I am 73. I grew up with this music - Brenda Lee, Connie Francis, Johnny Mathis and many more. They made me swoon, just as you are doing. You are adorable to watch!
@NunyaDammeBiznis2 жыл бұрын
This song was written for Skeeter Davis. She sang it originally, and better the year before Brenda Lee.
@coyotej48952 жыл бұрын
Love me some Skeeter, What a voice.
@jayconant38162 жыл бұрын
Dion fron Dion and the Belmonts does a great cover of it also
@geraldineekhator54282 жыл бұрын
Well Brenda is no slouch for her rendition. Although I do like Skeeters version too. Both unique and beautiful women.
@grjoseph2 жыл бұрын
When you listen to this music, realize that it’s part of the soundtrack of our generation, music we listened to as teenagers that affected the way we thought of love and relationships with the opposite sex. If you wonder what’s different today, that may partly explain it!
@ursulapaciullo71002 жыл бұрын
Agree!! I feel bad for the young people who have no clue, and actually try to emulate the current music lyrics giving them no sense of self-worth.
@brockreynolds8702 жыл бұрын
This song is much deeper than that. The woman who wrote it, wrote the words at he age of 14 the night her father died.
@opaulamorgan4265 Жыл бұрын
Yes, we had a different attitude about love and relationships reflected in the music we listened to. Everything was different and better than what we have today.
@epfsixucsoip29269 ай бұрын
As a member of the newer generation, all of my peers are lost. They don’t understand how this attitude of sex and fun over love will affect them in the future. I’m glad to be unlike them.
@louispitman7857Ай бұрын
Beautiful and yet so sad
@stevenhines88132 жыл бұрын
Several years ago, I was blessed to work with Brenda Lee. She still has an incredible voice, and is such a wonderful, kind person.
@wendyhodges71722 жыл бұрын
I see comments like this all the time, where someone has the chance to work with these wonderful artists, and I get so jealous. It had to be an incredible experience.
@CHX_372 жыл бұрын
cool!
@sheilaholmes8455 Жыл бұрын
I love me some Brenda Lee!!
@sergeeternal3778 Жыл бұрын
You're one lucky man to have known her. 👍👍👍👍👍
@trevorjohnpatrickwalker Жыл бұрын
Great singer Brenda Lee
@lindabeckworth86372 жыл бұрын
What about Rocking Around The Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee. It's a classic. Thank you.
@jenette162 жыл бұрын
Good timing too
@DaisyAnnabelle652 жыл бұрын
I love it!🎄
@ivangranger84942 жыл бұрын
This is why the world once had more empathy. Beautiful music telling a story that hits home.
@G-grandma_Army2 жыл бұрын
Another tear jerker is Bobby Goldsboro’s, “Honey”.
@jayce7112 жыл бұрын
Honey just kills me. Don't know why it does so badly compared to other sad songs but it gets me every time.
@robertmatthews20092 жыл бұрын
This is the version of Honey you should see: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qJukZNKfm77Dp4k.html
@georgehaas19142 жыл бұрын
Brenda’s powerhouse voice earned her the nickname “Little Miss Dynamite”
@suedyment5112 жыл бұрын
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree -- Brenda Lee ♥️
@kateritter57652 жыл бұрын
You need to hear "Without You" by Harry Nilsson for the male version of this feeling
@donaldlove91952 жыл бұрын
Most Definitely . A must .
@patrickcarty40592 жыл бұрын
You are Dead on with that statement my friend
@suzie4417 Жыл бұрын
I love Without You & Harry Nilsson ☮️💜
@Rebel96682 жыл бұрын
This was a big hit for Skeeter Davis in 1962. This is the first time I've heard Brenda Lee sing it, but then about the only Brenda Lee song I know is "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"...oh, and "I'm Sorry".
@keithwarrington2430 Жыл бұрын
you should listen to " if you Love Me really Love me "
@joannevincent20352 жыл бұрын
Brenda killed it! Beautiful!!
