Yes, Brenda was... 
a hottie--
And not to toot my own horn, in Nashville in 1957, there has a local TV Talent Show. I sang "Sugartime" and Brenda Lee awarded me 1st Place!
Somewhere deep in the back of my Fibber McGee closet are the certificate and some photos of the even. If anyone here has never heard "Sugartime" the McGuire Sisters version is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92iVi1tqdME