Trackimage | Playbut | Trackname | Playbut | Trackname |
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33936016 | Play | Sentimental Journey | 03:12 Tools | |
33936015 | Play | Leap Frog | 02:49 Tools | |
89849673 | Play | Christmas Is Here To Stay! | 02:49 Tools | |
73538516 | Play | I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm | 02:48 Tools | |
33936044 | Play | When You Trim Your Christmas Tree | 03:07 Tools | |
33936021 | Play | Joltin' Joe Dimaggio | 02:53 Tools | |
33936031 | Play | The Nutcracker Suite | 06:57 Tools | |
89849674 | Play | A Good Man Is Hard To Find | 06:57 Tools | |
89849675 | Play | My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time | 06:57 Tools | |
33936037 | Play | The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) | 03:07 Tools | |
33936071 | Play | My Dreams Are Getting Better | 03:15 Tools | |
89849676 | Play | Celery Stalks At Midnight | 03:15 Tools | |
33936065 | Play | September Song | 02:07 Tools | |
73538517 | Play | I Got the Sun in the Morning | 02:48 Tools | |
89849677 | Play | I've Got My Love To Keep Me | 02:48 Tools | |
73538518 | Play | Sleigh Ride In July | 02:58 Tools | |
73538520 | Play | The Christmas Song | 03:07 Tools | |
89849678 | Play | When You Trim Your Christmas Tree (78rpm Version) | 03:07 Tools | |
89849679 | Play | I've Got The Sun In The Morning | 03:07 Tools | |
73538538 | Play | Lover's Leap | 03:15 Tools | |
89849680 | Play | It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) | 03:15 Tools | |
73538525 | Play | We Wish You The Merriest | 03:15 Tools | |
33936054 | Play | You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) | 03:05 Tools | |
33936027 | Play | Twilight Time | 03:28 Tools | |
33936067 | Play | The Whole World Is Singing My Song | 03:12 Tools | |
33936035 | Play | Frenesi | 02:41 Tools | |
89849681 | Play | When You Trim Your Christmas Tree - 78rpm Version | 02:41 Tools | |
89849682 | Play | I've Got My Love To Keep Me Wa | 02:41 Tools | |
89849683 | Play | How About You? | 02:41 Tools | |
33936036 | Play | Sentimental Journey (feat. Doris Day) | 03:14 Tools | |
33936049 | Play | Mexican Hat Dance | 03:06 Tools | |
89849684 | Play | 's Wonderful | 03:06 Tools | |
89849685 | Play | FRIM FRAM SAUCE (Bobby C Sound TV remix) | 03:06 Tools | |
33936070 | Play | Blue Moon | 03:10 Tools | |
33936057 | Play | A Foggy Day | 03:15 Tools | |
33936025 | Play | Bizet Has His Day | 03:16 Tools | |
33936055 | Play | Flip Lid | 02:28 Tools | |
89849686 | Play | Joltin' Joe DiMaggio - Baseball | 02:28 Tools | |
73538530 | Play | Joltin' Joe Di Maggio | 03:01 Tools | |
73538541 | Play | Tenderly | 03:12 Tools | |
89849687 | Play | Love For Sale | 03:12 Tools | |
89849688 | Play | Dig It | 03:12 Tools | |
33936028 | Play | Sobbin' Blues | 03:25 Tools | |
88091365 | Play | Just a Gigolo | 03:28 Tools | |
88091366 | Play | Day by Day | 03:15 Tools | |
89849689 | Play | I'll Remember April | 03:15 Tools | |
89849690 | Play | Easy As Pie | 03:15 Tools | |
89849691 | Play | Years and Years Ago | 03:15 Tools | |
73538537 | Play | Harlem Nocturne | 03:15 Tools | |
89849692 | Play | Broomstreet | 03:15 Tools | |
89849693 | Play | Till the End of Time | 03:15 Tools | |
89849694 | Play | Bizet Had His Day | 03:15 Tools | |
89849695 | Play | Comanche War Dance | 03:15 Tools | |
89849696 | Play | Tain't Me | 03:15 Tools | |
89849697 | Play | Study In Brown | 03:15 Tools | |