@1445coconut2 жыл бұрын
She makes you feel her pain. Simply amazing.
@archiegeorge72642 жыл бұрын
Listen to the original "End if the world," by Skeeter Davis. Brenda Lee is a good version.
@LadyGator19832 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@Mex-Rider2 жыл бұрын
X3
@finallythere1002 жыл бұрын
Yeah, and that scene from Girl Interrupted, will forever stay with me..
@dagmar.69542 жыл бұрын
Another great songstress from the late 50's & early 60's. She started very young & had a very unique voice. She covered different genres including rockabilly, pop & country. Some other hits by her are "Sweet Nothin's", "Break It To Me Gently", "I'm Sorry" & "All Alone Am I". This song "End Of The World" was originally sung by Skeeter Davis in 1962.
@ShawnandMel4Life2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for recommending all these great songs
@SonyaFlynn2 жыл бұрын
I thought that! thank you so much i knew i wasn't imagining things lol i knew it was skeeter
@mamaasaiz2 жыл бұрын
I think Brenda had her first hit record at 10. What a wonderful voice!
@54nomore2 жыл бұрын
I remember living in New Jersey and working for the city of New York. When the world trade center towers were struck by two planes. The smoke from the debris was smoldering for days on end. I would cross the George Washington bridge on that same day it happened 09/11/2001. And this song and version by Brenda Lee was playing on the radio and airwaves everywhere. The disc jockeys made it a point to not forget the loved ones that were lost there. And then they played this song and version. I couldn't hold myself from shaking and crying while all the while seeing the smoke rising in the air as I was crossing the bridge into New Jersey. This is why this song hits me like a ton of bricks. Just remembering that infamous day all over again.
@333Judy3332 жыл бұрын
I honestly can't listen to this song without crying. What an incredibly fantastic voice to convey that sadness!
@avidrdr56402 жыл бұрын
She won a talent contest when she was 5 years old, winning a year's spot on a local radio station. Her dad died in a work related accident when she was 7 and by the time she was 10 she was the main breadwinner in her poor family, by performing at local venues. I think she was about 9 or 10 when she got a recording contract in 1955 and had her 1st charted hit when she was 12. From '58 through the 60's she had the most number 1 charted hits of any other female singer and 4th overall, behind only Elvis, the Beatles and Ray Charles.
@donaldk.macbaird52482 жыл бұрын
I am a 69 year old Former Marine and this song has always brought tears to my eyes from when it came out.
@TheGoldbaxter2 жыл бұрын
That fact that she was able to make you feel her pain shows how good she is at her craft. That is what music is suppose to do
@chainman1002 жыл бұрын
This song, I put on and let it play on repeat after I my heart was broken a long time ago, I sat in a dim lit room letting it play drinking a glass of scotch tears streaming down my face and just let it all go it got me through a pretty bleak time thank you Brenda Lee for singing our heartbreak and letting us get it out of our system.
@joycewalbert14132 жыл бұрын
I was just a kid, but I used to cry my eyes out with this one! Phew! Other tear jerker memories were Elvis Presley "Old Shep" , The Supremes " I'm Living In Shame", Dickey Lee "Patches" and Clarence Carter (different song!) "Patches". All crying songs ,so if anyone has a blocked tear duct- this will cure it! ; )
@joycewalbert14132 жыл бұрын
My tear duct is better now.
@Elkins243 ай бұрын
She was just 19 when this was recorded in 1963... Amazing voice.
@brandonflorida10922 жыл бұрын
When this song is mentioned, 99.9% of the people will think of Skeeter Davis's version. Of course, Brenda Lee does a brilliant version of every song she sings.
@cindye7916 Жыл бұрын
I always cry with this power ballad. Her voice just aches...beautifully
@marionsheffield62592 жыл бұрын
You guys slay me. I love your reactions to these oldies. I'm 72 and love hearing these songs and seeing your reactions. Thank you so much.
@bencolquitt78282 жыл бұрын
brenda lee so great thank you s&m
@thecaptleefanbatman91302 жыл бұрын
I felt exactly like this song just after my husband took his last breath. It’s so sad but so true.
