These Shoes Are Made For Rockin'

There’s no shortage of secular holiday songs that have become perennial favorites – just think “White Christmas” or “Jingle Bells.” Still, one of the bounciest and most venerable is definitely the rockabilly-tinged “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.” It’s been covered by an enormous range of recording artists, including Justin Bieber and LeAnn Rimes, and it even provided a duet for Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta. However, the original version by 1950s pop idol Brenda Lee is still the most enduring, and did you know she recorded the song when she was only 13 years old!

Lee went on to a substantial career in pop music, selling more than 100 million records worldwide, receiving the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and becoming the first woman inducted into both the Rock and Roll and Country Music Halls of Fame.

Keeping with the spirit of giving that inspired her holiday smash-hit, Lee is participating in Julien’s fourth annual “Lyrics for a Cause: Benefiting Music Health Alliance Auction,” which aids the nonprofit that provides free healthcare advocacy and support, and access to critical life-saving health and financial resources for the music industry.

The singer has donated her own pair of silver-tone California Magdesians short wedge shoes, which she has inscribed in black ink with the words “Rocking Around The Christmas Tree” on one side of the right shoe, and “Love, Brenda Lee” on the other.

The auction will take place live at the Hard Rock Café in Nashville and online November 14. Visit Juliens Live to register to bid on this one-of-a-kind pair.