73538542 | Play | I've Got Myself To Keep Me Warm | 03:12 Tools | |
89849698 | Play | Joltin' Joe Dimaggio (Extract) | 03:12 Tools | |
89849699 | Play | You Wont Be Satisfied Until You Break My Heart - Remastered | 03:12 Tools | |
89849700 | Play | I'm Making Believe | 03:12 Tools | |
73538544 | Play | Marche Slave | 03:14 Tools | |
33936032 | Play | Sooner or Later | 03:13 Tools | |
89849701 | Play | Lament To Love | 03:13 Tools | |
89849702 | Play | While the Music Plays On | 03:13 Tools | |
89849703 | Play | The Song Is Ended | 03:13 Tools | |
89849704 | Play | A Red Kiss On A Blue Letter | 03:13 Tools | |
89849705 | Play | 'Tis Autumn | 03:13 Tools | |
89849706 | Play | Leap Frog - Remastered | 03:13 Tools | |
33936023 | Play | Just One of Those Things | 02:40 Tools | |
89849707 | Play | Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief | 02:40 Tools | |
89849708 | Play | Theme from "Airport 1975" | 02:40 Tools | |
73538532 | Play | That Old Black Magic | 03:01 Tools | |
89849709 | Play | April Showers | 03:01 Tools | |
89849710 | Play | Procession Of The Sardar | 03:01 Tools | |
89849711 | Play | Come To Baby, Do | 03:01 Tools | |
89849712 | Play | 'Tain't Me | 03:01 Tools | |
89849713 | Play | Ruby | 03:01 Tools | |
89849714 | Play | Alexander The Swoose | 03:01 Tools | |
89849715 | Play | Beau Night In Hotchkiss Corner | 03:01 Tools | |
89849716 | Play | In My Merry Oldsmobile | 03:01 Tools | |
89849717 | Play | Bopple Sauce | 03:01 Tools | |
89849718 | Play | Something Cool | 03:01 Tools | |
89849719 | Play | When The Lights Go On Again (Extract) | 03:01 Tools | |
89849720 | Play | Sophisticated Swing | 03:01 Tools | |
89849721 | Play | Here We Go Again | 03:01 Tools | |
33936077 | Play | You Wont Be Satisfied Until You Break My Heart | 03:05 Tools | |
89849722 | Play | Black Coffee | 03:05 Tools | |
89849723 | Play | Stardust | 03:05 Tools | |
89849724 | Play | Ramona | 03:05 Tools | |
89849725 | Play | Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers | 03:05 Tools | |
89849726 | Play | I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me | 03:05 Tools | |
89849727 | Play | Three Little Words | 03:05 Tools | |
89849728 | Play | Between Friends | 03:05 Tools | |
33936043 | Play | Blue Danube | 03:04 Tools | |
89849729 | Play | Boogie Woogie Piggy | 03:04 Tools | |
89849730 | Play | Farandole | 03:04 Tools | |
89849731 | Play | My Blue Heaven | 03:04 Tools | |
89849732 | Play | I Guess I'll Get the Papers (And Go Home) | 03:04 Tools | |
89849733 | Play | You're The Top | 03:04 Tools | |
89849734 | Play | Honeysuckle Rose | 03:04 Tools | |
89849735 | Play | The Lip | 03:04 Tools | |
89849736 | Play | Woodchopper's Ball | 03:04 Tools | |
89849737 | Play | Honeysuckle Rose | 03:04 Tools | |
89849738 | Play | The Lip | 03:04 Tools | |
89849739 | Play | Let's Be Buddies | 03:04 Tools | |
89849740 | Play | Scott's Place | 03:04 Tools | |
89849741 | Play | Bizet Has His Day - Remastered | 03:04 Tools | |
89849742 | Play | O Sole Mio | 03:04 Tools | |
89849743 | Play | Les Brown & His Orchestra / September Song | 03:04 Tools | |
89849744 | Play | Bernie's Tune | 03:04 Tools | |
89849745 | Play | Stormy Weather | 03:04 Tools | |
89849746 | Play | I Can't Help It | 03:04 Tools | |
89849747 | Play | Where Are You? | 03:04 Tools | |
89849748 | Play | Floatin' | 03:04 Tools | |
89849749 | Play | Rattle And Roll | 03:04 Tools | |