@suedyment5112 жыл бұрын
♥️ love Brenda Lee
@timcarr64012 жыл бұрын
As good as that was, no one will top Sketter Davis doing that song.
@LadyGator19832 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@shawnhenry41002 жыл бұрын
Just like a rabbit you hopped in With my thoughts.
@9284vr2 жыл бұрын
Skeeter not Sketter.
@stanzaloan34542 жыл бұрын
@@LadyGator1983 I don't care for the way Brenda sings it. She comes in late with the lyrics and it sounds off beat on some of the verses. It drives me crazy 😆 man. Does anyone know what I mean or is it just me? Hopefully you do lol
@j.88042 жыл бұрын
@@stanzaloan3454 respectfully disagree - I heard Skeeter's version long before Brenda, & love both versions but Brenda has her own phrasing like she does for other songs she has covered like If You Go Away & I Will Wait for You
@maureenlacore24612 жыл бұрын
Exactly how a broken heart feels. Everything keeps going on around you, but you want it all to end. Thankfully most of us find eventually we will go on also.
@suzie44172 жыл бұрын
We had such beautiful music back then, first love songs, break up songs, heartbreak 💔 songs & make up songs, forever love songs 😍🇨🇦☮️
@terryheyne6002 жыл бұрын
I'm a 60yo white male, it really touches my heart to see people of all races can come together over music. And you two have moved way up on my favorite reactors chart. Because, your subscribers suggest some songs I knew growing up, yet appreciate now more than ever. And you've brought new artists into my life. Thank you
@toniapps178710 ай бұрын
Fantastic voice....and not electronically played with. Awesome!
@flubblert2 жыл бұрын
Such to sad and beautiful song. Haven't heard it in ages. Shout out to whoever recommended it.
@manuelalamillorodriguez21212 жыл бұрын
EXTRAORDINARIA BRENDA LEE. UNA VOZ PERFECTA Y CON MUCHA CLASE. ¡MAGNIFICA!
@williamjackson36172 жыл бұрын
We have all been though this.Some of us more than once.At the time she is right.
@colinstevens26912 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love this song. Brenda has a fabulous voice but I have to say I prefer the version by Skeeter Davis
@joesiano212 жыл бұрын
Brenda Lee has a beautiful voice. She has a big catalog of music.
@monicalocken72272 жыл бұрын
The Manhattan's "Let's Just Kiss and Say Goodbye" Would be my favorite goodbye song.
@davidmazon7516 Жыл бұрын
She has that childlike voice that makes you feel sorry for her. I love her voice. Southern Belle.
@archiegeorge72642 жыл бұрын
Another Brenda Lee song worthy for your reaction "Fever."
@agwyvern2 жыл бұрын
Peggy Lee :-)
@archiegeorge72642 жыл бұрын
@@agwyvern typo
@nickfiorenza59302 жыл бұрын
Love this song so much. Had a horrible breakup, played this song, over and over. Still brings tears to my eyes. One classic, that will never die. Such true words ever sung.
@michaela87062 жыл бұрын
Interesting, I did not know Brenda Lee sung a version of this song. I only knew of Skeeter Davis version who I believe was the first. Since it is Christmas time y'all need to do Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree."
@johnkendall65582 жыл бұрын
correct, it was written for Skeeter - Carpenters also did a version, as did Susan Boyle, but the most interesting version is John Mellencamp
@dianaprobst31572 жыл бұрын
If you're familiar with Radar Love by Golden Earring, the line about listening to the radio & "Brenda Lee's comin' on strong"...this is her. ❤
@KepiGalАй бұрын
Been watching a couple of days. Shawn, you crack me up every time a sad song comes on.
@sharonvincent4238 Жыл бұрын
I think, if I remember correctly, her family was really needy and she began supporting the family by singing at the age of 9. Remarkable.
@echopryme2 жыл бұрын
This song will be in movies for the next 200 years!
