Explore the story behind singer Brenda Lee’s life and artistry and how her Christmas classic and Billboard hit “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree" came to be. “American Masters – Brenda Lee: Rockin’ Around” premieres tonight, December 16 at 10:00 pm on THIRTEEN. #AmericanMastersPBS #Rockabilly #BrendaLee | Thirteen WNET New York

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree is a globally classic Christmas Pop and Rock & Roll track with an upbeat Rockabilly/Twist rhythm, performed by the American singer Brenda Lee. The song was first recorded and released in 1958 and is one of the most popular Christmas songs of all time. Brenda Lee (born Brenda Mae Tarpley, 1944) is an American singer-songwriter, famously nicknamed "Little Miss Dynamite" for her diminutive stature but powerful, mature vocal delivery. She was a pioneer of Rock & Rol