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Charles Brown
real name Charles Tony Russell Brown
Charles Brown is credited on 1,235 releases across 435 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,235
Credits
435
Albums
8
Decades active
293
In collections
Biography
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Highly influential blues and rhythm & blues singer and piano player, born September 13, 1922, Texas City, Texas, USA, died January 21, 1999, Oakland, California, USA.
Brown began his career as a singer and pianist in Johnny Moore's Three Blazers in the mid-1940s and continued to make countless records, his last album for Verve being released in 1998.
Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 (Early Influence).
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,235 releases · 435 albums · active 1950–2026
- Performance · 1,835
- Other credits · 30
- Production · 1
Studios: Criteria Recording Studios · Ter Mar Studios · RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World · Wally Heider Recording
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Best Of Sam Cooke
1962
It's A Holiday Soul Party
2015
From The Cradle
1994
Home Alone (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1990
Night Beat
1963
The Genius Of Ray Charles
1959
E.C. Was Here
1975
The Very Best Of
2003
Long Road Out Of Eden
2007
Home Alone Christmas
1993
Crying Time
1966
Poodle Hat
2003
Nellyville
2002
Dead Bees On A Cake
1999
Everything And Nothing
2000
Golden Butter / The Best Of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
1972
That's My Story: John Lee Hooker Sings The Blues
1960
Wrapped In Red
2013
Blue Light 'Til Dawn
1993
Look At The Moon! (Live Phoenix Festival 97)
2021
Another Scoop
1987
The Resurrection Of Pigboy Crabshaw
1968
Mr. Soul
1963
Selected Works 1972-1999
2000
Frequent collaborators
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