Brenda Lee albums discography#1970s
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{{see also|Brenda Lee singles discography}}
{{Infobox artist discography
| Artist = Brenda Lee albums
| Image = Brenda Lee 1960.jpg
| Caption = Brenda Lee in 1960
| Studio = 36
| Live = 2
| Compilation = 63
| Video = 2
| EP = 69
| Option = 2
| Option name = Box sets
| 1Option = 9
| 1Option name = Other album appearances
}}
The albums discography of American singer Brenda Lee contains 36 studio albums, two live albums, 63 compilation albums, two video albums, two box sets, 69 extended plays (EP's) and nine additional album appearances. In August 1959, Decca Records released Lee's debut studio album titled Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang!. Her second studio album Brenda Lee (1960) was the first to make the US Billboard 200 chart, climbing to number five. In October 1960, This Is...Brenda reached number four in the US and was her highest-charting album there. Lee's fifth album All the Way (1961) was her first to make the UK albums chart, rising to number 20. All Alone Am I (1963) was Lee's highest-charting UK album, rising to number eight in 1962. The Decca and Brunswick labels also issued a series of EP's by Lee during the 1950s and 1960s. Although none of them made charting positions both labels issued 66 EP's by 1967.
The Decca label continued released between two and three studio albums of Lee's material each year. In 1964, By Request reached number 90 in the US and Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee reached number seven in the US. Four studio discs of Lee's work was issued in 1965. Only the third 1965 release Too Many Rivers made the US Billboard 200, peaking at number 36. One Rainy Night in Tokyo was recorded entirely in Japanese. In 1966, both Bye Bye Blues and Coming on Strong made the US chart. The 1967 album For the First Time was a collaborative piece with Pete Fountain. Starting in the 1970s, Lee's music was released on MCA Records. It was also marketed towards the country genre and started making the US Top Country Albums chart. This began with 1973's Brenda, which peaked at number seven. It was followed by New Sunrise (1973), Sincerely Brenda Lee (1975) and L.A. Sessions (1976), which also made the country albums chart. Additionally, the compilation The Brenda Lee Story (1973), reached number six on the country chart.
The MCA label released four more studio albums through 1985. Only Take Me Back (1980) made the US country albums chart. However, a collaborative studio disc with Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton reached the US country top ten called The Winning Hand. Lee's compilation albums also started charting during the 1980s. This included Little Miss Dynamite (1980), which reached number 43 in Australia and number 15 in the UK. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified the disc silver as well. A collaborative compilation with Connie Francis called Nothin' But the Best made the Australian top 40 in 1982. In 1985, The Very Best of Brenda Lee reached the top 20 in the UK and certified gold in sales from the BPI. Foreign language compilations were also issued during the decade, including the German Wiedersehn Ist Wunderschön (1985).
In 1991, Warner Bros. Records released two new studio albums by Lee: Brenda Lee and A Brenda Lee Christmas. Her eponymous disc made the top 70 of the US country chart. Lee re-recorded her former material for an album in 1996 released on her own label titled Brenda Lee Productions. Since then, she has released two albums of gospel music on the label: Precious Memories (1997) and Gospel Duets with Treasured Friends (2007). Several labels (notably MCA Records) have continued issuing compilations of Lee's former material. During the 1990s, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree made the US Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums charts. In addition, The Best Of certified gold in sales from the BPI in 1995. In 2023, Universal Music Group released Lee's first EP in several decades called A Rockin' Christmas with Brenda Lee.
Studio albums
=1950s–1960s=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, and other relevant details ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="3"| Peak chart positions |
| scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|US {{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=The Billboard Albums Includes Every Album that Made the Billboard 200 Chart : 50 Year History of the Rock Era |date=2006 |publisher=Record Research, Inc. |isbn=978-0898201666 |page=591}} ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|NL ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|UK |
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| scope="row"| Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang!
