NEW YORK (AP) — 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
Nashville day to create a holiday spirit. The musicians,
she recalls, nailed it in a couple of takes.
That’s about it. After all, Brenda Lee was 13 years old at
the time — and it was 66 years ago, in 1958.
Brenda Lee ( Mae Tarpley) is 81 years young today.