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Brown Jr. was a television actor in the 1960s (Gunsmoke, General Hospital, The Baileys of Balboa, Gilligan's Island), a rock musician and producer who worked with Carlos Santana, and a concert promoter for many country music artists including Merle Haggard and Loretta Lynn.
Les Brown. Follow Artist +. Highly popular big band jazz leader and arranger whose style was heavily rooted in easy swinging dance music. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1930s - 2000s. Born. March 14, 1912 in Reinerton, PA. Died. January 4, 2001 in Pacific Palisades, CA. Genre. Jazz, Vocal. Styles.
Brown, who died of lung cancer Thursday night in his Los Angeles home at the age of 88, and his Band of Renown made the hit parade in the 1940s with tunes like “Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio,”...
Bandleader Les Brown died of lung cancer this week at the age of 88. For almost 70 years, Les Brown and His Band of Renown entertained US troops and music fans worldwide. In 1940, with a...
Lung cancer has taken the life of musician Les Brown, whose Band of Renown scored a No. 1 hit with "Sentimental Journey" during America's big band era.
Les would become an accomplished saxophonist, composer and band leader in the big band era moving to NYC and eventually to California. He eventually formed his own band which became known as “Les Brown and his Band of Renown.”
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Band Leaders, Big Bands, World War II, Audio Only, Deceased. This audio only interview was conducted for a radio program by Dan Del Fiorentino and donated to the NAMM Oral History program: Les Brown and His Band of Renown was among the most popular orchestras during the swing era.
Famed band leader, composer, author, arranger and conductor, educated at Ithaca College, the New York Military Academy, and Duke University (where he led the dance orchestra). He worked as a freelance arranger, and formed the Band of Renown in 1938, touring until 1947.
Les Brown (March 14, 1912 – January 4, 2001) was an American clarinetist, saxophonist, big band leader and composer, best known for his nearly seven decades of work with the big band Les Brown and His Band of Renown (1938–2001). Brown attended college at Duke University from 1932–1936.