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| scope="row"| Brenda Lee
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| 5 || — || — |
| scope="row"| This Is...Brenda
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| 4 || — || — |
| scope="row"| Emotions
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| 24 || — || — |
| scope="row"| All the Way
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| 17 || — || 20 |
| scope="row"| Sincerely
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| 29 || — || — |
| scope="row"| Brenda, That's All
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| 20 || — || 13 |
| scope="row"| All Alone Am I
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| 25 || — || 8 |
| scope="row"| ..."Let Me Sing"
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| 39 || — || — |
| scope="row"| By Request
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| 90 || — || — |
| scope="row"| Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee
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| 7 || 10 || — |
| scope="row"| Brenda Lee Sings Top Teen Hits
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| — || — || — |
| scope="row"| The Versatile Brenda Lee
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| — || — || — |
| scope="row"| Too Many Rivers
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| 36 || — || — |
| scope="row"| One Rainy Night in Tokyo{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=One Rainy Night in Tokyo (Disc Information) |journal=Decca Records Japan |date=1965 |id=SDL-10188}}
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| — || — || — |
| scope="row"| Bye Bye Blues
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| 94 || — || 21 |
| scope="row"| Coming on Strong
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| 94 || — || — |
| scope="row"| Reflections in Blue
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| — || — || — |
| scope="row"| For the First Time {{small|(with Pete Fountain)}} |
| 187 || — || — |
| scope="row"| Johnny One Time
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| 98 || — || — |
| colspan="5" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
=1970s=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, and other relevant details ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart |
| scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|US ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|US |
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| scope="row"| Memphis Portrait{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=Memphis Portrait (Disc Information) |journal=Decca Records |date=May 1970 |id=DL-75232}}
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| — || — |
| scope="row"| Brenda
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| 206 || 7 |
| scope="row"| New Sunrise
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| — || 3 |
| scope="row"| Brenda Lee Now{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=Brenda Lee Now (Disc Information) |journal=MCA Records |date=October 1974 |id=MCA-433}}
|
| — || — |
| scope="row"| Sincerely, Brenda Lee
|
| — || 23 |
| scope="row"| L.A. Sessions
|
| — || 41 |
| colspan="4" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
=1980s=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, and other relevant details ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart |
| scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|US ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|US |
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| scope="row"| Even Better{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=Even Better (Disc Information) |journal=MCA Records |date=March 1980 |id=MCA-3211 (LP); MCAC-3211 (Cassette)}}
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| — || — |
| scope="row"| Take Me Back
|
| — || 30 |
| scope="row"| Only When I Laugh{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=Only When I Laugh (Disc Information) |journal=MCA Records |date=November 1981 |id=MCA-5278 (LP); MCAC-5278 (Cassette)}}
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| — || — |
| scope="row"| The Winning Hand {{small|(with Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton)}} |
| 109 || 4 |
| scope="row"| Feels So Right{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=Feels So Right (Disc Information) |journal=MCA Records |date=August 1985 |id=MCA-5626 (LP); MCAC-5626 (Cassette)}}
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| — || — |
| colspan="4" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
=1990s–2000s=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, and other relevant details ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|US Country |
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| scope="row"| Brenda Lee
|
| 67 |
| scope="row"| A Brenda Lee Christmas{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=A Brenda Lee Christmas (Disc Information) |journal=Warner Bros. Records |date=October 24, 1991 |id=9-26660-2 (CD); 9-26660-4 (Cassette)}}
|
| — |
| scope="row"| 21 All-Time Greatest Hits {{small|(re-recordings)}}{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=21 All-Time Greatest Hits (Disc Information) |journal=Brenda Lee Productions |date=1996 |id=BLCD-98-2-2}} |
| — |
| scope="row"| Precious Memories: Favorite Gospel Songs{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=Precious Memories: Favorite Gospel Songs (Disc Information) |journal=Brenda Lee Productions |date=May 1997 |id=BLG-2000-CD}}
|
| — |
| scope="row"| Gospel Duets with Treasured Friends
|
| — |
| colspan="3" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Compilation albums
=1960s=
=1970s=
=1980s=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions, and other relevant details ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications |
| scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|AUS {{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=175}} ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|UK |
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| scope="row"| Little Miss Dynamite
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| 43 || 15 | |
| scope="row"| 25th Anniversary
|
| — || 65 | |
| scope="row"| Greatest Country Hits{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=Greatest Country Hits |journal=MCA Records |date=1982 |id=MCA-5342 (LP); MCAC-894 (Cassette)}}
|
| — || — | |
| scope="row"| 16 Classic Tracks{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=16 Classic Tracks |journal=MCA Records |date=1982 |id=TC-MFP 50548 (Cassette); MFP-50548 (LP)}}
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| — || — | |
| scope="row"| I'm Sorry...But I Am Rockin'{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=I'm Sorry...But I Am Rockin |journal=MCA Records |date=1982 |id=204-605}}
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| — || — | |
| scope="row"| Nothin' But the Very Best {{small|(with Connie Francis)}} |
| 38 || — | |
| scope="row"| Super Deluxe{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=Super Deluxe |journal=MCA Records |date=1983 |id=VIM-28604}}
|
| — || — | |
| scope="row"| Love Songs{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=Love Songs |journal=MCA Records |date=1984 |id=MCL-1793}}
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| — || — | |
| scope="row"| The Early Years{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=The Early Years |journal=MCA Records |date=1984 |id=MCL-1792}}
|
| — || — | |
| scope="row"| Deluxe{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=Deluxe |journal=MCA Records |date=1984 |id=P-11545}}
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| — || — | |
| scope="row"| The Very Best of Brenda Lee
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| — || 16 | |
| scope="row"| Wiedersehn Ist Wunderschön{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=Wiedersehn Ist Wunderschön |journal=Bear Family Records |date=1985 |id=BFX-15186}}
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| — || — | |
