'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' Singer Brenda Lee Reveals Song's Unlikely Beach-Side Inspiration (Exclusive)
Last ChristmasBrenda Leeset several important chart milestones when her 1958 holiday single"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"hit No. 1 on theBillboardHot 100 chart for the first time. Lee, then 78, became the oldest artist to top the chart, and it also became the single that took the longest time from its initial release to hit No. 1 — 65 years! Brenda Lee in 1970.ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty...