Coming On Strong (song)

"Coming On Strong"
"Coming On Strong"
Single by Brenda Lee
from the album Coming On Strong
B-side	"You Keep Coming Back to Me"
Released	19 September 1966
Recorded	10 August 1966
Genre	Rock
Length	2:00
Label	Decca Records 32018
Songwriter(s)	Little David Wilkins
Brenda Lee singles chronology

"Coming On Strong" is a song written by Little David Wilkins and performed by Brenda Lee.^[2] The song peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of December 3, 1966.^[3]^[4] The song also reached #9 in Canada and #76 in Australia. It was featured on her 1966 album, Coming on Strong.^[5]

Lee's version is referenced in the 1973 Golden Earring song "Radar Love".^[6]

The song was ranked #70 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1966.^[7]

Other versions

Don Bryant released a version of the song as a single in 1966.^[8]
Barbara Mandrell released a version on her 1980 album, Love Is Fair.^[9]
Toody Cole as the A-Side of a single in 1985 ^[10]

References

^ Burke, Ken (January 1, 1998). "Brenda Lee". In Knopper, Steve (ed.). MusicHound Lounge: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 281–282.
^ Brenda Lee, "Coming on Strong" single release Retrieved June 21, 2014
^ Billboard Hot 100, Week of December 3, 1966 – Billboard.com. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
^ Brenda Lee, "Coming on Strong" Chart Positions Retrieved June 21, 2014
^ Brenda Lee, Coming on Strong Retrieved June 21, 2014
^ Brenda Lee, "Coming on Strong" single release Retrieved June 21, 2014
^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1966". Archived from the original on June 18, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
^ Don Bryant, "Coming on Strong" single release Retrieved June 21, 2014
^ Brenda Lee, Love Is Fair Retrieved June 21, 2014
^ Toody, “Coming On Strong” Retrieved January 13, 2018

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[Lounge_1998-1] Burke, Ken (January 1, 1998). "Brenda Lee". In Knopper, Steve (ed.). MusicHound Lounge: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 281–282.

[2] Brenda Lee, "Coming on Strong" single release Retrieved June 21, 2014

[3] Billboard Hot 100, Week of December 3, 1966 – Billboard.com. Retrieved December 17, 2024.

[4] Brenda Lee, "Coming on Strong" Chart Positions Retrieved June 21, 2014

[5] Brenda Lee, Coming on Strong Retrieved June 21, 2014

[6] Brenda Lee, "Coming on Strong" single release Retrieved June 21, 2014

[7] "Billboard Top 100 - 1966". Archived from the original on June 18, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2014.

[8] Don Bryant, "Coming on Strong" single release Retrieved June 21, 2014

[9] Brenda Lee, Love Is Fair Retrieved June 21, 2014

[10] Toody, “Coming On Strong” Retrieved January 13, 2018

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v t e Brenda Lee
Albums Singles
Studio albums	Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang! (1959) Brenda Lee (1960) This Is...Brenda (1960) Emotions (1961) All the Way (1961) Sincerely (1962) Brenda, That's All (1962) All Alone Am I (1963) ..."Let Me Sing" (1963) By Request (1964) Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee (1964) Brenda Lee Sings Top Teen Hits (1965) The Versatile Brenda Lee (1965) Too Many Rivers (1965) Bye Bye Blues (1966) Coming On Strong (1966) Reflections in Blue (1967) For the First Time (with Pete Fountain) (1968) Johnny One Time (1969) Brenda (1973) New Sunrise (1973) The Winning Hand (with Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton) (1982) Gospel Duets with Treasured Friends (2007)
Compilation albums	10 Golden Years (1966)
Singles	"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" "One Step at a Time" "Let's Jump the Broomstick" "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" "Sweet Nothin's" "That's All You Gotta Do" "I'm Sorry" "I Want to Be Wanted" "Emotions" "You Can Depend on Me" "Dum Dum" "Fool #1 "Break It to Me Gently" "Speak to Me Pretty" "Everybody Loves Me But You" "Here Comes That Feeling" "Heart in Hand" "It Started All Over Again" "All Alone Am I" "Your Used to Be" "She'll Never Know" "Losing You" "I Wonder" "My Whole World Is Falling Down" "The Grass Is Greener" "As Usual" "Think" "Alone with You" "When You Loved Me" "Truly, Truly True" "Is It True" "Jingle Bell Rock" "Too Many Rivers" "No One" "Rusty Bells" "Coming On Strong" "Ride, Ride, Ride" "Johnny One Time" "Let It Be Me" "Always on My Mind" "Sunday Sunrise" "Wrong Ideas" "Big Four Poster Bed" "He's My Rock" "Tell Me What It's Like" "The Cowgirl and the Dandy" "Broken Trust" "Hallelujah, I Love You So"