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Grandma What Great Songs You Sang!
Pop · 1959 · 4 tracks · 27m

Grandma What Great Songs You Sang!

Brenda Lee

A fourteen-year-old vocal prodigy tearing through jazz standards with a raspy, rockabilly growl. Brass-heavy, high-energy, and surprisingly gritty for 1959.

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Imagine a 14-year-old with a 40-year-old's whiskey-soaked voice singing jazz hits.

A high-octane celebration of the past delivered with a precocious, raspy soul.

Grandma What Great Songs You Sang! · vs · Brenda Lee
Playful+3.4σ

Playful saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 4 Tracks · 27m
04
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
2:20
06
Toot, Toot, Tootsie Goodbye
2:11
07
Ballin’ the Jack
1:55
10
Side by Side
2:00
Moments Worth Waiting For
The startling contrast between her diminutive frame and the massive, gravelly belt on track 4.
The frantic, rhythmic delivery on Ballin' the Jack that feels more like rock and roll than jazz.
The way her voice cracks with intentional soulfulness during the brass swells of Side by Side.
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