Les Brown and His Orchestra

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Sentimental Journey 03:12 Tools
Leap Frog 02:49 Tools
Christmas Is Here To Stay! 02:49 Tools
I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm 02:48 Tools
When You Trim Your Christmas Tree 03:07 Tools
Joltin' Joe Dimaggio 02:53 Tools
The Nutcracker Suite 06:57 Tools
A Good Man Is Hard To Find 06:57 Tools
My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time 06:57 Tools
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) 03:07 Tools
My Dreams Are Getting Better 03:15 Tools
Celery Stalks At Midnight 03:15 Tools
September Song 02:07 Tools
I Got the Sun in the Morning 02:48 Tools
I've Got My Love To Keep Me 02:48 Tools
Sleigh Ride In July 02:58 Tools
The Christmas Song 03:07 Tools
When You Trim Your Christmas Tree (78rpm Version) 03:07 Tools
I've Got The Sun In The Morning 03:07 Tools
Lover's Leap 03:15 Tools
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 03:15 Tools
We Wish You The Merriest 03:15 Tools
You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) 03:05 Tools
Twilight Time 03:28 Tools
The Whole World Is Singing My Song 03:12 Tools
Frenesi 02:41 Tools
When You Trim Your Christmas Tree - 78rpm Version 02:41 Tools
I've Got My Love To Keep Me Wa 02:41 Tools
How About You? 02:41 Tools
Sentimental Journey (feat. Doris Day) 03:14 Tools
Mexican Hat Dance 03:06 Tools
's Wonderful 03:06 Tools
FRIM FRAM SAUCE (Bobby C Sound TV remix) 03:06 Tools
Blue Moon 03:10 Tools
A Foggy Day 03:15 Tools
Bizet Has His Day 03:16 Tools
Flip Lid 02:28 Tools
Joltin' Joe DiMaggio - Baseball 02:28 Tools
Joltin' Joe Di Maggio 03:01 Tools
Tenderly 03:12 Tools
Love For Sale 03:12 Tools
Dig It 03:12 Tools
Sobbin' Blues 03:25 Tools
Just a Gigolo 03:28 Tools
Day by Day 03:15 Tools
I'll Remember April 03:15 Tools
Easy As Pie 03:15 Tools
Years and Years Ago 03:15 Tools
Harlem Nocturne 03:15 Tools
Broomstreet 03:15 Tools
Till the End of Time 03:15 Tools
Bizet Had His Day 03:15 Tools
Comanche War Dance 03:15 Tools
Tain't Me 03:15 Tools
Study In Brown 03:15 Tools
I've Got Myself To Keep Me Warm 03:12 Tools
Joltin' Joe Dimaggio (Extract) 03:12 Tools
You Wont Be Satisfied Until You Break My Heart - Remastered 03:12 Tools
I'm Making Believe 03:12 Tools
Marche Slave 03:14 Tools
Sooner or Later 03:13 Tools
Lament To Love 03:13 Tools
While the Music Plays On 03:13 Tools
The Song Is Ended 03:13 Tools
A Red Kiss On A Blue Letter 03:13 Tools
'Tis Autumn 03:13 Tools
Leap Frog - Remastered 03:13 Tools
Just One of Those Things 02:40 Tools
Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief 02:40 Tools
Theme from "Airport 1975" 02:40 Tools
That Old Black Magic 03:01 Tools
April Showers 03:01 Tools
Procession Of The Sardar 03:01 Tools
Come To Baby, Do 03:01 Tools
'Tain't Me 03:01 Tools
Ruby 03:01 Tools
Alexander The Swoose 03:01 Tools
Beau Night In Hotchkiss Corner 03:01 Tools
In My Merry Oldsmobile 03:01 Tools
Bopple Sauce 03:01 Tools
Something Cool 03:01 Tools
When The Lights Go On Again (Extract) 03:01 Tools
Sophisticated Swing 03:01 Tools
Here We Go Again 03:01 Tools
