Brenda Lee - What’d I Say (1964) - with Jimmy Page

#BrendaLeeRocks Our channel tradition is “videos only“, but we make an exception for this audio track. In 1964, Brenda Lee was in London at the invitation of the Queen of England. She sang “All the Way“ at the Royal Variety Performance show. In search of an updated sound, she also met with Mickie Most who was the hot producer at the time. They chose “Is It True?“ as the A-side of a single and Brenda picked “What’d I Say“ as the B-side. She wanted to be the first female to cover Ray Charles controversial 1959 hit. “Is It True?“ was top twenty on both sides of the Atlantic and earned a Gold Record. “What’d I Say“ was a minor hit in some countries. Meanwhile, in the United States, the marketing geniuses at the evil record company decided to replace “What’d I Say“ with “Just Behind The Rainbow“ for the US release. Apparently, Brenda Lee was Little Miss Adult Contemporary to them and nothing so raw as this track could be al