🎄 🎄 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree 🎄 🎄 Live!
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- Опубликовано: 7 окт 2011
- Lyrics below plus Fun Facts about Rockin'. This performance is from a 1984 special.
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• ★Merry★* 。 • ˚ ˚ ˛ ˚ ˛ •
•。★Christmas★ 。* 。
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*•♪ Joy to all! ♫•*¨
* Peace on Earth ♪♫•*¨*
Songwriter: Johnny Marks
Rocking around the Christmas Tree
at the Christmas party hop
Mistletoe hung where you can see
every couple tries to stop
Rocking around the Christmas tree,
let the Christmas spirit ring
Later we'll have some pumpkin pie
and we'll do some caroling
You will get a sentimental feeling
when you hear
Voices singing let's be jolly,
deck the halls with boughs of holly
Rocking around the Christmas tree,
have a happy holiday
Everyone dancing merrily
in the new old-fashioned way
Repeat last two stanzas & end with
Everyone dancing merrily
in the new , old, fa shioned waa-ay
Fun Facts 'bout Rockin'
1) The song was written by Johnny Marks while on summer vacation at a Vermont lake.
2) Marks decided to write a rocking Christmas song when the quiet lake was disturbed by teenagers dancing to a blaring radio.
3) Marks sent the demo specifically to Brenda Lee in Nashville. "Whenever I write a song, I always have a specific singer in mind who I feel can perform it best. This is because the success of the song often depends on who records it first. If the artist and the song don't mesh, the chances for success are slim. the problem then is to convince a top star to do my song." Marks also employed a demo singer that he thought could sing in the style of the artist who he wanted to record his song. The demo singer for "Rockin'" was Bernard Knee who released records as "Bernie Nee". - from a 1964 interview with Johnny Marks.
3a) When Marks approached Decca in NYC and told them he had a song for Brenda Lee, the A&R man looked at him and said "You? A rock & roll song?". However, after listening to the demo, he forwarded the song to Owen Bradley at Decca Nashville.
4) Brenda had only two minor hits at the time and was not a "top star". It is odd that Marks would select her out of all the singers available. Brenda later met Johnny Marks and he told her he heard her early records and just thought her voice was ideal for the song.
5) In 1958, the record failed miserably. Only about 5,000 copies were sold. Decca released the single "Papa Noel" & "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" on 24 November 1958. They did not pick an "A" side, but promoted both sides to radio DJs and in magazines such as Billboard.
6) In 1959, the record failed again. Brenda's "Sweet Nothin's" was climbing the charts in late 1959 and Decca hoped to capitalize by releasing Rockin/Papa for the second time. The single did better than in 1958, but still did not chart. At this point, "Rockin" seemed destined for the archives, perhaps to be dredged up and put on some future "Rarities" collection.
7) In 1960, Brenda Lee became a surprise superstar. She sold millions of records that year. Decca decided to give "Rockin" one more chance. The third time was a charm. The single climbed to #14 on the Hot 100.
8) In 1990, the unexpected happened again. The recording was used in the blockbuster film "Home Alone". The popularity of the movie exposed the song to younger generations and lifted "Rockin" to still another level. The song had become a perennial favorite, but was only one of a several dozen songs that received seasonal airplay. Since the movie, however, "Rockin" is always near the top of the Christmas charts.
9) Johnny Marks (1909 - 1985) also wrote "Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer" and "Holly Jolly Christmas". Despite writing some of the biggest selling Christmas songs of all time, Marks never celebrated a religious Christmas in his life. Mr. Marks, you see, was of the Jewish faith.
10) Brenda Lee was 13 yrs old at the time of the recording. Most people listening to "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" judge the singer to be much older. Next time you hear the original recording or watch "Home Alone", imagine a tiny 13 yr old girl at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio on October 19, 1958. She is surrounded by Boots Randolph honking the saxophone and the great Hank Garland filling the spaces with some famous guitar licks. They produced a record that has entertained us for over 50 years now.
My Plot Proposal for a Film
A Christmas song written by a Jewish guy in Vermont is recorded by 4 ft nothin' 13 yr old girl in Nashville. It becomes a worldwide hit and remains popular fifty years later. Never mind, nobody would believe such an outlandish story. 
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Jan 13 - No Christmas songs are in the top 100
Jan 06 - Back at number 1! Amazing, 3 weeks at the top in 2023-24.
Dec 30 - No change
Dec 23 - Now at #2. "All I Want" is number 1 this week.
Dec 16 - Numero Uno for the 2nd week in a row!
Dec 9 - RACT is #1!!! It leapt over "All I Want" which was #4 last week. Brenda becomes the oldest person ever with a #1 record.
Dec 2 - Starting out earlier on the chart this year, RACT is No 8 for the 1rst week in December.