You Wont Be Satisfied Until You Break My Heart 03:05 Tools
Black Coffee 03:05 Tools
Stardust 03:05 Tools
Ramona 03:05 Tools
Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers 03:05 Tools
I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me 03:05 Tools
Three Little Words 03:05 Tools
Between Friends 03:05 Tools
Blue Danube 03:04 Tools
Boogie Woogie Piggy 03:04 Tools
Farandole 03:04 Tools
My Blue Heaven 03:04 Tools
I Guess I'll Get the Papers (And Go Home) 03:04 Tools
You're The Top 03:04 Tools
Honeysuckle Rose 03:04 Tools
The Lip 03:04 Tools
Woodchopper's Ball 03:04 Tools
Honeysuckle Rose 03:04 Tools
The Lip 03:04 Tools
Let's Be Buddies 03:04 Tools
Scott's Place 03:04 Tools
Bizet Has His Day - Remastered 03:04 Tools
O Sole Mio 03:04 Tools
Les Brown & His Orchestra / September Song 03:04 Tools
Bernie's Tune 03:04 Tools
Stormy Weather 03:04 Tools
I Can't Help It 03:04 Tools
Where Are You? 03:04 Tools
Floatin' 03:04 Tools
Rattle And Roll 03:04 Tools
Blue Skies 03:04 Tools
Stompin' At The Savoy 03:04 Tools
Robin Hood 03:04 Tools
The Nutcracker Suite - Parade of the Wooden Soldiers 03:04 Tools
Coffee Time 03:04 Tools
Paper Moon 03:05 Tools
Rock Me To Sleep 03:05 Tools
Rigamarole 03:05 Tools
Tis Autumn 03:05 Tools
Them There Eyes 03:05 Tools
You Won't Be Satisfied Until You Break My Heart 03:14 Tools
Blue Danube "An Der Schonen Blauen Donau Op. 314" 03:14 Tools
It's So Nice To Have A Man Around The House 03:14 Tools
A Warm Breeze 03:14 Tools
Just Squeeze Me 03:14 Tools
Flamingo 03:14 Tools
Begin The Beguine 03:14 Tools
All The Things You Are 03:14 Tools
Charmaine 03:14 Tools
Moonglow 03:12 Tools
Basin Street Blues 03:12 Tools
Les Brown - Leap Frog 03:12 Tools
Joltin' Joe Dimaggio (Extract) 03:12 Tools
Azure 03:12 Tools
You Are My Sunshine 03:12 Tools
A Kiss To Remember 03:12 Tools
Love Me Or Leave Me 03:12 Tools
It Isn't Fair 03:12 Tools
Come To Baby, Do! 03:12 Tools
Gravedigger's Holiday 03:12 Tools
The Christmas Songs (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) 03:12 Tools
A Mellow Bit Of Rhythm 03:12 Tools
Procession of the Sardar [1941] 03:12 Tools
Jolting Joe Di Maggio 03:12 Tools
So, What's New 03:12 Tools
Rain 03:12 Tools
Barbara Allen 00:00 Tools
Moonlight in Vermont - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Swingin' At The Met 00:00 Tools
12-55 Express 02:01 Tools
Pell Mell 02:01 Tools
Let Yourself Go 02:01 Tools
Heat Wave 02:01 Tools
(I Ain't Hep To That Step But I'll) Dig It 02:01 Tools
The Best Man 02:01 Tools
Les Brown & His Orchestra / I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm 02:01 Tools
The Christmas Song (feat. Featuring Doris Day) 02:01 Tools
Marche Slave [1941] 02:01 Tools
You Won't Be Satisfied 02:01 Tools
Mexican Hot Dance 02:01 Tools
The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) 02:01 Tools
Dance with a Dolly 02:01 Tools
Over The Rainbow 02:01 Tools
Red Sails in the Sunset 02:01 Tools
High on a Windy Trumpet 02:01 Tools
A Christmas Toast 02:01 Tools
A Lonely Place 02:01 Tools
Sometimes I'm Happy 02:01 Tools
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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.