Little Miss Dynamite - Softcover

Lee, Brenda

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ISBN 10: 0786885580 ISBN 13: 9780786885589

Publisher: Hyperion, 2003

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A candid, revealing self-portrait of the child star who rose from the Georgia backwoods to pop music stardom illuminates the passion and drive that made Brenda Lee a celebrity and describes her tumultuous private life. Reprint.

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About the Author:

Brenda Lee is one of the most famous and popular female recording stars of all time. She has co-written more than a dozen songs, has writen a volume of poetry, and is the author of a popular cookbook. Brenda has recently been elected to the Board of Trustees of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

Co-author Robert K. Oermann is a journalist, music historian, and television producer. He serves on the board of the Recording Academy and is editor-at-large of Country Music and a weekly columnist for Music Row. He has published more than 2,000 articles in over 100 national publications, including USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, Esquire, Us magazine, TV Guide, and The Washington Post. He has produced and/or annotated more than sixty historical reissue albums. This is his seventh book.

Julie Clay is the author of the short story collection The Stars that Shine and serves as a contributing editor to several national lifestyle magazines. With an extensive background in advertising and public relations, she previously served as Executive Director of the Nashville Chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. An accomplished pianist and songwriter, she is Brenda Lee's oldest daughter.

Synopsis:

In this candid autobiography, available in paperback for the first time, one of the female founders of rock & roll recounts her astonishingly dramatic life, filled with early poverty, tragic deaths, a non-existent childhood, a controlling manager, young elopement, illness, barely averted financial disaster, and one of show business's most durable marriages. And through it all Brenda Lee kept on singing and racking up the hits. Her inspirational life has influenced some of the most legendary names in entertainment such as Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison and Elton John. For all fans of country music and rock & roll this book is an essential read.

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