The Official stats for 2022: 240M streams. Recently, It was certified 5x Platinum by the RIAA, which means 5,000,000 sold. Her total records sold is usually given as "over a 100 million" in biographies, but the true amount of records that Brenda Lee has sold is unknown due to record company cheating. The best guesstimate is somewhere north of 200 million!
Interesting. How many played since Nov 1st, 2023?
No idea how to look that up. 😕@@TheSuperSupreme
Update! Spotify announced that the song cracked 1 billion streams this year.
She's the only one that sings this song the best!!!
What do you want to do?
i mean, it's her song after all
Well, two people can't sing it "best". That would contradict the meaning of the word.
That’s cuz she made the song she made it
No one will ever beat singing this song than her
That hitch in her voice is what sends this song over the top! I've never heard another artist that sings like that.
When asked about her voice breaks, hiccups, etc., Brenda really doesn't know why she decided to use them. She said it just seemed like they belonged there.
The part the sends the song over the top.
What's a hitch?
I've been thinking this since before I was a musician and trying to explain it to others after I became one. It's unexplainable and unrepeatable.
@@rlta04 A hitch is what John Wayne had. It's a temporary interruption.
I Love her voice no one else has it
I love her voice too!
Yakiayra Schaffer me to
So spunky
True
@@reshmipaulpatra9852 Yes I love her voice and true no one has it her voice is so unique
Her voice is scarily perfect and destined to sing this song it's unreal and makes me basically tear up.
Brenda Lee's phrasing makes it difficult to cover her songs. Sometimes she is not pausing between lines as she drives the song forward but with no loss of tempo or volume. And she easily does the voice breaks, rasps and other vocal tricks along the way. Most covers wind up simplifying the song and the recording doesn't measure up.
It's nice to find a old version instead of the creeped out ones by celebs. :D
I know
Agreed😍
This will always the best version, the original
Absolutely 🌲💕
Its actually newer,her original recording when she was 13
*Brenda Lee's Statement in 2019* : 'When I recorded "Rockin'' in 1958 I never could have dream't that it would become a Christmas standard that would be listened to year after year and loved by generation after generation," said Lee in a statement. "I always loved the song and knew it was great, and that was the main criteria for me and Owen Bradley, but we never imagined it would become the quintessential Christmas song it has become. It's been an amazing journey with this song.' Source: Billboard magazine. The song is at an all time high of #2 on the Hot 100. It has 37.1 million U.S. streams in the week ending Dec. 12!
Mostly Brenda #2 now .... congratulations!!! A true Christmas staple 💯
Wow thank you for uploading this is awesome
@@JoMaSaOfficial How many 75 year olds have the #2 record in the country?
You sing so good.
This is the ONLY version in my opinion.
Неповторимая Бренда, благодарю за предоставленную возможность слушать песню в исполнении этой замечательной певицы.
Always a must to hear at Christmas!!!!
The old black and white one was even better, but they deleted it from you tube.
Mac Doctor nooo whyyy i wanna see it😭
I would would like to do a whole christmas concert.
surely
FINALLY NUMBER ONE 65 YEARS LATER!!! A TRUE LEGEND
best xmas song ever.
AGREE!
All i want for christmas is you?? Yess
Gurl, you will always be remembered by this song
This woman is always on key, one of the best
Yes, never a flat note. Never had a singing lesson. Never even needed to rehearse except for the band's sake. Some records were first takes and many could have been except for the producer's desire to tweak the arrangements.
Mostly Brenda you can't pay any attention to these fools posting, most are trolls anyway. They wouldn't know Brenda if they tripped over her. You delete what you wish. You and I know what a tremendous singer she was
This song is epically good .... Amazing she sang this at like 13 years old... Just wow
+funkyflights Technical perfection AND the emotion of song at the same time. No other 13 year old in history has ever delivered both.
Mostly Brenda ... I agree... This song is a timeless classic ...
@@funkyflights When she was 13 years old, she had already an adult voice.
Brenda, we love you!!!
Memories of watching "Home Alone" with my children when they were young. Good ole memories 🎄
Hard to believe that "Home Alone" is thirty years ago, but "Rockin' Around" still was #2 on the chart this past holiday season. It just keeps rollin' along.
Many singers have covered this song but no one can sing it like the original singer, Ms. Brenda Lee! Thanks so much for sharing this awesome rockin' Christmas song!
The old black and white one was even better, but they deleted it from you tube.
Thanks to the movie Home Alone when I was a child for introducing one of the most timeless, best classic Christmas songs ever!!
Brenda has also said the movie was huge boost for the song. No one even told her that it was going to be in the film!
She sings the song the best cause it’s her song
A classic love thus song she sing it very bubbly and nice
No one does this song justice as Brenda Lee; flawless performance.
she;s still going strong. keep rockin brenda
Her voice is...clear as a crystal♥
I hope my voice will be crystal one day.
