Brenda Lee Thanks A Lot ( Hullabaloo Feb 02, 1965)

Brenda Lee was born Brenda Mae Tarpley on Dec. 11, 1944, in Atlanta. She was the second daughter of Rubin and Grace Tarpley. The youngster showed distinctive vocal talent at age 3, won her first singing contest when she was 5 and was performing regularly on an Atlanta radio station when she was 7. It was at about that time that a TV producer in Augusta, Ga. , changed her name to Brenda Lee. In 1953, when she was 9, her father died in a construction accident. Country singer Red Foley heard Lee when she was a