89849750 | Play | Blue Skies | 03:04 Tools | |
89849751 | Play | Stompin' At The Savoy | 03:04 Tools | |
89849752 | Play | Robin Hood | 03:04 Tools | |
89849753 | Play | The Nutcracker Suite - Parade of the Wooden Soldiers | 03:04 Tools | |
89849754 | Play | Coffee Time | 03:04 Tools | |
73538536 | Play | Paper Moon | 03:05 Tools | |
89849755 | Play | Rock Me To Sleep | 03:05 Tools | |
89849756 | Play | Rigamarole | 03:05 Tools | |
89849757 | Play | Tis Autumn | 03:05 Tools | |
89849758 | Play | Them There Eyes | 03:05 Tools | |
88091367 | Play | You Won't Be Satisfied Until You Break My Heart | 03:14 Tools | |
89849759 | Play | Blue Danube "An Der Schonen Blauen Donau Op. 314" | 03:14 Tools | |
89849760 | Play | It's So Nice To Have A Man Around The House | 03:14 Tools | |
89849761 | Play | A Warm Breeze | 03:14 Tools | |
89849762 | Play | Just Squeeze Me | 03:14 Tools | |
89849763 | Play | Flamingo | 03:14 Tools | |
89849764 | Play | Begin The Beguine | 03:14 Tools | |
89849765 | Play | All The Things You Are | 03:14 Tools | |
89849766 | Play | Charmaine | 03:14 Tools | |
73538524 | Play | Moonglow | 03:12 Tools | |
89849767 | Play | Basin Street Blues | 03:12 Tools | |
89849768 | Play | Les Brown - Leap Frog | 03:12 Tools | |
89849769 | Play | Joltin' Joe Dimaggio (Extract) | 03:12 Tools | |
89849770 | Play | Azure | 03:12 Tools | |
89849771 | Play | You Are My Sunshine | 03:12 Tools | |
89849772 | Play | A Kiss To Remember | 03:12 Tools | |
89849773 | Play | Love Me Or Leave Me | 03:12 Tools | |
89849774 | Play | It Isn't Fair | 03:12 Tools | |
89849775 | Play | Come To Baby, Do! | 03:12 Tools | |
89849776 | Play | Gravedigger's Holiday | 03:12 Tools | |
89849777 | Play | The Christmas Songs (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) | 03:12 Tools | |
89849778 | Play | A Mellow Bit Of Rhythm | 03:12 Tools | |
89849779 | Play | Procession of the Sardar [1941] | 03:12 Tools | |
89849780 | Play | Jolting Joe Di Maggio | 03:12 Tools | |
89849781 | Play | So, What's New | 03:12 Tools | |
89849782 | Play | Rain | 03:12 Tools | |
33936064 | Play | Barbara Allen | 00:00 Tools | |
89849783 | Play | Moonlight in Vermont - Remastered | 00:00 Tools | |
89849784 | Play | Swingin' At The Met | 00:00 Tools | |
33936059 | Play | 12-55 Express | 02:01 Tools | |
89849785 | Play | Pell Mell | 02:01 Tools | |
89849786 | Play | Let Yourself Go | 02:01 Tools | |
89849787 | Play | Heat Wave | 02:01 Tools | |
89849788 | Play | (I Ain't Hep To That Step But I'll) Dig It | 02:01 Tools | |
89849789 | Play | The Best Man | 02:01 Tools | |
89849790 | Play | Les Brown & His Orchestra / I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm | 02:01 Tools | |
89849791 | Play | The Christmas Song (feat. Featuring Doris Day) | 02:01 Tools | |
89849792 | Play | Marche Slave [1941] | 02:01 Tools | |
89849793 | Play | You Won't Be Satisfied | 02:01 Tools | |
89849794 | Play | Mexican Hot Dance | 02:01 Tools | |
89849795 | Play | The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) | 02:01 Tools | |
89849796 | Play | Dance with a Dolly | 02:01 Tools | |
89849797 | Play | Over The Rainbow | 02:01 Tools | |
89849798 | Play | Red Sails in the Sunset | 02:01 Tools | |
89849799 | Play | High on a Windy Trumpet | 02:01 Tools | |
89849800 | Play | A Christmas Toast | 02:01 Tools | |
89849801 | Play | A Lonely Place | 02:01 Tools | |
89849802 | Play | Sometimes I'm Happy | 02:01 Tools |