BRENDA LEE YOU ARE THE BEST WHEN IT COMES TO ROCKIN AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE, NOBODY CAN SING THIS THE WAY YOU DO! MY MAMAS FAVORITE
With this video's 10th season approaching. I looked at the past decade, the 2010s. The song is always #2 or #3 on the "Holiday Season" chart. It also has sold millions of digital and streaming copies. At some point, the "Hot 100" began to incorporate the digital copies and streaming plays in their calculations and "Rockin'" acheived it's highest position ever on the main chart. It was #9 in 2018. Brenda had a new Top Ten hit, just a mere 60 years after its release!
The way she has sung this song makes it epic.. She has a unique style.. Try it out..its not easy to sing it the Brenda way👍
Other versions of this song? Many have tried, many have been denied 😊
She was 13 when she recorded this song, believe it or not.
A favorite!!!
Brenda Lee is so talented! She is, without a doubt, musical royalty!
This song never gets boring or "old". I play drums, and always look forward to jamming it out on my kit--sounds even better on Paiste 2002 cymbals, 'ya know! I play it true to the original, no "hot dogging" in it at all, playing what was played originally. This is classic '50's style rock and roll, and it still kicks ass today! I have heard other versions by other singers, and all are OK, but NOBODY can sing it like Brenda! She's just a ball of fire with a voice that will shake the windows! This song is timeless, and will NEVER become obsolete---look at Bing Crosby's "White Christmas"--still at the top of the Christmas music charts today, and it came out in 1942! People like Brenda Lee and Bing Crosby were one-of-a-kinds---meaning I believe there will NEVER be another person born on this earth that will ever sound like them again. This is why this music will live on forever. I play the drums, but also took up trumpet, and now I know JUST how great the "greats" were! Their music was pure brilliance--you find this out when you try to play that Herb Alpert tune you grew up with and heard at least a zillion times on your instrument, and it kicks your butt into the ground because it only SOUNDS easy to play--but it ISN'T!! I now (at age 47) find myself getting REALLY emotional when I hear these songs--I used o laugh at my mom when she started crying when she heard White Christmas for the first time in the holiday season, but, alas, this year, it has happened to me--in the Jeep riding to Clifton Park with my mom to do routine errands on 98.3 FM--and we were both so taken by emotion she almost had to pull over! "Oh Holy Night" will do it to me too, and even this Brenda Lee song, as well as Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock will get my emotions going! Alot of memories, and they never die. Let's enjoy Brenda Lee while we still have her (and Herb Alpert, too!), because all the others I mentioned are no longer with us, and that's truly a sad. sad, loss to the world. Merry Christmas, and keep it in your heart year 'round! Rick Delair.
Brenda almost always had "The A-Team" backing on her recordings with the legendary Buddy Harmon on drums, but on "Rockin", the drummer was Doug Kirkham, another well-known Nashville session player.
This is why I go on RUclips to hear music. Stories like yours really help me understand how impactful these artists have been over time. My father put me onto a lot of the music from this era. And it's like what you said, they're one of a kind!
Rockin' around a birthday cake today! A Happy 79th to Brenda Lee! Incidentally, Connie Francis is 86 tomorrow, Dec 12.
Happy 79th Birthday Brenda Mae Tarpley 12/ 11/ 44
Brenda Lee made my holidays with this song.
Each and every year.. Many, many more Brenda...
Every x-mas days i missing times , when i was 8 years old and wached on tv home alone. This voice and song, big thanks Brenda for your song 👍
She sings this song the best!
Perfect s8nger for this s9ng I can't see any9ne else doing it quite like Brenda lee
love it go Brenda lee rocking around that tree lol
Her voice is DEVINE!!!
My three year old is obsessed with this song.. only brenda's version ofc! i want to hear Brenda he says lol what an awesome song. certainly the best song to put u in that christmas mood! 🎄
+desiree landaez he might also like the album ruclips.net/p/PL985C10D31B1BBA08
Funny! haha!
Brenda was a trail blazer in unique vocalizations, the sign of a true artist. I think that is why she has been so beloved by so many. I wish they would put the old black and white video of her singing this song backup on youtube. Loved to watch it at christmas time. You can see how her style influenced singers like Cindy Lauper, and many other contemporary artists.
"old black and white video of her singing this song" - I've never seen it.
I always want to listen to the original version cos her voice is soooooo soothing 🥰🥰🥰
Brenda is the Best!! Love her Voice forever
Sends chills up my spine. She has a phenomenal voice. Love that song!😊
The BEST!
Her vibrato! ❤❤❤
I've loved this song for years and my granddaughter love this song also, she knows whenever we are together, and I hear it I have to stop whatever I'm doing to sing along and dance.
