10 Golden Years

10 Golden Years is a compilation album by American singer Brenda Lee. The album was released on May 23, 1966, by Decca Records and consisted of ten tracks. The album was meant as a celebration of Lee's ten years as a recording artist for the Decca label. It featured ten tracks recorded between 1956 and 1965, many of which were her most popular singles from her career up to that point.

Background and content
Brenda Lee first signed with Decca Records in 1956 in her preteen years. She early recordings such as "Dynamite" were in the Rockabilly style. Her recordings then moved towards pop with songs like "I'm Sorry", "Fool No. 1", "All Alone Am I" and "Losing You". Lee continued recording for Decca through the 1960s and was continuing to have charting records. The year 1966 marked Lee's ten-year anniversary recording for Decca and the label celebrated it by deciding to create a compilation of her material. 10 Golden Years consisted of ten tracks recorded between 1956 and 1965. Featured on the album were her chart records from the previous ten years. This included songs like "Sweet Nothins", "I'm Sorry" and "All Alone Am I".

Release, reception and chart performance
10 Golden Years was released on May 23, 1966, by Decca Records. It was distributed as a vinyl LP with five selections on each side of the record. It was promoted through a "coast-to-coast" program, which included radio station visits. Decca also supplied material to record stores that allowed for them to display the record in their store windows. The album was reviewed positively by Billboard. The magazine took notice in Lee's "growth" as a singer. Record World commented that the album will be "a collector's item that will sell fast". AllMusic gave the disc a three-star rating. The disc reached the number 70 position on the US Billboard 200 in 1966. It was the first compilation album in Lee's career to make the any US record chart.

Personnel
All credits are adapted from the liner notes of 10 Golden Years.


 * Dub Allbritten – Liner Notes
 * Owen Bradley – Producer