Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brenda Lee recorded her hit “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” in 1958 when she was only 13 years old. The song didn’t gain ...

"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" was written by Johnny Marks — who, as part of a long, great tradition of American Christmas songwriters, was himself actually Jewish. (Marks also wrote "Rudolph the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Of course, the now-80-year-old Lee is used to that sort of thing. She was the first woman in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame—and in ...

The holiday classic “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” is now the official Holiday Song of Tennessee and its singer is set to be recognized next week. The song was officially designated as a state ...

This Christmas, Lee, now 80, is celebrating her perennial holiday hit with a new PBS American Masters documentary, Brenda Lee: Still Rockin'. The 51-minute special includes appearances by Keith Urban, ...

Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" has topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time since it was released in 1958. The holiday classic outperformed familiar chart-topper Mariah ...

More than half a century after it was first released, Brenda Lee’s seasonal smash “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” has finally become a No. 1 hit. Billboard has announced that the tune has soared ...

NEW YORK — Her memories of recording “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” are a little hazy. She remembers the producer placing decorations around the studio and blasting the air conditioner on a warm ...

This week's No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 is one you've probably heard before — over and over again. For decades. "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"— sung by Brenda Lee, and first released 65 ...

The singer discusses her career and her signature hit in the new PBS documentary 'Brenda Lee: Rockin' Around' Last Christmas Brenda Lee set several important chart milestones when her 1958 holiday ...

Brenda Lee attends the CMA Awards at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 8. Her holiday hit "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" has reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, 65 years after its debut. ...