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Charles Brown

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former amateur boxer, born 1939

Person · Open Library

Works
51

Top works

  • Arthur Mervyn, or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
  • The Romance of Dedications
  • Wieland; or, the Transformation an American Tale
  • Transformation
  • Jane Talbot

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Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1933-05-03
Active to
2006-12-25

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Listeners
250,659
Total plays
1,089,786

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bluesjazzrhythm and bluessouloldies

Charles Brown (September 13, 1922 – January 21, 1999), born in Texas City, Texas was an American blues singer and pianist whose soft-toned, slow-paced blues-club style influenced the development of blues performance during the 1940s and 1950s. He had several hit recordings, including "Driftin' Blues" and "Merry Christmas Baby". In the late 1940s a rising demand for blues was driven by an increasing white teenage audience in the South which quickly spread north and west. <a href="https://www.las

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Marine Sergeant Charlie Brown Trains for Olympics, 1964 (cropped).jpg
Height
168
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date of birth
1939-02-28
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