You know it's Christmas when you hear Brenda Lee
I love her voice. I had to listen to this over and over again. 😊
Me too!
Now, here is an icon ❤❤❤
Happy 78th Bday Brenda! Incidentally, Connie Francis is 85 today, Dec 12. They were the only 2 solo female singers that were consistently on the charts in the early 60s.
Happy Birthday❤
I had no idea she was that young when she first sang it.
MAN I LOVE HER VOICE ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
very beautifull song👌👌👍👍
This is still one of the top five holiday songs every year. Amazing. If she recorded with someone and somehow got another hit, she would be setting chart records all over the place.
The problem is finding a well-written song. People complain about the singers of today, but I think a bigger problem is songwriting. I rarely hear anything that means anything, so it doesn't stick with me even if it is sung well. This song, for instance, is just a party song, but it still contains the memorable line "in the new old fashioned way" which signaled the transition of music to Rock & Roll.
Never and I mean never.. cant go wrong with this song. One of the greats songs of the season...
LEGEND!
My favorite Xmas song. Thanks!!
WOW🎊!!BRENDA LEE,THE ONE-AND-ONLY,WHO SINGS THIS SONG-THE BEST!!🎄
DECEMBER 2019!!
One of the best Christmas songs
Best Christmas Song Ever!
Timeless...
She sings so effortless! Beautiful!
my favorite christmas song so good and so memories,,,,,thanks
She sings this song the best.
I'm 14 it's july 2019 and loving this old fashioned classic christmas music
Shop early and avoid the lines! ⛄🌲
Dear Brenda , it Really Isn't Christmas to me till i Hear You Sing My Favorite Christmas Song ! Thank You ! this song fills me with so much emotion i can never get through it without choking up and tears in my eyes 🥰❤❤❤❤❤🎅
Best Christmas song ever 👏❤️
Love your song and love you Brenda Lee you are sooo special girl from Ohio ❤
She sings so pretty
Your Christmas songs is the best in the whole world we always play this song in Belize
Love this song
LOVE Brenda Lee
Always love Brenda Lee, and won't have a Christmas without her. Or a heartache without "Break It to Me Gently" or "I'm Sorry".
No one else but her can do this song! It's the only one I have to hear every year!
love it, the song will be around for ever
Best christmas song ever!
Love you Brenda you have a beautiful voice! I wanna be a singer too! ❤️
Always in the Billboard Hot 100 in every Christmas... great Brenda.
My fav. Christmas song ever
I've always loved it and always will! Such a happy, peppy song. I love to hear it played in the stores while shopping! Thank you, Brenda!
🤣🤣🤣NICE 🚂🚃🚋💪 SING
This is a good peppy beat.
One of my very favorite Christmas songs!
Her voice gives me chills...voice is so wonderful!🥰🙌🏽
Wow what a beautiful voice and a tribute to one of the most famous holiday season songs. So glad to see her doing this song live. God bless her
제일 신나는 캐롤 👍🏻
건강하세요 ~브렌다😊😊😊
I love her voice💕, I love her voice ❤, I LOVE HER VOICE 😍. It puts me in such a great mood right away. One of my fave xmas songs
her tone of voice is something of nostalgia magic hope of the real thing that is to live crying of joy to hear it and sadness for not being close
I am from America and I love flamenco but she is the best in the United States
Love her voice!
Classic, I love it, what I would have give to have grown up in that era.
My favourite Christmas song ever, mainly because of Home Alone 😁
Gold!
Love her voice!!
That hitch in her voice put that song right over the top. Home alone (1) they play that song in that scene when Harry and Marv come back and the house was jumping with Manikins partying to make them think that the McAllisters never left for Paris. I play that song over and over again because I love her voice and the song. I just recently added the song to my iPhone so I could play it through the speakers in my car. 😊
Brenda is the Best!! Love ya
Просто прекрасно, слов нет!
Miss Brenda Lee, the voice is perfect!!!
Maravilhosa música e cantora!!!
Does anyone else listen to Christmas music all year round? LOL! It actually calms me and eases my anxiety.
About 80% of the views for this video are Nov-Jan. However, it still gets 1k to 3k views in the other months. So somebody is watching with you!
Love it!
PS.. Anyone who thumbs down this song doesn't have a life. ...That is all.
Or a problem with their hearing.
Lonewolf1970 you Don't have a soul you don't have a Hart you didn't have the Christmas feeling
This song is #2 on Billboards Hot 100 today, December 24, 2022!!!! Still an absolute classic that never gets old!
Reached #1 on Billboards Hot 100 yesterday, December 7, 2023!
This was brilliant! Shes a great singer!
Her voice style is ahead of it's time :D
Must be way way ahead because she recorded the song 60 years ago and no one has sounded like her yet!😊
Owwwwie she killed it!!! Smokeing
such a great voice.