| scope="row"| Los Grandes Exitos De Brenda Lee{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=Los Grandes Exitos De Brenda Lee |journal=MCA Records |date=1985 |id=194012}}
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| — || — | |
| scope="row"| Best 22 Songs{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=Best 22 Songs |journal=MCA Records |date=1986 |id=35XD-503}}
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| — || — | |
| scope="row"| Best 23 Songs, Vol. 2{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=Best 23 Songs, Vol. 2 |journal=MCA Records |date=1987 |id=35XD-892}}
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| — || — | |
| colspan="5" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
=1990s=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions, and other relevant details ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="3"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications |
| scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|US ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|US ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"|UK |
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| scope="row"| Anthology: 1956–1980{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=Anthology: 1956–1990 |journal=MCA Records |date=1991 |id=MCAD2-10384; 17863}}
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| — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| Anthology Volume One: 1956–1961{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=Anthology Volume One: 1956–1961 |journal=MCA Records |date=1991 |id=MCAD2-10384 (CD); MCAC-10406 (Cassette)}}
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| — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| Anthology Volume Two: 1962–1980{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=Anthology Volume Two: 1962–1980 |journal=MCA Records |date=1991 |id=MCAC-10406 (Cassette); MCAD2-10384 (CD)}}
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| — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| The International Brenda Lee{{cite magazine |last1=Arledge |first1=John Nix |title=Brenda Lee's Foreign Language Recordings Now Available Digitally |magazine=MusicRow |url=https://musicrow.com/2024/03/brenda-lees-foreign-language-recordings-now-available-digitally/ |access-date=27 April 2024}}
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| — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| The ★ Collection{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=The ★ Collection |journal=MCA Records |date=1992 |id=MCD- 18580}}
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| — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| Best Collection{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=Best Collection |journal=MCA Records |date=1992 |id=MVCM-41005-6}}
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| — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| The Beautiful Music Company Presents Brenda Lee{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=The Beautiful Music Company Presents Brenda Lee |journal=Beautiful Music Company/MCA Records |date=1993 |id=MSC2-35462 (Cassette); MSM2-35462 (LP)}}
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| — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| Cronologia{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=Cronologica |journal=MCA Records |date=1994 |id=ECD-60427}}
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| — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| The Crying Game{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=The Crying Game |journal=MCA Records |date=1994 |id=MVCZ-15003}}
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| — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| Best of Best{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=Best of Best |journal=MCA Records |date=1994 |id=MVCZ-15003}}
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| — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| The Very Best of Brenda Lee...with Love
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| — || — || 20 | |
| scope="row"| The Best Of{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=The Best Of |journal=MCA Records |date=1995 |id=MCBD-19518}}
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| — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection |journal=MCA Records |date=August 10, 1999 |id=MCA-70107 (cassette); AAMCAD70107 (CD)}}
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| — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree: The Decca Christmas Recordings |
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| colspan="6" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
=2000s–2020s=
Live albums
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of live albums, showing all relevant details ! scope="col" style="width:18em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:16em;"| Album details |
| scope="row"| Brenda Lee in Tokyo{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=Brenda Lee in Tokyo (Disc Information) |journal=Decca Records |date=1965 |id=SDL-10200}}
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| scope="row"| Live in Japan{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=Live in Japan (Disc Information) |journal=MCA Records |date=1975 |id=MCA-10034}}
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Video albums
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of video albums, showing all relevant details ! scope="col" style="width:18em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:16em;"| Album details |
| scope="row"| Live in Concert{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=Live in Concert (Disc Information) |journal=Music Legends |date=2002 |id=MLG-1026}}
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| scope="row"| I'm Sorry{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=I'm Sorry (Disc Information) |journal=MusicPro |date=2006 |id=13225}}
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Box sets
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of box sets, showing all relevant details ! scope="col" style="width:18em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:16em;"| Album details |
| scope="row"| Little Miss Dynamite{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=Little Miss Dynamite (Disc Information) |journal=Bear Family Records |date=1995 |id=BCD15772-DK}}
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| scope="row"| 36 All-Time Greatest Hits{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=36 All-Time Greatest Hits (Disc Information) |journal=GSC/MCA Special Products |date=1998 |id=MSD3-37197 (MCA); 15415 (GSC)}}
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Extended plays
=1950s=
=1960s=
=1970s–2020s=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of extended plays (EP's), showing all relevant details ! scope="col" style="width:18em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:16em;"| EP details |
| scope="row"| The Best of Brenda Lee Vol. 1{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=The Best of Brenda Lee Vol. 1 (EP details) |journal=MCA Records |date=1970 |id=EP-4055}}
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| scope="row"| Brenda Lee Now{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Brenda |title=Brenda Lee Now (EP details) |journal=MCA Records |date=1976 |id=4-07-201-009}}
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| scope="row"| A Rockin' Christmas with Brenda Lee{{cite web |title=A Rockin' Christmas with Brenda Lee -- EP by Brenda Lee |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-rockin-christmas-with-brenda-lee-ep/1711704410 |website=Apple Music |access-date=22 December 2023}}
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Other album appearances
References
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External links
- [https://www.discogs.com/artist/334507-Brenda-Lee?superFilter=Releases&subFilter=Albums Brenda Lee albums discography] at Discogs
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