- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Brenda Lee
- Date of Original:
- 1949/1969
- Subject:
- Singers--Georgia
Musicians--Georgia
Women singers--Georgia
Women musicians--Georgia
Women--Georgia
Entertainers--Georgia
Women entertainers--Georgia
Autographs--Georgia
Lee, Brenda, 1944- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Atlanta native Brenda Lee began her career at the age of five and achieved fame as a rockabilly singer during the 1950s and 1960s. During the early 1970s she transitioned into a country style and is, to date, the only female performer to be inducted into both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Photographic portrait of singer Brenda Lee. She rests her head on her left hand. She smiles and faces forward, and the portrait is signed "Yours, Brenda Lee" in the lower right hand corner. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Lee has enjoyed success as a child performer, teen idol, and easy-listening and country music singer. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/country-music-overview/m-5067/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Georgia Music Hall of Fame
Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/country-music-overview
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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