BRENDA LEE - BREAK IT TO ME GENTLY

BREAK IT TO ME GENTLY

BRENDA LEE

SONGWRITERS: DIANE LAMPERT & JOE SENECA

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: LET ME SING

LABEL: DECCA RECORDS

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 1963

 

       Brenda Mae Tarpley(born December 11, 1944), known professionally as Brenda Lee, is an American singer. Performing rockabilly, pop and country music, she had 47 US chart hits during the 1960s and is ranked fourth in that decade, surpassed only by Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Ray Charles. She is known for her 1960 hit "I'm Sorry" and 1958's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", which has become a Christmas standard.

       At 4 ft 9 inches tall (approximately 145cm), she received the nickname "Little Miss Dynamite" in 1957, after recording the song "Dynamite" when she was 12 and was one of the earliest pop stars to have a major contemporary international following. In 1969, Lee returned to the charts with her recording "Johnny One Time" penned by A. L. "Doodle" Owens and Dallas Frazier. The song reached #3 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Chart and #41 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also earned Lee her second Grammy nomination for Best Pop Female Vocal. Later success came with a return to her roots as a country singer, with a string of hits through the 1970s and 1980s.

      Lee has sold more than 100 million records worldwide. She is a member of the Rock and Roll, Country Music and Rockabilly Halls of Fame. She is also a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Lee is the first woman to be inducted into both the Rock and Roll and Country Music Halls of Fame.

     ..."Let Me Sing" is the ninth studio album by American singer Brenda Lee. The album was released December 9, 1963, on Decca Records and was produced by Owen Bradley. The album was the second and final album studio album released by Brenda Lee in 1963.

Break it to me gently

Let me down the easy way

Make me feel that you still love me

If it's just, if it's just for one more day

Break it to me gently

 

So my tears, my tears won't fall too fast

If you must go, then go slowly

Let me love you 'till the last

The love we shared for oh so long

Is such a big part of me

 

If you must take your love away

Take it gradually

Oh break it, break it to me gently

Give me time or give me a little time to ease the pain

 

Love me just a little longer

'Cause I never never love again

'Cause I'll never love (never love again).