All The Way – BRENDA LEE***

Lover Come Back To Me/All The Way/Dum Dum/On The Sunny Side Of The Street/Talkin’ ‘Bout You/Someone To Love Me/Do I Worry (Yes I Do)/Tragedy/Kansas City/Eventually/Speak To Me Pretty/The Big Chance

Brenda’s fourth album included some standards, some rockers, some ballads and some pop hits. All The Way features the top five hit singles Dum Dum and Speak To Me Pretty. (US:17)

“What a delight to hear Brenda sing some of her hits with better arrangements coupled with standards from days gone by. Her rendition of The Sunny Side Of The Street is amongst the best I've heard. If you like Brenda then this collection of songs is a must.”

“The track selection mainly consisted of American standards and pop ballads. Only Speak To Me Pretty and Dum Dum became worthy hit singles. These tracks were just not what her fans had become used to.”

“This is probably as good a collection of hers as I have heard. It is the only one I have found with Lover Come Back To Me on, and for that I am grateful. But first and foremost, it is Brenda Lee, at her vocal best.”

“Like many albums of the time, it is a little thin on outstanding non-45 material. A number of covers of recent rock and pop songs filled out an album, spearheaded by a big hit single, the organ-grinding groover Dum Dum . Within its limitations, however, it was a pretty good record, and certainly very well produced and well sung.”

“The LP seemed programmed to showcase her versatility; she sang each and every number - even the less imaginative selections, like On The Sunny Side Of The Street - with nothing less than utter panache. It seems a little strange to apply the adjective 'overlooked' to a singer as popular as Lee was at this time, but the album, like so much of her early-'60s work, is further evidence of her underrated skills as a rock and pop singer.”

“When you consider her vocal maturity at this early stage of her career it is little wonder that she has endured as a favourite for so long. These songs are as fresh today as they were in the early 60s. A must for any fan of great talent and beautiful music.”