The best selling
female pop vocalist of the early to mid 1960s, Brenda Lee was an international
megastar who sold over 100 million records (she was voted Best Female Vocalist
by the New Musical Express for five consecutive years) all before she was 21. And
while it is true to say she showed a preference for recording ballads in order
to reach the greatest number of records buyers, she also possessed one of the
toughest rock 'n' roll voices of the era - The greatest according to John
Lennon.