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Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang/Miss Dynamite
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Album: Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang/Miss Dynamite
# Song Title   Time
1)    Some of These Days More Info... 0:02
2)    Pennies from Heaven More Info... 0:02
3)    Baby Face More Info... 0:02
4)    A Good Man Is Hard to Find More Info... 0:02
5)    Just Because More Info... 0:02
6)    Toot, Toot, Tootsie More Info... 0:02
7)    Ballin' the Jack More Info... 0:02
8)    Rock-a-bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody More Info... 0:02
9)    Pretty Baby More Info... 0:01
10)    Side By Side More Info... 0:02
11)    Back in Your Own Backyard More Info... 0:03
12)    St Louis Blues More Info... 0:03
13)    Dynamite More Info... 0:02
14)    Weep No More My Baby More Info... 0:03
15)    Jambalaya (On the Bayou) More Info... 0:02
16)    (If I'm Dreaming) Just Let Me Dream More Info... 0:03
17)    Be My Love Again More Info... 0:02
18)    My Baby Likes Western Guys More Info... 0:02
19)    Sweet Nothins More Info... 0:02
20)    I'm Sorry More Info... 0:02
21)    That's All You Gotta Do More Info... 0:02
22)    Heading Home More Info... 0:02
23)    Wee Wee Willies More Info... 0:02
24)    Let's Jump the Broomstick More Info... 0:02
 
Album: Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang/Miss Dynamite
# Song Title   Time
1)    Some of These Days More Info... 0:02
2)    Pennies from Heaven More Info... 0:02
3)    Baby Face More Info... 0:02
4)    A Good Man Is Hard to Find More Info... 0:02
5)    Just Because More Info... 0:02
6)    Toot, Toot, Tootsie More Info... 0:02
7)    Ballin' the Jack More Info... 0:02
8)    Rock-a-bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody More Info... 0:02
9)    Pretty Baby More Info... 0:01
10)    Side By Side More Info... 0:02
11)    Back in Your Own Backyard More Info... 0:03
12)    St Louis Blues More Info... 0:03
13)    Dynamite More Info... 0:02
14)    Weep No More My Baby More Info... 0:03
15)    Jambalaya (On the Bayou) More Info... 0:02
16)    (If I'm Dreaming) Just Let Me Dream More Info... 0:03
17)    Be My Love Again More Info... 0:02
18)    My Baby Likes Western Guys More Info... 0:02
19)    Sweet Nothins More Info... 0:02
20)    I'm Sorry More Info... 0:02
21)    That's All You Gotta Do More Info... 0:02
22)    Heading Home More Info... 0:02
23)    Wee Wee Willies More Info... 0:02
24)    Let's Jump the Broomstick More Info... 0:02
 
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  • 2 LPs on 1 CD: GRANDMA, WHAT GREAT SONGS YOU SANG! (1959)/MISS DYNAMITE (1960).
  • Liner Note Authors: Rob Finnis; Charles Lamb.
  • Illustrator: Rob Finnis.
  • In late 1959, Brenda Lee was dangerously close to becoming a 14-year-old has-been. A dynamic performer, she wowed everyone who saw her in concert, but she'd failed to dent the charts for two straight years after debuting with a pair of middling hits. Clearly, the novelty was wearing off. Earlier that year, Decca had recorded a set of vintage pop standards -- most from the 1910s and '20s -- to transfer her appeal to older audiences, but the LP failed to sell. Then, in August 1959, she recorded "Sweet Nothin's," an irresistibly flirty piece of country-pop; early in 1960, it reached the Top Ten and was followed in short order by three more (two of which hit number one). For this CD reissue, Ace compiles Brenda Lee's first two LPs, which together straddle the line between her pre-fame period (1959's Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang!) and her great breakout of 1960 (Brenda Lee, or its British release, Miss Dynamite). For listeners searching for a title to expand their knowledge of Lee beyond the usual hits compilations, this disc functions very well. The latter LP has a raft of hits and great performances to use for context, while the former shows off her talent in far different settings. Although a Decca executive thought only of the marketplace when he commissioned Lee to sing songs like "Pennies from Heaven" and "A Good Man Is Hard to Find," the results are surprising -- here was a girl who had turned 14 just one month earlier exhibiting marvelous interpretive sense on a set of standards, all of them at least 30 years older than the singer herself. Her self-titled LP of 1960 is one of those great rock records that has been unfortunately superceded by hits compilations; aside from the Top Ten singles -- "Sweet Nothin's," "That's All You Gotta Do," and the number one "I'm Sorry" -- many of the songs here (even the non-hits) end up on compilations, like a re-recorded stereo version of her 1957 hit "Dynamite," "My Baby Likes Western Guys," "Weep No More My Baby," "Let's Jump the Broomstick," and "Wee Wee Willies." ~ John Bush
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