The International Brenda Lee is available now
Fans of music icon Brenda Lee are now, for the first time, able to listen to Lee’s special international recordings of her hits digitally with the release of The International Brenda Lee (Brenda Lee Sings in German, French and Italian), out now via UMG Nashville/UMe. Originally released on CD on Bear Family Records in 1992, the 16-song digital compilation features Lee singing in foreign languages including 12 German, two French and two Italian tracks.
The album contains songs recorded between 1962 and 1964 in Nashville and Hamburg, Germany, with the late, famous Bert Kaempfert among the cast of producers. Lee’s No. 1 songs “Anybody But Me” and “Fool #1” were recorded in all three languages. Except “Kansas City,” all the remaining titles were German originals, including the chart hits “Wiedersehn Ist WunderschÖn” and “Ich Will Immer Auf Dich Warten.”
“I was so lucky to not only travel many times overseas but also to record and perform in the native languages of my international fans. It was a challenge, but something so fun and different. It’s amazing to me that six decades later, these very special songs can be heard in a new way,” Lee says.
- Wiedersehn Ist Wunderschön
- Kansas City
- Ohne Dich (Even Tho’)
- Drei Rote Rosen Blüh’n
- Ich Will Immer Auf Dich Warten
- No My Boy
- Geh Am Glück Nicht Vorbei (“Fool #1” / German)
- Am Strand Von Hawaii
- Darling Bye Bye (“Anybody But Me” / German)
- In Meinen Träumen
- Wo Und Wann Fängt Die Liebe An
- Darling Was Ist Los Mit Dir
- La Premiere Fool (Fool #1 / French)
- Pourquoi Jamais Moi (“Anybody But Me” / French)
- Sono Sciocca (“Fool #1 / Italian)
- Nulla Di Me (“Anybody But Me” / Italian)
