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Within Vinony's link graph, Walter Brown is referenced by 9 other articles, and connects out to Melbourne, 1956 Summer Olympics and canoe sprint.
It is catalogued under topics including 1925 births, 2011 deaths and 20th-century Australian sportsmen.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
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Walter Brown (August 1917 – June 1956) was a blues shouter who sang with Jay McShann's band in the 1940s and co-wrote their biggest hit, "Confessin' The Blues". Born in Dallas, Texas, he joined McShann's orchestra, which also included saxophonist Charlie Parker, in 1941. Brown sang on some of the band's most successful recordings, including "Confessin' The Blues" and "Hootie Blues", before leaving to be replaced by Jimmy Witherspoon. Brown's subsequent solo singing career was unsuccessful <a hr
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Walter
- Family name
- Brown
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of death
- New South Wales
- Occupation
- canoeist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 1956 Summer Olympics
- Country for sport
- Australia
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- date of birth
- 1925-05-31
- date of death
- 2011-04-15
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