BRENDA CO-WRITES SONG:
Brenda was a co-writer of the song "What a Fool Love
Makes"
on "THE OTHER SIDE" CD by Wynonna Judd.
Hope
you will get a chance to hear it.
GOSPEL CD:
Brenda has a Gospel tape and CD, "Precious Memories".
Listening to her sing the old gospel greats makes you feel as if you
were sitting right there in that ole time country church like in grandma's
day.
COOKBOOK:
She also has a great cookbook, "Hits From The Kitchen". These are
her favorite family recipes.
She found out one of the recipes had a little mistake in it. Be sure to
check out "Brenda's Favorite Caesar Salad"!
BRENDA INDUCTED INTO THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME:
Brenda was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame during the CMA
Awards show on CBS, Sept. 24, 1997. A tearful Brenda choked back the
tears as she made her acceptance speech. To see photos from the awards
show and read her speech click here:
Hall of Fame
TRIVIA CONTEST:
Radio Station K92FM in Orlando, Florida, Trivia Question April 14 was
Who started singing when she was
five years old, was nick named Miss Dynamite and had such hits as
"I'm Sorry". The winner received
two tickets to the Kissimmee Air Show.
SURPRISE AT COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME:
Visitors to the Country Music Hall of Fame were treated to
a special surpise during Fan Fair
week on Thursday, June 18, when Brenda showed up to sign autographs for
two hours. There was a steady
line of fans that wanted her autograph and their picture made with her.
Of course, I was in that line
too. I got some great pictures and will be sharing them with you very
soon.
Another nice
surprise was seeing Brenda's oldest daughter, Julie, who stopped by near
the end of the autograph session.
She's very beautiful with a bubbly personality and the prettiest smile.
It is hard to believe she is all
grown up with a family of her own.
To see a Polaroid of Brenda &
I at the Country Music Hall of Fame..
CLICK HERE!
Here are photos taken by Brenda's fan, April in 1967. I'm not sure about the black and white photo.
CLICK to see APRIL's PHOTOS These are photos I'm sure you have not seen before.
I hope you will enjoy them.
Here is the photo of Brenda with her crystal vase she received for her lifetime achievement award. Thanks to the
ROCKABILLY HALL OF FAME
for the use of this photo. Be sure and check out their website for more photos and info on Rockin' At the Ryman.
Here is a photo of Brenda back in the good ole days. Many thanks to Pat O'Leary for the photo.
Thanks again to Pat, here's a great photo of Brenda and Bobby Rydell.
Here are the photos of Brenda
from Rosemary Timar taken in
St. Louis, Mo. in 1980. I hope you enjoy them.
ROSEMARY'S PHOTOSThank you Rosemary.
Here is a photo of Brenda with new country singer Jessica Andrews. Thanks to her Fan Club for the use of this photo.
Click
NASHVILLE NORTH USAto see photos from Brenda's appearance on June 30, 2001 in Taylorville, Ill.
Click
LITTLE NASHVILLE OPRYto see photos from Brenda's appearance on June 23, 2001. There are two pages of photos. There are several photos on each page so it may take a moment to load.
Click the Dollywood photo to see pictures from Brenda's June 16 performance. Since there are several photos on the page
it will take a couple of seconds to load. Thanks for being patient.
Recently one of Brenda's former band memebers from the 70's, and his wife, got a chance to
catch up with Brenda at one of her concerts. He agreed to share them
here with us to see. Thank you Johnny. CLICK HERE to see
his photos.
Here are new photos of Brenda with her plaque at the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Thanks to Pat for sharing these with us.
BRENDA WITH Hall of Fame Plaque
Brenda was on Wheel of Fortune February 20, 2003. Her partner was a resturant owner named Lee. They won a total of $5000 answering 2 of the toss up puzzles. Brenda got $10,000 for the charity she was playing for. Way to go Brenda! Be sure to check out www.wheeloffortune.com to hear and see an interview clip of Brenda.
During the
24th Annual
Fan Fair Week 2003, Brenda hosted the "Sunday Morning Country" Concert at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville on
June 8th at 1:30p.m. I will be adding photos to my website from this concert also, so please check back later to see those photos.
I recently received a couple of photos and some 45 cover photos from AL to add to my website, but as usual, I'm a little behind getting them ready for the site, but I promise they will be added soon, so be sure and check back. In the meantime you might want to see the photos from
Country Music Hall of Fame during Fan Fair 2002 week and the Moon Pie Festival Photos on the site FAN FAIR WEEK, Moon Pie Festival. I hope you enjoy the photos.
And speaking of enjoying the photos wait until you see the photos Tom Hundley sent of Brenda with some well known
country singers. These are ones I have never seen and I really enjoyed seeing them.
Click Here to see Tom's photos.
ADDED December 7, 2005
Check out the great article written by Rita Rose at indystar.com about Brenda's
up coming gospel album and her appearance in Indianapolis.
Great article Rita!!!!
ARTICLE
Brenda signing a caricature of herself
at the Palm Restuarant in Nashville.
CLICK on the Photo for a larger view.
A special Thank you to Lorianne Crook of
CROOK & CHASE
for permission to use this photo of Brenda & Lorianne taken
from her October 8, 2003 Celebrity Kitchen show.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Brenda was honored on September 21 by Source Nashville. Source Nashville is a nonprofit organization seeking to unify women executives and professionals that work in all facets of the Nashville music industry. This year they chose Brenda as the recepient.
Photos from Lifetime Achievement Awards banquet.