Brenda, That's All

Brenda, That's All
Studio album by
Brenda Lee
ReleasedOctober 15, 1962 (1962-10-15)
Genres
LabelDecca
ProducerOwen Bradley
Brenda Lee chronology
Sincerely
(1962)		 Brenda, That's All
(1962)		 All Alone Am I
(1963)
Singles from Brenda, That's All
  1. "You Can Depend on Me"
    Released: March 1961
  2. "Fool #1"
    Released: September 1961

Brenda, That's All is a studio album by American singer, Brenda Lee. It was released by Decca Records on October 15, 1962 and was her seventh studio album. The 12-track disc consisted of a variety of material that featured new songs and covers. Its musical variety was highlighted and praised by critics. Of its new songs were two singles that made the top-10 in the US: "You Can Depend on Me" and "Fool No. 1". Brenda, That's All made the top-20 on the US and UK album charts as well.

Background, recording and content

Brenda Lee found success at a young age in the fields of rock and pop with a series of major hits from the 1950s through the 1960s. A series of albums were released featuring Lee's material during the 1960s, among them being 1962's Brenda, That's All.[3] The project was credited to Lee's producer, Owen Bradley, and consisted of 12 tracks in total.[4] It followed a trend of previous Brenda Lee releases to included a range of material, that AllMusic's Richie Unterberger theorized was meant to "highlight her versatility". Brenda, That's All tapped into the genres of pop, R&B and country and included both uptempo and slow tempo tracks.[2] Covers on the album included "You Can Depend on Me" and "Gonna Find Me a Bluebird".[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStarHalf star[2]

Brenda, That's All received mostly positive reviews from writers and publications. Billboard highlighted "Why Me", "White Silver Sands" and "Valley of Tears as "listenable goodies". The publication concluded its review by writing, "In all, a solid set that should keep cash registers ringing and stations spinning the tracks."[1] Cash Box said it was "One of the best sessions that the songstress has cut in quite a while", highlighting the album's current singles and its several cover tunes.[5] Richie Unterberger from AllMusic gave the project a 3.5 star rating, finding it also had better quality material that previous Lee albums. He concluded by stating, "The whole album is impressively sung and immaculately produced, in fact, in common with much of what Lee recorded under Owen Bradley's direction."[2]

Release, chart performance and singles

Brenda, That's All was released by Decca Records on October 15, 1962 and was originally offered in two separate vinyl LP formats: monaural or stereo. It was the seventh studio project of her career.[4] The disc made its debut on the US Billboard 200 chart on November 3, 1962, debuting at number 97. It spent 22 weeks on the chart and ultimately rose to the number 20 position on December 3, 1962. It was Lee's sixth album to make the Billboard 200.[6] It also became her second album to make the UK Albums Chart, peaking at the number 13 position around the same time period.[7] Two singles were included on Brenda, That's All with its earliest single being "You Can Depend on Me" (issued in March 1961 by Decca).[8] It notably climbed to number six on the US Hot 100, becoming her sixth top-10 single on that chart.[9] The second single included on the disc was "Fool No. 1", which Decca first issued in September 1961.[10] It became her seventh top-10 single on the US Hot 100, rising to number three,[9] along with reaching the top-40 on the UK Singles Chart.[7]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm Sitting on Top of the World"
2:08
2."Fool #1"Kathryn R. Fulton2:22
3."White Silver Sands"
  • G. Reinhart
  • R. Matthews
3:06
4."Just Out of Reach"V. F. Stewart2:44
5."Sweethearts on Parade"
2:15
6."It's a Lonesome Old Town (When You're Not Around)"
3:06

Chart performance

Chart (1962) Peak
position
UK Albums (Official Charts)[11]13
US Billboard 200[12]20

Release history

Release history and formats for Brenda, That's All
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various October 15, 1962
  • LP mono
  • LP stereo
 [4][13]
Circa 1963 Brunswick [14]
Circa 2020
  • Music download
  • streaming
 MCA Nashville [15]

References

  1. 1 2 "Album Reviews: Pop" (PDF). Billboard. October 13, 1962. p. 22. Retrieved July 20, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Unterberger, Richie. "Brenda, That's All > Review". Allmusic.
  3. ↑ Stambler, Irwin; Landon, Grelun (2000). Country Music: The Encyclopedia. St. Martin's Press. p. 250. ISBN 9780312264871.
  4. 1 2 3 Lee, Brenda (October 15, 1962). "Brenda, That's All (Liner Notes)". Decca Records. US. DL-4326 (LP mono); DL-74326 (LP stereo).
  5. 1 2 "Album Reviews: Popular Picks of the Week" (PDF). Cash Box. October 13, 1962. p. 30. Retrieved July 20, 2026.
  6. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Albums Includes Every Album that Made the Billboard 200 Chart : 50 Year History of the Rock Era. Record Research, Inc. p. 591. ISBN 978-0898201666.
  7. 1 2 "BRENDA LEE songs and albums". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  8. ↑ Lee, Brenda (March 1961). ""You Can Depend on Me"/"It's Never Too Late" (7" vinyl single)". Decca Records. 31231.
  9. 1 2 "Brenda Lee Chart History (The Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  10. ↑ Lee, Brenda (September 1961). ""Fool No. 1"/"Anybody But Me" (7" vinyl single)". Decca Records. 31309.
  11. ↑ "Brenda Lee Songs and Albums | Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 21, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Brenda Lee Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 21, 2026.
  13. ↑ Lee, Brenda (October 13, 1962). "Brenda, That's All (international LP releases from 1962)". Brunswick Records/Decca Records/Fab Five Music/Festival Records/Life Records. UK/Australia/New Zealand/Hong Kong/Taiwan. 7-8592, DL74326 (Hong Kong); FL-30,980 (Australia and New Zealand); LAT-8516/STA-8516 (UK); FT-128 (Taiwan).
  14. ↑ Lee, Brenda (1963). "Brenda, That's All (German LP reissue)". Brunswick Records. Germany. 87-080 (LP mono); 267-080 (LP stereo).
  15. ↑ "Brenda, That's All - Album by Brenda Lee". Apple Music. Retrieved July 20, 2026.
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