Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee

Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee
Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee
Studio album by Brenda Lee
Released	October 19, 1964
Studios	Bradley Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Christmas
Length	29:07
Label	Decca
Producer	Owen Bradley
Brenda Lee chronology
Singles from Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee
	"Jingle Bell Rock/Winter Wonderland"; Released: October 1964; "This Time of the Year/Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day"; Released: October 1964;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee is an album by Brenda Lee and was released in 1964 by Decca Records.^[3] in 1999, the album was rereleased on MCA Nashville, expanded to 18 tracks, and retitled Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree: The Decca Christmas Recordings, which has remained in print ever since.

Track listing

Side A

"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (Johnny Marks)
"This Time of the Year" (Cliff Owens, Jesse Hollis)
"Jingle Bell Rock" (Joe Beal, Jim Boothe)
"Strawberry Snow" (Ronnie Self)
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie)
"Silver Bells" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans)

Side B

"Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard Bernhard Smith)
"Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson)
"A Marshmallow World" (Carl Sigman, Peter DeRose)
"Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day" (Lee Jackson, Patti Seymour)
"Frosty the Snowman" (Walter E. "Jack" Rollins, Steve Nelson)
"The Angel and the Little Blue Bell" (Johnny MacRae)

Chart positions

Chart performance for *Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee*
Chart (1964–2026)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[4]	11
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[5]	27
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[6]	7
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)^[7]	6
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[8]	60
US Billboard 200^[9]	12

Singles^[10]

Year	Single	Chart	Peak position
1964	"Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day"	UK Singles Chart	25

Release history

Release history and formats for *Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee*
Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
North America	October 19, 1964	Vinyl LP	Decca Records	^[11]

References

↑ Single Releases. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
↑ Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee at AllMusic
↑ Brenda Lee - Merry Christmas From Brenda Lee, October 19, 1964, retrieved March 29, 2026
↑ "Billboard Canadian Albums: Week of January 3, 2026". Billboard. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
↑ "Album Top-40 Uge 1, 2024". Hitlisten. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Brenda Lee – Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
↑ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2025. 52. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
↑ "Veckolista Album, vecka 52, 2024" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
↑ "Billboard 200: Week of January 3, 2026". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
↑ Chart Positions. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
↑ Lee, Brenda (October 19, 1964). "Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee (Liner Notes)". Decca Records. DL-74583.

[1] Single Releases. Retrieved April 24, 2023.

[2] Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee at AllMusic

[3] Brenda Lee - Merry Christmas From Brenda Lee, October 19, 1964, retrieved March 29, 2026

[4] "Billboard Canadian Albums: Week of January 3, 2026". Billboard. Retrieved December 31, 2025.

[5] "Album Top-40 Uge 1, 2024". Hitlisten. Retrieved January 3, 2024.

[ac_Netherlands_Brenda_Lee-6] "Dutchcharts.nl – Brenda Lee – Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 30, 2023.

[ac_Hungary_-7] "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2025. 52. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved December 30, 2025.

[8] "Veckolista Album, vecka 52, 2024" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved January 3, 2025.

[9] "Billboard 200: Week of January 3, 2026". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2025.

[10] Chart Positions. Retrieved April 24, 2023.

[11] Lee, Brenda (October 19, 1964). "Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee (Liner Notes)". Decca Records. DL-74583.

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Brenda Lee
Albums Singles Awards and nominations
Studio albums	Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang! (1959) Brenda Lee (1960) This Is...Brenda (1960) Emotions (1961) All the Way (1961) Sincerely (1962) Brenda, That's All (1962) All Alone Am I (1963) ..."Let Me Sing" (1963) By Request (1964) Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee (1964) Brenda Lee Sings Top Teen Hits (1965) The Versatile Brenda Lee (1965) Too Many Rivers (1965) Bye Bye Blues (1966) Coming On Strong (1966) Reflections in Blue (1967) For the First Time (with Pete Fountain) (1968) Johnny One Time (1969) Memphis Portrait (1970) Brenda (1973) New Sunrise (1973) Brenda Lee Now (1974) Sincerely, Brenda Lee (1975) L. A. Sessions (1976) Even Better (1980) Take Me Back (1980) Only When I Laugh (1981) Feels So Right (1985) Brenda Lee (1991) A Brenda Lee Christmas: In the New Old Fashioned Way (1991) Gospel Duets with Treasured Friends (2007)
Compilation albums	10 Golden Years (1966) The Winning Hand (with Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton) (1982)
Singles	"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" "One Step at a Time" "Let's Jump the Broomstick" "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" "Sweet Nothin's" "That's All You Gotta Do" "I'm Sorry" "I Want to Be Wanted" "Emotions" "You Can Depend on Me" "Dum Dum" "Fool #1 "Break It to Me Gently" "Speak to Me Pretty" "Everybody Loves Me But You" "Here Comes That Feeling" "Heart in Hand" "It Started All Over Again" "All Alone Am I" "Your Used to Be" "She'll Never Know" "Losing You" "I Wonder" "My Whole World Is Falling Down" "The Grass Is Greener" "As Usual" "Think" "Alone with You" "When You Loved Me" "Truly, Truly True" "Is It True" "Jingle Bell Rock" "Too Many Rivers" "No One" "Rusty Bells" "Coming On Strong" "Ride, Ride, Ride" "Johnny One Time" "If This Is Our Last Time" "Misty Memories" "Always on My Mind" "Nobody Wins" "Sunday Sunrise" "Wrong Ideas" "Big Four Poster Bed" "Rock on Baby" "He's My Rock" "Bringing It Back" "Find Yourself Another Puppet" "Tell Me What It's Like" "The Cowgirl and the Dandy" "Broken Trust" "Every Now and Then" "Only When I Laugh" "From Levis to Calvin Klein Jeans" "A Sweeter Love (I'll Never Know)" "Hallelujah, I Love You So"