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Brown was born with his twin brother, Wesley, in Liberty City, a low-income section of Miami, Florida. He was adopted by Mamie Brown, a 38-year-old single woman who worked as a cafeteria attendant and domestic assistant. Brown claims that he was declared "educable mentally retarded" in grade school, which damaged his self-esteem and confidence. [2]
Brown was born in Indiana Harbor, East Chicago, Indiana, on 20 December 1928. [3] He was a first generation American of Polish-German Jewish descent. His parents, Irving H. Brown and Helen Feigenbaum, migrated to the United States shortly before the First World War. [4] His father ran a store and Brown grew up with his sisters, Marion and Anita ...
Lester Raymond Brown (March 14, 1912 – January 4, 2001) was an American jazz musician who for over six decades (1938-2000) led his big band, later called Les Brown and His Band of Renown. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Les Brown may refer to: Les Brown (bandleader) (1912–2001), American big band leader; Les Brown (politician) (born 1945), American author, motivational speaker, and former Ohio politician The Les Brown Show, a 1993 talk show hosted by him; Les Brown (American football) (born 1987), NFL tight end; Les Brown (journalist) (1928–2013), American ...
Les Brown (1912-2001) (Les Brown and His Band of Renown) (1938–2001) C. Joe Cabot (1921-2016) Cab Calloway (1907–1994) (Cab Calloway Orchestra)
Peter Brown, who played Deputy Johnny McKay on 1960s TV Western "Lawman," died March 21 in Phoenix, Arizona.He was 80. Brown played McKay on ABC's "Lawman" during the entire 1958-62 run of the ...
Doris Day (born Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American actress and singer.She began her career as a big band singer in 1939, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, "Sentimental Journey" and "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" with Les Brown and His Band of Renown.
Myra Lewis Williams, also known as Myra Gale Brown, was the third wife of late rock ’n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis and — more infamously — his 13-year-old cousin at the time they got married.