Les was born on March 14, 1912 and was raised in Tower City, PA, the son of R.W. Brown, a baker and musician. (Quoting Les' own words) "My father's love was music, but he was a baker so we could eat." R.W. played soprano sax in a sax quartet that performed the popular music of the day, the marches of John Phillip Sousa. Since Sousa was known as 'The March King', R.W earned the sobriquet, 'March Prince'. As the son of the March Prince, Les Brown was playing music almost as soon as he could walk. By the age of nine, Les joined his first pro band playing using R.W.'s soprano sax, but was hindered by his lack of proper attire: "The only problem was that I didn't have any long pants at the time. A guy lived next door to us who was 16 and very short. I borrowed his pants so I didn't have to play in shorts." By 14, Les Brown was already a seasoned professional, and he started what would be the first of many bands; 'The Royal Serertadore'. Although the sax remained his main interest, Les also studied and mastered the classical clarinet while at Ithaca Conservatory of Music. (Years later, Les said he ended his solo clarinet playing career after listening to Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Jimmy Dorsey, and Woody Herman, and decided that he "wasn't in their class as a soloist and never would be.") After Ithaca Conservatory, he enrolled at Duke University and performed with the 'Blue Devils' for four years, taking over as leader in his junior year. The final performance of Les, and the Blue Devils, was in 1936 at Budd Lake, NJ, the hometown of Georgia Claire De Wolfe. Two years later, in September of 1938, Claire and Les became husband and wife. Les took jobs arranging for the bands of Isham Jones, Larry Clinton and others, but he was keen to lead his own band again, and with the help of two 'angels', a new Les Brown band was born. His first big hit was a novelty tune written by Ben Homer and "deejay" Alan Courtney. It was "Joltin' Joe DiMaggio" based on Joe DiMaggio's amazing 56-game hitting streak that had the entire U.S.A. talking that summer of 1941. Les wasn't able to record the song for two years, however, due to a musician's union recording ban imposed in 1942. As soon as the recording ban was lifted, Les and the band great vocals by Henry "Butch" Stone (sax and vocals), and Doris Day, whose recording of "Sentimental Journey" became the perfect theme song for all the young men returning home from the war. It remained the number one song in the country for sixteen weeks, stayed on the Hit Parade for months, and has since become an undeniable standard in the lexicon of what composer Alec Wilder called 'American Popular Song'. By this time, the band was known as "Les Brown and the Band of Renown", a name born on the spot when the band was about to perform live one night on the radio from the Palladium. Since the 60s, Les and his band have never stopped performing. They have continued making records and still perform about 60 dates a year making them the oldest existing band in America. In April of 1996, the Guiness Book of World Records awarded Les with the distinction of being the leader of the longest lasting musical organization in the history of popular music. Les' band is also very well remembered for the amount of traveling and radio shows they did with famed comedian Bob Hope. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.