May 21, 1956…Brenda Lee signed a recording contract with Decca Records.

 

(Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

 (Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

 (Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

(Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

 Little Miss Dynamite eats breakfast under the dryer (Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

(Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

(Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

 (Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

(Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

 (Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

(At the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, December 1956 ~ Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

(At the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, December 1956 ~ Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

(At the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, December 1956 ~ Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

 (At the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, December 1956 ~ Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

 (At the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, December 1956 ~ Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

 (Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

 (At the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, December 1956 ~ Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

(At the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, December 1956 ~ Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

 (Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

 (Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

(Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

(Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

(Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

 

 (Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

 

 (Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

 (Courtesy of  The Owen Bradley´s Quonset Hut)

 Oct. 6, 1956

Brenda Lee chats with Patsy Cline, backstage at the Ryman Auditorium

 Jan. 19, 1957

At the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville with Elvis Presley on Dec. 21, 1957

 (Courtesy of Carol Colemon)