Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1909-01-01
- Died
- 1995-01-01
- Works
- 4
Top works
- White Chocolate
- In Search of the Republican Party Ii
- My Life As a Civil Rights Activist or Revolution
- In search of the Republican Party
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- Listeners
- 26,163
- Total plays
- 81,046
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bluesjazzsoulpianofemale vocalists
Cleo Brown, later Cleo Patra Brown (Dec. 8, 1909 - Apr. 15, 1995) was an American blues and jazz vocalist and pianist. Brown was born in Mississippi and sang in church as a child. In 1919 her family moved to Chicago and she began studying piano; in the 1920s she began taking gigs in clubs and broadcasted on radio. From the 1930s to the 1950s she toured the United States regularly, recording for Decca Records (among other labels) along the way and recording many humorous <a href="https://www.las
Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1909
- Died
- 1 January 1995
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Brown
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Meridian
- Place of death
- Denver
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- NEA Jazz Masters
- Field of work
- jazz