@sheilanephew9832 жыл бұрын
wOUD YOU PLAY lOVE ShACK BY b52
@milliec422 жыл бұрын
Emotion is my favorite song by Brenda Lee. She was a young 15 when she started making records. Beautiful voice.
@richardkilgore89222 жыл бұрын
I remember my mom, sitting on the edge of the bed, with her hands covering her face, crying listning to this song, I remember asking her why are you crying? She just hugged me close and told me she loved me, I know why now! Sometimes love hurts. ❣
@lauraowen81422 жыл бұрын
I pray you may NEVER know the SORROW that can shatter a soul & rend a heart as I have❣️ Love to you both and all your subscribers❣️🙏
@shirleycarr53872 жыл бұрын
Fool no.one from the Ed Sullivan show by Brenda lee.is really good song to react too.
@hickokhaley2 жыл бұрын
I grew up listing to Brenda Lee. I still have her album "This is Brenda", 1960..One of my favorite songs on that album is "I want to be wanted" She could sing!
@shawnhenry41002 жыл бұрын
You said Something to the effect of "you don't know why you feel so sad". It maybe the music, it maybe the lyrics, But mostly it is The reaction to the recorded Emotion, and feeling, In that singing voice. Even cooler than all of that. It'll be the same way 10,000 years from now. No matter what human hears is it.
@mpcontreras012 жыл бұрын
I've never heard Brenda sing this song, only heard Sketter Davis sing it... but Brenda killed it, she did it very well!
@debralarrabee45302 жыл бұрын
The pain in her voice is overwhelming 😢
@johnparker85882 жыл бұрын
I feel just the opposite. As good as Skeeter Davis version is, this one has much more emotion and soul in it. The background music and chorus is so outstanding. Has to be at the top of the best recording of all time.
@libertygiveme19872 жыл бұрын
Shawn, you and Mel's EXPRESSIONS ARE PRICELESS!!! And yeah, that's a HEART BREAKER FOR SURE!!!!
@carolyn642 жыл бұрын
Brenda lee was singing like this on tv shows and specials at 13! She has such a unique and powerful voice on any song she does!
@louistomassioni74622 жыл бұрын
This girl had one of the best female voices of all time! I always thought she was an older black woman. No shes a teeny little girl with a mountainous voice Unbelievable! So So beautiful! !
@rebeccagoodin69312 жыл бұрын
whoa. luv these old songs cause bout ppl who could sing. no hi tech foolishness. Shoot, even instrumental was played in front of a mic. very cool
@pamdebby29142 жыл бұрын
You. Two are so cute together. Love your music.
@Amandahugankiss88882 жыл бұрын
For some reason my Mom thought this was one of THE most hilarious songs ever! She'd be like "just find someone else! Get over it!" Lol oh boy. RIP Mummy. I love you.
@dorlacastro13362 жыл бұрын
Her voice. Beautiful!
@Cheryltwin2012 Жыл бұрын
Brenda Lee was known as Little Miss Dynamite. She was physically tiny, but her voice was big. Check out "Sweet Nothings" or "I'm Sorry" for more examples of her singing.
@whosaidcate40342 жыл бұрын
I came back to watch again☺️ Was missing mom❤️ and thought of Miss Brenda 💭 and remembered your fantastic review 🙏
@nickagbon284 Жыл бұрын
Thats the true music.
@scarlettg61362 жыл бұрын
Thank you for loving and sharing all genres of music
@tammyhuet64002 жыл бұрын
Proud of this hometown gem. Fun fact she just turned 77. Happy Birthday Brenda!!
@fishydigit2 жыл бұрын
Sweet Dreams, Patsy Cline, you'll love it. Guaranteed
@maryannashenfelder5513 Жыл бұрын
I was 10 when this was out,and had the gift to listen to the beautiful music my Aunt's and Uncle had on the radio!
