Charles Brown
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Biography
[Edit]How many blues artists remained at the absolute top of their game after more than a half-century of performing? One immediately leaps to mind: Charles Brown. His incredible piano skills and laid-back vocal delivery remained every bit as mesmerizing at the end of his life as they were way back in 1945, when his groundbreaking waxing of "Drifting Blues" with guitarist Johnny Moore's Three Blazers invented an entirely new blues genre for sophisticated postwar revelers: an ultra-mellow, jazz-inflected sound perfect for sipping a late-night libation in some hip after-hours joint. Brown's smooth trio format was tremendously influential to a host of high-profile disciples — Ray Charles, Amos Milburn, and Floyd Dixon, for starters.
Classically trained on the ivories, Brown earned a degree in chemistry before moving to Los Angeles in 1943. He soon hooked up with the Blazers (Moore and bassist Eddie Williams), who modeled themselves after Nat "King" Cole's trio but retained a bluesier tone within their ballad-heavy repertoire. With Brown installed as their vocalist and pianist, the Blazers' "Drifting Blues" for Philo Records remained on Billboard's R&B charts for 23 weeks, peaking at number two. Follow-ups for Exclusive and Modern (including "Sunny Road," "So Long," "New Orleans Blues," and their immortal 1947 Yuletide classic "Merry Christmas Baby") kept the Blazers around the top of the R&B listings from 1946 through 1948, until Brown opted to go solo.
If anything, Brown was even more successful on his own. Signing with Eddie Mesner's Aladdin logo, he visited the R&B Top Ten no less than ten times from 1949 to 1952, retaining his mournful, sparsely arranged sound for the smashes "Get Yourself Another Fool," the chart-topping "Trouble Blues" and "Black Night," and "Hard Times." Despite a 1956 jaunt to New Orleans to record with the Cosimo's studio band, Brown's mellow approach failed to make the transition to rock's brasher rhythms, and he soon faded from national prominence (other than when his second holiday perennial, "Please Come Home for Christmas," hit in 1960 on the King label). Occasionally recording without causing much of a stir during the '60s and '70s, Brown began to regroup by the mid-'80s. One More for the Road, a set cut in 1986 for the short-lived Blue Side logo, announced to anyone within earshot that Brown's talents hadn't diminished at all while he was gone (the set later re-emerged on Alligator). Bonnie Raitt took an encouraging interest in Brown's comeback bid, bringing him on tour with her as her opening act (thus introducing the blues vet to a whole new generation or two of fans). His recording career took off too, with a series of albums for Bullseye Blues (the first entry, 1990's All My Life, is especially pleasing), and more recently, a disc for Verve.
In his last years, Brown finally received at least a portion of the recognition he deserved for so long as a genuine rhythm and blues pioneer. But the suave, elegant Brown was by no means a relic, as anyone who witnessed his thundering boogie piano style will gladly attest; he returned in 1998 with So Goes Love before dying on January 21, 1999.
