Brenda Lee

Brenda Lee is an American singer of rockabilly, pop, and country music. She is known as "Little Miss Dynamite" because of her energetic stage presence, powerful voice, and small stature (Lee is 4 ft 9 inches tall). Also, one of her first singles was titled "Dynamite."

She was born Brenda Mae Tarpley in the charity ward of Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, to Annie Grayce and carpenter and semi-professional baseball player Ruben Lindsey Tarpley. She weighed 4 pounds, 11 ounces at birth.

After winning a talent show at age 5, Brenda Lee became a regular on local Atlanta radio and television. When Lee was 8, her father died in a construction accident and she became the primary source of income for her family.