Brenda, That's All is the seventh studio album by American singer Brenda Lee. The album was released October 15, 1962 on Decca Records and was produced by Owen Bradley. It was the second of two studio albums released in 1962 and included two Top 10 hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1962 and 1963.
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| Released | October 15, 1962 | |||
| Recorded | March 8, 1962 – August 9, 1962[1] | |||
| Studio | Bradley Studios, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
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| Label | Decca | |||
| Producer | Owen Bradley | |||
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| Singles from Brenda, That's All | ||||
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| Allmusic |    [2] |
Background and content
editBrenda, That's All was recorded in separate recording sessions at the Bradley Film and Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States under the direction of Owen Bradley.[citation needed] The sessions began on March 8, 1962 and ended on August 9, 1962.[1] Like her previous releases, the album contained twelve tracks of material and many of its tracks were cover versions of previously recorded material by other artists. It included cover versions of Marvin Rainwater's "Gonna Find Me a Bluebird", and Virgil F. Stewart's "Just Out of Reach". "Fool #1" was recorded by Loretta Lynn shortly before Lee's recording of the song. The album's tracks consisted of a variety of musical styles, including pop, R&B and country.[citation needed] The album received three and a half stars from Allmusic. Reviewer Richie Unterberger commented that while the album was not a "scintillating record" it was "pretty good" because it did not over-emphasize pop standards, and that the whole album "is impressively sung and immaculately produced, in fact, in common with much of what Lee recorded under Owen Bradley's direction."[2] The album was originally released as an LP record with six songs included on each side of the record.[3] The album was later reissued on compact disc in the United Kingdom and was reissued on an extended play in Argentina.[4]
Release
editThe lead single released from the album was "You Can Depend on Me". Released in April 1961, the song became a Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #6 and also reached #25 on the Billboard R&B music chart. Its B-side also gained significant airplay and reached #1 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. The second track of the album entitled "Fool #1" was released as the second and final single from the album. Released in September 1961, the song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her eighth Top 10 single,[5] while peaking at #38 on the UK Singles Chart in the United Kingdom.[6]
The album was released on October 15, 1962 on Decca Records, and peaked at #20 on the Billboard 200 albums chart,[7] while also reaching #13 on the UK Albums Chart, becoming her second album to chart in the United Kingdom.[8]
Track listing
edit- Side one
- "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" (Ray Henderson, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young) – 2:09
- "Fool #1" (Kathryn R. Fulton) – 2:27
- "White Silver Sands" (Red Matthews, Gladys Reinhart) – 3:06
- "Just Out of Reach" (Virgil F. Stewart) – 2:47
- "Sweethearts on Parade" (Carmen Lombardo, Charles Newman) – 2:34
- "It's a Lonesome Old Town (When You're Not Around)" (Charles Kisco, Harry Tobias) – 3:06
- Side two
- "Organ Grinder's Swing" (Will Hudson, Mitchell Parish, Irving Mills) – 2:24
- "Gonna Find Me a Bluebird" (Marvin Rainwater) – 2:49
- "Why Me" (Bob Beckham, Buzz Cason) – 2:13
- "Valley of Tears" (Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino) – 2:26
- "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" (Jimmie Hodges) – 2:39
- "You Can Depend on Me" (Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines) – 3:34
Personnel
edit- Harold Bradley – guitar
- Floyd Cramer – piano
- Dottie Dillard – background vocals
- Ray Edenton – guitar
- Buddy Emmons – steel guitar
- Buddy Harman – drums
- Anita Kerr – background vocals
- Brenda Lee – lead vocals
- Grady Martin – guitar
- Bob Moore – bass
- Louis Nunley – background vocals
- Boots Randolph – saxophone
- Bill Wright – background vocals
Charts
editAlbum
| Chart (1962) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200[7] | 20 |
| U.K. Albums Chart[8] | 13 |
Singles
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | ||
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| US [5] |
US R&B [5] |
UK [6] | ||
| 1961 | "You Can Depend on Me" | 6 | 25 | — |
| "It's Never Too Late" | 101 | — | — | |
| "Fool #1" | 3 | — | 38 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Release history
edit| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| North America | October 15, 1962 | Vinyl LP | Decca Records | [9] |
References
edit- ^ a b "Brenda Lee's recording sessions". Praguefrank's Country Music. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08.
- ^ a b c d e f Unterberger, Richie. "Brenda, That's All > Review". Allmusic.
- ^ "Brenda, That's All by Brenda Lee". Rate Your Music.
- ^ "Brenda, That's All profile". Brenda Lee.com.
- ^ a b c "Billboard chart positions > singles". Allmusic.
- ^ a b "Brenda Lee UK chart runs". Polyhex. Archived from the original on 2008-12-07.
- ^ a b "Brenda, That's All > Charts". Allmusic.
- ^ a b "Official Charts Company - Brenda Lee". The Official Charts Company.
- ^ Lee, Brenda (October 15, 1962). "Brenda, That's All (Liner Notes)". Decca Records. DL-74326.