"Speak to Me Pretty" is a song written by "By" Dunham and Henry Vars and performed by Brenda Lee.[1] The song featured on Lee's 1961 album, All the Way.[2] Not chosen to be a single in the United States, the song was selected by Lee's U.K. record label as a single and reached No.3 in the U.K. singles chart in May 1962, which made it the highest-placing chart single Lee ever had in the U.K.[3] The single also made No.57 on the overall U.K. sales chart for 1962.[4] "Speak to Me Pretty" reached No.8 in the Norwegian charts in 1962 also.

"Speak to Me Pretty"
Single by Brenda Lee
from the album All the Way
B-side"Lover, Come Back to Me"
ReleasedMarch 1962
GenrePop
Length2:14
LabelBrunswick 05867
Songwriter(s)"By" Dunham, Henry Vars
Brenda Lee singles chronology
"Break It to Me Gently"
(1962)
"Speak to Me Pretty"
(1962)
"Everybody Loves Me But You" / "Here Comes That Feeling"
(1962)

Other versions

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In media

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  • Lee's version was featured in the 1961 film, Two Little Bears.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Brenda Lee, "Speak to Me Pretty" single release Archived 2014-05-08 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 8 May 2014
  2. ^ Brenda Lee, All the Way Archived 2015-09-26 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved May 8, 2014
  3. ^ Brenda Lee, "Speak to Me Pretty" Chart Position Archived 2014-03-30 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 8 May 2014
  4. ^ The Top 100 selling singles of 1962 in the U.K. Archived 2020-07-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 31 December 2014
  5. ^ Bobbye Stevens, "Never Goodbye" Archived 2014-05-08 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 8 May 2014
  6. ^ Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra, "When My Little Girl is Smiling" Archived 2014-05-08 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 8 May 2014
  7. ^ Lena Zavaroni, Presenting Lena Zavaroni Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 8 May 2014
  8. ^ Two Little Bears Archived 2015-09-26 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 8 May 2014