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    • Feb 15, 1940
    Ruben Tarpley marries Annie Yarbrough in South Carolina. Nearly five years later, they become the proud parents of Brenda Mae Tarpley, better known as Brenda Lee
    May 12, 1944
    Ronnie Shacklett is born in Nashville. He becomes the husband and, later, manager of Brenda Lee
    Dec 11, 1944
    Brenda Lee is born at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Little Miss Dynamite becomes a major pop artist as a teenager in the 1960s but shifts into country music in the 1970s. She ends up in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1997
    May 23, 1953
    Ruben Tarpley, the father of eight-year-old Brenda Lee, dies from a freak accident, after being hit on the head by a hammer during a construction project in Georgia
    Aug 27, 1954
    After nearly two years of working for free on Atlanta's WAGA-TV, Brenda Tarpley debuts on "Peach Blossom Special," a weekly show on WRDW-TV in Augusta, Georgia. It marks her beginning as a professional, and the first time she uses the name Brenda Lee
    Feb 23, 1956
    Red Foley hears Brenda Lee for the first time, when both perform at Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Georgia. He becomes a mentor, and she receives a contract that night to become a regular on "The Ozark Jubilee"
    Mar 20, 1956
    Elvis Presley performs at Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Georgia. Backstage, he is introduced to Brenda Lee
    Mar 31, 1956
    Brenda Lee debuts on Red Foley's "Ozark Jubilee" TV show in Springfield, Missouri, performing "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)." The program becomes a key component in launching her to national stardom
    May 21, 1956
    Brenda Lee signs her first recording contract, with Decca Records
    Jul 30, 1956
    Brenda Lee has her first recording session, remaking the Hank Williams classic "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)" at the Bradley Recording Studio in Nashville
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