Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang!
Studio album by
Brenda Lee
ReleasedAugust 3, 1959
RecordedJanuary 4, 1959 - January 26, 1959
StudioBradley Film & Recording, Nashville
Length27:46
LabelDecca
ProducerOwen Bradley
Brenda Lee chronology
Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang!
(1959) 		Brenda Lee
(1960)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang! is the debut studio album by American singer Brenda Lee. The album was released on August 3, 1959 on Decca Records and was produced by Owen Bradley. The album was Brenda Lee's only studio album released during the 1950s.

Background and content

Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang! was recorded in two separate sessions in January 1959 at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio. The sessions took place on January 4 and January 26. The album consisted of twelve separate tracks of material, many of which were cover versions of previously recorded songs.[citation needed] The opening track entitled "Some of These Days", written by Shelton Brooks, was originally composed in 1910 and the second track entitled "Baby Face" was first recorded in 1926.[citation needed] The album was originally released on an LP record, which contained six songs on each side of the record.in 1961 it was rerelased with a new title but same catalog number as Sings Songs Everybody Knows and in 1968 on Vocalion Records a Decca subsiderary as Here's Brenda minus 2 songs[2]

Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang! received three and a half out of five stars from AllMusic without an official review provided.[1]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Some of These Days" – (Shelton Brooks) - 2:23
  2. "Baby Face" – (Harry Akst, Benny Davis) - 2:15
  3. "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" – (Eddie Green) - 2:27
  4. "Just Because" – (Bob Shelton, Joe Shelton, Sid Robin) - 1:57
  5. "Pennies from Heaven" – (Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston) - 2:25
  6. "Toot, Toot, Tootsie Goodbye" – (Ernie Erdman, Ted Fiorito, Gus Kahn, Dan Russo) - 2:20

Side two

  1. "Ballin' the Jack" – (Jim Burris, Chris Smith) - 1:55
  2. "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" - (Sam M. Lewis, Jean Schwartz, Joe Young) - 2:26
  3. "Pretty Baby" – (Tony Jackson) - 1:42
  4. "Side by Side" – (Harry M. Woods) - 2:12
  5. "Back in Your Own Backyard" – (Al Jolson, Billy Rose, Dave Dreyer) - 2:50
  6. "St. Louis Blues" – (W.C. Handy) - 2:54

Personnel

Release history

Release history and formats for Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang!
Region Date Format Label Ref.
North America August 1959 Vinyl LP Decca Records [3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang! > Overview". Allmusic.
  2. ^ "Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang! by Brenda Lee". Rate Your Music.
  3. ^ Lee, Brenda (August 3, 1959). "Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang! (Liner Notes)". Decca Records. DL-8873.
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