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: Pioneers of Rhythm & Blues Volume 2 (feat. Shuggie Otis)
Artist: Johnny Otis, Charles Brown
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Walkin' In Circles (1945-47)
Artist: Charles Brown
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Jazz, Soul Jazz, Rock, Blues Rock
Title: Sings Christmas Songs
Artist: Charles Brown
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Traditional Pop Music
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: Charles Brown's Cool Christmas Blues
Artist: Charles Brown
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Traditional Pop Music, Kids
Title: Cool Christmas Blues
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: Talking Jazz Volume 10 Piano 02
Artist: Jay McShann, Ben Sidran, Dr. John, Charles Brown
Genre: Jazz
Title: Merry Christmas Baby
Artist: Charles Brown
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Snuff Dippin' Mama
Artist: Charles Brown
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Jazz, Soul Jazz, Rock, Blues Rock
Collections
Title: Christmas Remixed - Holiday Classics Re-Grooved
Genre: Electronica
Title: Rhythm & Blues 1960-1975 - Music Sampler, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Number 1's: Christmas
Genre: Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Rock & Roll Christmas AM Radio Hits
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Mardi Gras Carnival Music
Genre: World Music
Title: A Night in Memphis - America's Blues
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock
Title: The Alligator Records Christmas Collection
Genre: Blues
Title: Holiday Dance Party - The Christmas Remixes
Genre: Electronica
Title: Rockabilly Blues Christmas (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre:
Title: Red Hot Summer Blues
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock
Title: Bullseye Blues Christmas
Genre: Blues
Title: Christmas Jazz & Holiday Blues
Genre: Jazz
Title: Voodoo Jazz & Blues
Genre: Jazz
Title: Essential Christmas Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Rewound & Reworked - Jazz Remixes, Vol. 2
Genre: Electronica, Jazz
Title: Pop History 50's - The Early Years, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Christmas Remixed 2
Genre: Electronica, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Holiday Lounge - The Christmas Remixes
Genre: Electronica
Title: The Blues a Texas Anthology
Genre: Blues
Title: Christmas of Yesteryear
Genre: Pop
Title: Acoustic Christmas Music
Genre:
Title: Essential Jamaican Mento and Ska
Genre: World Music
Title: The Leiber-Stoller Songbook
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Vintage Christmas Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: The Aladdin Records Story
Genre: Pop
Title: Wise Guys & Wild Women! Jazz Noir
Genre: Jazz
Title: Putumayo Presents Acoustic Christmas
Genre:
Title: Black Nite Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: R&B Soul Hits of the Past, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1950, Vol. 5
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1950, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Savoy Blues 1944/1994
Genre: Blues
Title: Bustin the Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: The Voice of Christmas
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: A Very Special Christmas
Genre: Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Blues Blues Christmas, Vol 4
Genre: Blues
Title: Jazz for a Day At the Beach
Genre: Jazz
Title: Best of Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Anthems
Genre: Blues
Title: Holiday Slow Jams
Genre: Pop
Title: Good Ol' Christmas
Genre:
Title: Rhythm & Blues Christmas
Genre:
Title: Radio Blues No. 1
Genre: Blues
Title: Essential Piano Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Soulful Christmas - Rhythm & Blues & Jazz
Genre:
Title: The Ultimate Jazz Christmas
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Definitive Collection of R&B Hits from 1949
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1952, Vol. 4
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: 100 Christmas Blues - Songs to Get You Through the Cold
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Story 4
Genre: Blues
Title: Direct Hits from Bullseye Blue
Genre: Blues
Title: Chill Out Piano Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Merry Blue Christmas
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: 100 Christmas Blues - Songs to Get You Through the Cold
Genre: Blues
Title: Greatest Rock 'N' Roll Vol. 3
Genre: Rock, Rockabilly
Title: R&B Hipshakers: Teach Me To Monkey
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Retro Jazz Xmas
Genre:
Title: New York Rock and Soul Revue: Live At the Beacon
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: 10 Great R&B Christmas Songs
Genre:
Title: Los Angeles Rhythm & Blues 1944-54
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Jazz For Grandparents
Genre: 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