@brockreynolds8702 жыл бұрын
As I'm sure you're aware at this point, the original version of this song was recorded by Skeeter Davis, Skeeter's version holds the distinction TO THIS DAY of being the only song in music history to be in the top 10 of all four major charts simultaneously, Hot 100, AC, Country, and R&B. What you might NOT know, is Sylvia Dee, the woman who wrote the song, wrote the lyrics when she wa 14 years old, the night her father died. She then put them away, and when she became a songwriter in her adult life, she gave the lyrics to her songwriting partener, Arthur Kent 35 years later, and he wrote the music to it.
@judithrussell443311 ай бұрын
There will never be another Brenda Lee Ever. She's incredible.
@robertmartin18072 жыл бұрын
She sings it so good!!!
@DaisyAnnabelle652 жыл бұрын
Brenda sings so beautifully!
@Deej4962 жыл бұрын
You big sweetie lug, you.. Just want to hug you... Your reactions to these, 1950's 60's sad love songs are so genuine and sweet.
@davidmazon75162 жыл бұрын
I heard this song in a movie Once when the world was ending. I thought it was the greatest song in the world even though it was sad.
@tonyhoughton68572 жыл бұрын
My favourite song ever written ❤💕💖
@leslietayloriii84055 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@MrNormaltoo2 жыл бұрын
great reaction....she can really sing! and it's a great time period .....more please
@renob4220032 жыл бұрын
I heard this song after a break up when i was young. It just took me down to a dark place. This song is a trigger for me.
@reichensperger18472 жыл бұрын
What I love about your reactions is how you are affected emotionally by songs like this. It's very touching. This is one where I felt the tears welling up at 5:14, as you both were moved by her singing "good-bye." Very nice.
@lesleypulling1292 жыл бұрын
Very powerful 🥲❤❤
@annepinkerton77352 жыл бұрын
This is Skeeter Davis' song. Nobody does it better!!!! It should be the anthem for every teenage girl!
@willfromyadkinville2 жыл бұрын
it is truly a brilliantly written song!
@ndba8892 Жыл бұрын
Love love love this channel, thank you Shawn and Mel. Watching you two appreciate great music...love.
@coyotej48952 жыл бұрын
Check out Vera Lynn - "We'll Meet Again" Thinking about the time, 1940s in England, and its haunting implications is heart wrenching.
@Ameara-Lavey Жыл бұрын
THANK U, HOW MANY WONDERFUL SONGS I LISTEN WITH YOU FANSTIC GUYS, AMAZING, LOVE FROM ITALY.
@pamelabarrera50742 жыл бұрын
Loved your reaction. Thx for sharing ❤
@timothysarris9742 Жыл бұрын
Brenda Lee, Connie Frances, and Patsy Cline, had some of the greatest vibrato voices I’ve ever heard! And I’ve heard thousands of songs and so many singers!
@richardhenderson97672 жыл бұрын
Gotta do "Where the Boys Are", by Connie Francis!!!!❤❤❤❤
@makalabeckerleg11092 жыл бұрын
She has such a rich voice...
@dianaperry19292 жыл бұрын
Remember this song from my childhood..Great memories…Cheers💖🦘🇦🇺
@karenwyrick3742 Жыл бұрын
"The End Of The World" 1962 by Skeeter Davis 1963 by Brenda Lee I love both of these versions. I grew up hearing it mainly by Skeeter, but have come to appreciate both. And I do have to say that Brenda puts more emotion into it.
@karenstrong88872 жыл бұрын
I love Brenda Lee.
@RobertSmith-bz5ug2 жыл бұрын
Skeeter had the original hit but I loved Brenda's version and her voice a hundred fold more...
@tomcarpenter7002 жыл бұрын
That's what I wonder everyday, for over 2 years, That's how grief makes you feel,,
@donwright93092 жыл бұрын
She is a little lady (4'9") with a huge voice. Plus, she is a very nice woman and has a great husband. Love my Brenda!!!!!!
@danielleonforte5402 жыл бұрын
Brenda Lee is such a Heart Breaker..lol If your interested.. she has her very own KZfaq channel even now. She loves to talk to Fans...Drop by and say Hi!! Dan