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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]
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 ...
The biggest hit version of the song was recorded by the Les Brown Orchestra with a vocal by Doris Day. [2] The Les Brown/Doris Day version was recorded on March 2, 1945 and released by Columbia Records as catalog number 36779. [3] The record first reached the Billboard charts on March 15, 1945, and lasted 12 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1. [4]
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Les Brown and His Band of Renown had been performing the song, but were unable to record it because of the 1942–44 musicians' strike.When the strike ended, the band, with Doris Day as vocalist, recorded the song for Columbia Records on November 20, 1944, and they had a hit record with the song, Doris Day's first number one hit, in 1945. [1]
Motivational speaker Les Brown was added on Sundays from 7–9pm. In September, Pastor Alan E. Waller joined the staff to do a Saturday morning show from 10–11:00 and two more weekend shows were added.
In 1995, Knight married motivational speaker Les Brown, [59] divorcing in 1997. [ 60 ] Knight was raised a Baptist , later was a Catholic , and was baptized in 1997 into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , inspired by her daughter and son who had left Catholicism to join.
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 ]