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Brown was born in Cordele, Georgia. [1] In the 1930s and 1940s he played harmonica at local clubs and made a few non-commercial recordings.These included "War Song" and "I'm Gonna Make You Happy" (1943), which were recorded when he played at the folk festival at Fort Valley (Georgia) State Teachers College, for the Library of Congress' Folk Music Archive.
Buster Brown's association with shoes began with John Bush, a sales executive with the Brown Shoe Company; he persuaded his company to purchase rights to the Buster Brown name, and the brand was introduced to the public at the 1904 World's Fair. Little people were hired by the Brown Shoe Co. to play Buster in tours around the United States ...
A drawing of Smilin' Ed and the cast of Smilin' Ed's Buster Brown Gang, 1947.. Smilin' Ed McConnell (born James McConnell; 1882 – July 23, 1954) was a radio personality, best known as the host of the children's radio and television series, Smilin' Ed's Gang, closely identified with its sponsor, Buster Brown shoes, and also known as The Buster Brown Program. [1]
Buster Brown and his dog Tige: Buster Brown shoes: 1904–present: live-action spots by Jerry Marin: The California Raisins: California Raisin Advisory Board: debuted 1987: singing, dancing California raisins Car Fox: Carfax: debuted 2008: helps people buy used cars Joe Camel: Camel cigarettes: 1987–1997 The Campbell's Soup kids: Campbell's ...
Froggy with Smilin' Ed and the cast of Smilin' Ed's Buster Brown Gang, 1947.. Froggy the Gremlin was a character created by Smilin' Ed McConnell and brought to radio in the 1940s and television in 1950s on the Smilin' Ed's Gang show, and later Andy's Gang TV show, hosted by actor Andy Devine after McConnell's death.
Andy's Gang is a children's television program broadcast on NBC from August 20, 1955, to December 31, 1960, hosted by the actor Andy Devine.It was the successor to the radio and television program Smilin' Ed McConnell and His Buster Brown Gang (later shortened to Smilin' Ed's Gang).
"Fannie Mae" is a 1959 song, written and performed by the American blues and R&B singer, Buster Brown. [1] The track made it into the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, and to number one on the US Billboard R&B chart in April 1960. [2] AllMusic's Vladimir Bogdanov called the song "one of the most undiluted blues records to ever make the Top 40." [3]
Oliver Brown (footballer) (1908–1953), also known as Buster Brown, English footballer R. M. Brown (1885–1927), American football coach Ulysses Brown (1920–1942), American baseball catcher in the Negro leagues