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Also known as Tony Russell "Charles" Brown, Charles Mose Brown, Tony Russell Brown

American blues singer and pianist (1922-1999)

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Works
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Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1933-05-03
Active to
2006-12-25

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Listeners
250,659
Total plays
1,089,786

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Charles Brown (September 13, 1922 – January 21, 1999), born in Texas City, Texas was an American blues singer and pianist whose soft-toned, slow-paced blues-club style influenced the development of blues performance during the 1940s and 1950s. He had several hit recordings, including "Driftin' Blues" and "Merry Christmas Baby". In the late 1940s a rising demand for blues was driven by an increasing white teenage audience in the South which quickly spread north and west. <a href="https://www.las

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Charles
Family name
Brown
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Texas City
Place of death
Oakland
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
voice
Record label
Ace Records
Image
Charlesbrown1996.jpg
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date of birth
1922-09-13
date of death
1999-01-21
Commons category
Charles Brown (musician)
start of work period
1948-00-00
different from
Charles Brown
copyright representative
Broadcast Music, Inc.
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