit. She also talks about meeting Elvis and hanging with Patsy Cline. She also admits why she doesn't record anymore, what she thinks when she listens back to her young recordings and more!

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0:00.0	And I'll never forget it got through playing and the president stood up and said Brenda we're very proud that you brought this in.
0:15.0	This look will never happen, and this sound won't either.
0:20.0	Next year, they were playing the ballpark stadium filling it up.
0:25.0	Welcome to episode 478 with Brenda Lee.
0:30.0	Brenda is almost 80 years old and super vibrant and has quite the history.
0:35.0	Like the Beatles open for her way back in the day.
0:38.0	It's super cool to hear that story.
0:40.0	You know, she has songs like, I'm sorry, so sorry.
0:45.0	Just so many stories and I think I kind of realized how cool she'd be to talk to
0:50.6	when she came in when we were doing her Christmas song?
0:52.8	Yeah.
0:53.8	She was trying to make that go number one.
0:54.8	And I was like, holy crap.
0:56.8	Like she has so many stories that she wants to share.
0:59.8	She has rocking around the Christmas tree,
1:02.3	having a baa boo-boo-toed to do but it had never been number one and to me I guess I thought that song had been massive for like 50 years
1:10.3	I didn't realize what kind of relaunched that song like 25 years ago.
1:15.0	I mean I was famous my whole lifetime.
1:17.0	Yeah.
1:18.0	And I thought that it had just been famous forever since she put it out.
1:20.0	Not the case.
1:21.0	We talked about that.
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