Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
2. Bigelow 6-200
3. Bigelow 6-200
4. Some People
5. Your Cheatin' Heart
6. Doodle Bug Rag
7. Christy Christmas
8. I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus
9. Fairyland
10. One Step at a Time
11. Dynamite
12. Ain't That Love
13. Love You 'Till I Die
14. One Teenager to Another
15. Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues
16. Rock the Bop
17. Ring-A-My-Phone
18. Golden Key
19. Little Jonah (Rock on Your Steel Guitar)
20. My Baby Likes Western Guys
21. Papa Noel
22. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
23. Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home
24. Heading Home
25. Let's Jump the Broomstick
26. Hummin' the Blues over You
27. Stroll
28. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody
29. Pretty Baby
30. St. Louis Blues
31. Pennies from Heaven
32. Baby Face
33. Ballin' the Jack

Disc 2:

1. Just Because
2. Side by Side
3. Good Man Is Hard to Find
4. Some of These Days
5. Back in Your Own Backyard
6. Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye
7. Sweet Nothin's
8. (If I'm Dreaming) Just Let Me Dream
9. Weep No More My Baby
10. That's All You Gotta Do
11. I Want to Be Wanted
12. Just a Little
13. Build a Big Fence
14. Be My Love Again
15. I'm Sorry
16. Dynamite
17. Love and Learn
18. Wee Wee Willies
19. Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
20. Do I Worry (Yes I Do)
21. Emotions
22. I Want to Be Wanted
23. No One
24. Crazy Talk
25. Big Chance
26. It's Never Too Late
27. I'm Learning About Love
28. Careless, That's All
29. We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)
30. If I Didn't Care

Disc 3:

1. When My Dreamboat Comes Home
2. Walking to New Orleans
3. Hallelujah, I Love Him So
4. I'm in the Mood for Love
5. Swanee River Rock
6. Pretend
7. If I Didn't Care
8. If You Love Me (Really Love Me)
9. Teach Me Tonight
10. Blueberry Hill
11. Around the World
12. Fools Rush In
13. Someone to Love Me (The Prisoner's Song)
14. Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart
15. Georgia on My Mind
16. Just Another Lie
17. When I Fall in Love
18. Cry
19. Will You Love Me Tomorrow
20. You Can Depend on Me
21. Careless, That's All
22. Lover, Come Back to Me
23. Kansas City
24. On the Sunny Side of the Street
25. All the Way
26. How Deep Is the Ocean?
27. Tragedy
28. Talkin' Bout You

Disc 4:

1. Tables Are Turning
2. Funny Feelin'
3. Eventually
4. Dum Dum
5. Let Me Be the One
6. Speak to Me Pretty
7. Time Is Not Enough
8. Here Comes That Feeling
9. Just Forget
10. Break It to Me Gently
11. Fool #1
12. Anybody But Me
13. So Deep
14. Only You (And You Alone)
15. You've Got Me Crying Again
16. It's the Talk of the Town
17. You Always Hurt the One You Love
18. I Miss You So
19. I'll Be Seeing You
20. Lazy River
21. Send Me Some Lovin'
22. Hold Me
23. I'll Always Be in Love With You
24. Organ Grinder's Swing
25. Let the Four Winds Blow
26. Everybody Loves Me But You
27. Heart in Hand
28. She'll Never Know
29. Why Me
30. It Takes One to Know One
31. Sweet Lovin'

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #407693 in Music
• Released on: 1999-12-25
• Number of discs: 4
• Formats: Box set, Import
• Dimensions: 4.12 pounds

Album Details
5 CD box set.

Customer Reviews

A treasure chest of beautifully crafted gems....
A Brenda Lee extravaganza covering her enormously popular years between 1956 - 1962, This Bear Family boxed set of 4 cds includes a large hard-bound book jam-packed with photos and biographical data. For starters, the audio quality and remastering are superb. I was startled at how the music leaped out into the room, being exceptionally dynamic and lively. Brenda's voice has a palpable presence. Also, you can take pleasure in hearing the fine detail and nuances of the instrumentation. Speaking of instrumentation, Owen Bradley, the Nashville producer who produced such stars as Patsy Cline, Conway Twitty, and Loretta Lynn, matched Brenda Lee early on with outstanding studio pros like Hank Garland, Floyd Cramer, Boots Randolf,Grady Martin, the Jordanaires and Anita Kerr singers. Legends in themselves, these musicians brought a level of professionalism to Brenda's music second to none. Even excluding Brenda's extraordinary contribution, it is pure pleasure listening to her supporting cast. And finally, there is Brenda. Song after song, interpretation after interpretation, we discover the allure and timelessness of her music. Her talent is a shining star that shines brightly in each of the 122 performances included in this set. In a very natural manner, Brenda effortlessly emotes an energy and feeling that ranges all the way from heartbreak to fiery passion. When we look back and think of country artists like Hank Williams, Jim Reeves, and Patsy Cline as singing the "country blues", Brenda Lee established a style that can only be referred to as "country soul". What is indeed trully remarkable about this body of work is that she reached such a height of success and professionalism between the tender ages of 12 and 16. Equally impressive, upon listening to her repertoire, was that there was no tapering off of her talent or presentation - she only gets better! For those who want to look back through the lens of time and discover a treasure of beautifully crafted gems, I recommend this collection of vintage Brenda Lee. It reminds us that all true art is timeless and eternal.

THE BEST CARREER-LOOK-BACK CD OF BRENDA OF THE 50/60'S
A very nice and swinging CD-Box of Brenda lee. I hope that a second CD-box of the 60/70's and a third box of the 70/80's and a fourth CD-Box of the 80/90's will berelease VERY SOON. Please BEAR FAM.RECORDS, you proved to know what is good music.......................

Truly is DYNAMITE!
I think I fell in love with Brenda when I heard her first single in 1957. What a big powerful voice in such a little girl. I've waited for a good Brenda Box Set since CDs first came out. The double MCA anthology was OK but only left me wanting much, much more Brenda. Leave it to Bear Family to do it right. The sound quality is pristine and this box set showcases Brenda's enormous talent during her early years. Every song is great on this set and I've been anxiously awaiting the next release by Bear Family for this enormous talent. If you're a Brenda Lee fan, you absolutely have to have this box set!