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Les Brown

real name Lester Raymond Brown

Les Brown is credited on 2,054 releases across 617 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,054

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617

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8

Decades active

116

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American big band leader, composer, saxophonist and clarinetist.
A graduate of Duke University where he led his first dance band, the Duke Blue Devils, for which he also played clarinet and saxophone. The band would go on to professional fame in the 1940s under the name Les Brown And His Band Of Renown. During that decade Brown had several hit songs, most notably "Sentimental Journey" (1944) and "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (1946). He performed extensively with Bob Hope and led the house bands for "The Steve Allen Show" (1959-1961) and "The Dean Martin Show" (1963-1972).
Born: March 14, 1912, Reinerton, Pennsylvania.
Died: January 4, 2001, Los Angeles, California.

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2,054 releases · 617 albums · active 1951–2025

  • Performance · 2,076
  • Other credits · 183

Studios: The Hollywood Palladium · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Abbey Road Studios · Atlantic Studios

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