Title: The Soul Piano Of Charles Brown (1949 - 1961) (Original Mix)
Artist: Charles Brown
Genre: Blues
Title: Christmas Songs (An Old School R&B Christmas With Charles Brown) (Remastered)
Artist: Charles Brown
Genre: Soul
Title: Snuff Dippin' Mama
Artist: Charles Brown
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Jazz, Soul Jazz, Rock, Blues Rock
Title: Merry Christmas Baby
Artist: Charles Brown
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Since I Fell For You
Artist: Charles Brown
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Jazz, Soul Jazz, Rock, Blues Rock
Title: Merry Christmas Baby - Single
Artist: Charles Brown
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Pioneers of Rhythm & Blues Volume 2
Artist: Johnny Otis, Charles Brown
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Cool Christmas Blues
Artist: Charles Brown
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Sings Christmas Songs
Artist: Charles Brown
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Charles Brown's Cool Christmas Blues
Artist: Charles Brown
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Traditional Pop Music, Kids
Title: Keys to the Crescent City
Artist: Charles Brown, Willie Tee, Art Neville, Eddie Bo
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Cool Cool Blues Of Charles Brown 1945-1961 (CD2)
Artist: Charles Brown
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues
Collections
Title: Christmas Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: All American Blues Christmas
Genre: Blues
Title: Essential Smooth Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: 100 Vintage Holiday Classics
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Blues, Boogie & Rhythm Christmas
Genre:
Title: The Rounder Records Story
Genre: Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Blues Live from Mountain Stage
Genre: Blues
Title: It's A Wonderful Life Christmas
Genre:
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1954, Vol. 4
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Best of Schlager 2013
Genre: Pop
Title: Hasenparty 2014
Genre: Pop
Title: Osterhasenparty 2014
Genre: Pop
Title: Ostern 2014 - Alle Party Hits zum Fest
Genre: Pop
Title: Holiday Memories 2
Genre: Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Christmas, With Feeling
Genre:
Title: Soul Christmas (Re-recorded Version)
Genre:
Title: Schneehits 2014
Genre: Pop
Title: West Coast Vocal Group Rariteies Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Devil's Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: International Christmas Songs
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Nothin' But the Blues Volume 1
Genre: Blues
Title: Oliver! - Original London Cast
Genre: Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Club - Blues 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Frühlingsschlager 2015 / Fruhlingsschlager 2015
Genre: Pop
Title: The Ultimate Black History Collection
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Great Songs, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Chillin' in the Name of...Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: The Greatest Blues Recordings Ever Made Vol. 3
Genre: Blues
Title: The Best of the Blues Vol. 1
Genre: Blues
Title: Greatest R & B Hits of 1948 Volume 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: 6 Hours of the Greatest Blues Recordings Ever Made
Genre: Blues
Title: Big Hits and Highlights 1951 Volume 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Archive Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Santa's Rockin' Christmas Party
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Merry Christmas At the Movies
Genre:
Title: The Definitive Blues Collection, Vol. 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Jazz for a Rainy Afternoon
Genre: Jazz
Title: Super Blues Legends, Vol. 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Devil's Blues (New Edition)
Genre: Blues
Title: Gusto Top Hits - R & B Christmas, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Best of Blues Piano!
Genre: Blues
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1951, Vol. 6
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Greatest Classics: Forever Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Great Pop Songs of All Time, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: The Greatest Blues Recordings Ever Made Vol. 2
Genre: Blues
Title: West Coast Blues Ramblers
Genre: Blues
Title: Christmas Through the Ages
Genre:
Title: The Soul of Gospel
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Shuggie Otis In Session - Great Rhythm and Blues
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1949, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: R&B Soul Hits of the Past, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Savoy Blues, Vol. 5
Title: Memorial Day - Songs for the Soldiers
Genre: Pop
Title: Best of the Blues: 50 Favorites (Digital Version)
Genre: Blues
Title: Spring Break Jams
Genre: Pop
Title: Christmas Songs Through the Years
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: 100 Original Blues Kings
Genre: Blues
Title: White Christmas - Vintage Christmas Classics
Genre:
Title: Merriest Christmas Songs
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: The Otis Rene Story
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz
Featuring albums
Title: Meet Me Where They Play the Blues
Artist: Maria Muldaur
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: This Christmas - Songs From The Motion Picture
Artist: Original Soundtrack
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: This Christmas (Songs from the Motion Picture)
Artist: This Christmas
Title: The Ice Harvest (Music From and Inspired By the Film)
Artist: David Kitay
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Christmas Remixed - Holiday Classics Re-Grooved
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Rewound & Reworked - Jazz Remixes Vol. 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Electronica, Jazz, Dancefloor
Title: Christmas Remixed 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Holiday Lounge - The Christmas Remixes
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Holiday Dance Party - The Christmas Remixes
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Keep It Rollin': The Blues Piano Collection
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues, Jazz, World Music, Latin, Acoustic
Title: James Brown Presents A Soulful Christmas
Artist: James Brown
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Pop, Traditional Pop Music, Theatre/Soundtrack, Funk, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: Music From and Inspired By The Motion Picture 'Devil In A Blue Dress'
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Ice Harvest
Artist: Soundtrack
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Classical, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: Blues Live from Mountain Stage
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues, Alternative Rock, Acoustic
Title: The Smoky Bar Blues Club, Pt. 2 (Blues from a Smoky Bar)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues