Charles Brown (muzikisto)

Tony Russell "Charles" Brown (13a de Septembro, 1922 – 21a de Januaro, 1999) estis usona kantisto kaj pianisto de bluso, kies mild-tona, trankvilema blus-klubeca stilo influis la blus-muzikon en la 1940-aj kaj 1950-aj jaroj. Li faris kelkajn sukcesajn registraĵojn, kiel "Driftin' Blues" kaj "Merry Christmas Baby".Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books. pp. 70–71. ISBN 1-85868-255-X.

 Kariero 
En Los Angeles, alveno de afrik-usonanoj el la Suda Usono dum la Dua Mondmilito kreis etendan noktokluban aktivadon en kiuj nigrulaj muzikistoj tendencis malpliigi la plej akrajn bluselementojn de sia stilo. La blus-kluba stilo de malpeza ritmobaso, dekstra-mana tintosonado de piano kaj mildaj voĉoj iĝis populara, reprezentita ekzemple de la ĵaza piano de Nat King Cole. Kiam Cole lasis Los Angeles por turnei tralande, lia loko estis okupita de la bando de Johnny Moore nome Three Blazers, kie aperis Brown ĉe piano kaj voĉo.

The Three Blazers kontraktis ĉe Exclusive Records, kaj ilia registro de 1945 de "Drifting Blues", kun Brown ĉe la piano kaj voĉoj, restis en la usona sukcesa listo de la gazeto Billboard dum ses monatoj, metante Brown ĉe la pinto de la muzika evoluo kiu ŝanĝis la usonan muzikan panoramon.  Brown estris la grupo en serio de pluaj sukcesoj ĉe Aladdin dum la venontaj tri jaroj, kiel "New Orleans Blues" kaj la origina versio de "Merry Christmas Baby" (ambaŭ en 1947) kaj "More Than You Know" (1948).Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–1995. Record Research. pp. 48–49. La stilo de Brown dominis en la influa klubaro de Suda Kalifornio en Central Avenue, en Los Angeles, dum tiu periodo. Li influis super muzikistoj kaj kantistoj kiel Floyd Dixon, Cecil Gant, Ivory Joe Hunter, Percy Mayfield, Johnny Ace kaj Ray Charles.

 Diskaro 
 Originalaj 10" shellac (78-rpm) kaj 7" vinilaj (45-rpm) publikigaĵoj 
Jen listo de 10" shellac (78-rpm) kaj 7" vinilaj (45-rpm) publikigaĵoj registritaj de Brown kiel membro de Johnny Moore's Three Blazers.

 Aladdin (kiel Charles Brown Trio, Charles Brown & His Band, Charles Brown & Band) 
 3020 "Get Yourself Another Fool" (RR609) b/w "Ooh! Ooh! Sugar" (RR608), 1948, publikigita 1949 (Billboard R&B chart #4)
 3021 "A Long Time" (RR617) (Billboard R&B chart #9) b/w "It's Nothing" (RR612) (Billboard R&B chart #13), 1949
 3024 "Trouble Blues" (RR613) b/w "Honey Keep Your Mind on Me" (RR600), 1949 (Billboard R&B chart #1, 15 weeks)
 3030 "In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down" (RR611) b/w "Please Be Kind" (RR616), 1949 (Billboard R&B chart #4)
 3039 "Homesick Blues" (RR603) b/w "Let's Have a Ball" (RR677), 1949 (kiel Charles Brown & His Smarties) (Billboard R&B chart #5)
 3044 "Tormented" (RR673) b/w "Did You Ever Love a Woman" (RR679), 1949, publikigita 1950
 3051 "My Baby's Gone" (RR1521) b/w "I Wonder When My Baby's Coming Home" (RR604), 1950 (Billboard R&B chart #6)
 3060 "Repentance Blues" (RR1522) b/w "I've Got That Old Feeling" (RR1529), 1950
 3066 "I've Made Up My Mind" (RR1528) b/w "Again" (RR1520), 1950
 3071 "Texas Blues" (RR1525) b/w "How High the Moon" (RR607), 1950
 3076 "Black Night" (RR1619) b/w "Once There Lived a Fool" (RR1623), 1950, publikigita 1951 (Billboard R&B chart #1, 14 weeks)
 3091 "I'll Always Be in Love with You" (RR1621) b/w "The Message" (RR1648), 1950, publikigita 1951 (Billboard R&B chart #7)
 3092 "Seven Long Days" (RR1620) b/w "Don't Fool with My Heart" (RR1527), 1950, publikigita 1951 (Billboard R&B chart #2)
 3116 "Hard Times" (RR1752) b/w "Tender Heart" (RR1750), 1951, publikigita 1952 (Billboard R&B chart #7)
 3120 "Still Water" (RR1751) b/w "My Last Affair" (RR602), 1951, publikigita 1952
 3138 "Gee" (RR1523) b/w "Without Your Love (RR1531), 1950, publikigita 1952
 3157 "Rollin' Like a Pebble in the Sand" (RR2018) b/w "Alley Batting" (RR674), 1952
 3163 "Evening Shadows" (RR2017) b/w "Moonrise" (RR1650), 1952
 3176 "Rising Sun" (RR2019) b/w "Take Me" (RR676), 1952, publikigita 1953
 3191 "I Lost Everything" (UN2125) b/w "Lonesome Feeling" (UN2127), 1953
 3200 "Don't Leave Poor Me" (UN2126) b/w "All My Life" (RR1649), ne publikigita
 3209 "Cryin' and Driftin' Blues" (RR2212) b/w "P.S. I Love You" (RR2215), 1953 (kiel Charles Brown kun Johnny Moore's Three Blazers)
 3220 "Everybody's Got Troubles (RR2254) b/w "I Want to Fool Around with You" (RR2257), 1953, reeldono 1954 (kiel Charles Brown kun Johnny Moore's Three Blazers)
 3235 "Let's Walk" (RR2253) b/w "Cryin' Mercy" (RR2214), 1953, publikigita 1954 (kiel Charles Brown kun Johnny Moore's Three Blazers)
 3235 "Let's Walk" (RR2253) b/w "Blazer's Boogie" (111B) (re-reeldono) 1953, publikigita 1954 (kiel Charles Brown kun Johnny Moore's Three Blazers)
 3254 "My Silent Love (RR2255) b/w "Foolish" (RR601), 1953, publikigita 1954 (kiel Charles Brown kun Johnny Moore's Three Blazers)
 3272 "Honey Sipper" (RR2328) b/w "By the Bend of the River" (RR2329), 1954
 3284 "Nite After Nite" (RR2331) b/w "Walk with Me" (RR2332), 1954, publikigita 1955
 3290 "Fool's Paradise" (CAP2486) b/w "Hot Lips and Seven Kisses (Mambo)" (CAP2484), 1955 (kiel Charles Brown kun Ernie Freeman's Combo)
 3296 "My Heart Is Mended" (CAP2483) b/w "Trees, Trees" (CAP2487), 1955 (kiel Charles Brown kun Ernie Freeman's Combo)
 3316 "Please Don't Drive Me Away" (CAP2489) b/w "One Minute to One" (CAP2488), 1955, publikigita 1956 (kiel Charles Brown kun Ernie Freeman's Combo)
 3339 "I'll Always Be in Love with You" (NO2725) (re-registro) b/w "Soothe Me" (NO2726), 1956
 3342 "Confidential" (NO2754) b/w "Trouble Blues" (publikigita ), 1956
 3348 "Merry Christmas Baby" (NO2730) (re-registro) b/w "Black Night" (publikigita ), 1956
 3348 "Black Night" (reissue) b/w "Ooh! Ooh! Sugar" (publikigita ), 1957 (post-Christmas re-reeldono)
 3366 "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie" (NO2727) b/w "Please Believe Me" (NO2728), 1956, reeldono 1957
 3422 "Hard Times" (reissue) b/w "Ooh! Ooh! Sugar" (publikigita ), 1958

 Imperial (Aladdin ) (kiel Charles Brown) 
 5830 "Fool's Paradise" (reissue) b/w "Lonesome Feeling" (publikigita ), 1962
 5902 "Merry Christmas Baby" (reissue) b/w "I Lost Everything" (publikigita ), 1962
 5905 "Drifting Blues" (reissue) b/w "Black Night" (publikigita ), 1963
 5961 "Please Don't Drive Me Away" (reissue) b/w "I'm Savin' My Love for You" (RR2330), 1963

 East West (Atlantic filio) reeldono 
 106 "When Did You Leave Heaven" (EW-2753) b/w "We've Got a Lot in Common" (EW-2755), 1957, reeldono 1958

 Ace 
 561 "I Want to Go Home" (kun Amos Milburn) (S-253) b/w "Educated Fool" (kun Amos Milburn) (S-254), 1959
 599 "Sing My Blues Tonight" (S-843) b/w "Love's Like a River" (S-844), 1960

 Teem (Ace filio) 
 1008 "Merry Christmas Baby" (A-1113-63) b/w "Christmas Finds Me Oh So Sad (Please Come Home for Christmas)" (A-1114-63), 1961, released 1963

 King 
 5405 Charles Brown, "Please Come Home for Christmas" (K4912) b/w Amos Milburn, "Christmas Comes but Once a Year" (K4913), 1960
 5439 "Baby Oh Baby" (K4992) b/w "Angel Baby" (K4993), 1961
 5464 "I Wanna Go Back Home" (with Amos Milburn) (K10607) b/w "My Little Baby" (kun Amos Milburn) (K10608), 1961
 5523 "This Fool Has Learned" (K10892) b/w "Butterfly" (K10893), 1961
 5530 "It's Christmas All Year Round" (K10897) b/w "Christmas in Heaven" (K10947), 1961
 5570 "Without a Friend" (K10983) b/w "If You Play with Cats" (K10984), 1961
 5722 "I'm Just a Drifter" (K11405) b/w "I Don't Want Your Rambling Letters" (K11406), 1963
 5726 "It's Christmas Time" (K10898) b/w "Christmas Finds Me Lonely Wanting You" (K10950), 1961, reeldono 1963
 5731 "Christmas Questions" (K10954) b/w "Wrap Yourself in a Christmas Package" (K10956), 1961, reeldono 1963
 5802 "If You Don't Believe I'm Crying (Take a Look at My Eyes)" (K11687) b/w "I Wanna Be Close" (K11689), 1964
 5825 "Lucky Dreamer" (K11688) b/w "Too Fine for Crying" (K11690), 1964
 5852 "Come Home" (K11691) b/w "Blow Out All the Candles (Happy Birthday to You)" (K11692), 1964
 5946 "Christmas Blues" (K10948) b/w "My Most Miserable Christmas" (K10955), 1961, reeldono 1964
 5947 "Christmas Comes but Once a Year" (K10951) b/w "Bringing In a Brand New Year" (K10949), 1961, reeldono 1964

 Mainstream 
 607 "Pledging My Love" (R5KM-7389) b/w "Tomorrow Night" (R5KM-7390), 1965

 Ace 
 775 "Please Come Home for Christmas" (92772-A) (reissue) b/w "Merry Christmas Baby" (92772-1B) (reeldono), 1966

 King 
 6094 "Regardless" (K12330) b/w "The Plan" (K12331), 1967
 6192 "Hang On a Little Longer" (K12723) b/w "Black Night" (K12724) (re-registraĵo), 1968
 6194 "Merry Christmas Baby" (K12725) (re-recording) b/w "Let's Make Every Day a Christmas Day" (K10946), 1968
 6420 "For the Good Times" (K14276) b/w "Lonesome and Driftin'" (K14277), 1973

 Originalaj LP kaj KD-oj 
 1952 Mood Music (Aladdin Records 702), 10" vinyl LP
 1956 Mood Music (Aladdin Records 809), 12" vinyl LP, neniam eldonita
 1957 Drifting Blues (Score Records 4011), Aladdin filio
 1961 Sings Christmas Songs (King Records 775), reeldonita kiel Please Come Home for Christmas (King-Starday 5019)
 1962 Million Sellers (Imperial Records 9178), Aladdin Records
 1964 Boss of the Blues (Mainstream Records 6007), reeldonita kiel Since I Fell for You (Garland-DCC 26)
 1965 Ballads My Way (Mainstream Records 6035)
 1970 Charles Brown: Legend! (ABC-Bluesway Records 6039), reeldonita kiel MCA Special Products 22112
 1972 Driftin' Blues (Mainstream Records 368)
 1972 Blues 'n' Brown (Jewel Records 5006)
 1973 Great Rhythm & Blues Oldies, Volume 2: Charles Brown (Blues Spectrum [Johnny Otis's label] 1020), reeldonita kiel The Very Best of Charles Brown Featuring Shuggie Otis (Stardust-Cleopatra 881)
 1977 Merry Christmas Baby (Big Town Records 1003)
 1978 Music, Maestro, Please (Big Town Records 1005)
 1978 Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers: Sunny Road, registrita 1945–1960 (Route 66 Records KIX-5)
 1980 Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers: Race Track Blues, registrita 1945–1956 (Route 66 Records KIX-17)
 1980 I'm Gonna Push On! (Live at Mosebacke) (Stockholm Records RJ-200), registrita koncerte el turneo de Brown en 1979 en Svedio
 1986 One More for the Road (Blue Side Records 60007), republikigita kiel Alligator Records 4771
 1986 Charles Brown (w/Johnny Moore's Three Blazers): Let's Have a Ball, registrita 1945–1961 (Route 66 Records KIX-34)
 1989 Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (with Charles Brown): This Is One Time, Baby, registrita 1945–1949 (Jukebox Lil JB-1105)
 1989 Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers: Sail On Blues, registrita 1945–1947 (Jukebox Lil JB-1106)
 1990 All My Life (Bullseye Blues 9501)
 1992 Blues and Other Love Songs (Muse 5466), republikigita kiel Savoy Jazz 17295
 1992 Someone to Love (Bullseye Blues 9514)
 1994 Just a Lucky So and So (Bullseye Blues 9521)
 1994 These Blues (Gitanes-Verve 523022)
 1994 Charles Brown's Cool Christmas Blues (Bullseye Blues 9561)
 1995 Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz ... with Guest: Charles Brown (Jazz Alliance 12032)
 1996 Honey Dripper (Gitanes-Verve 529848)
 1998 So Goes Love (Verve 539967)
 1999 In a Grand Style (Bullseye Blues 9551)

 KD kompilaĵoj kaj aliaj publikigaĵoj 
 1990 Hard Times & Cool Blues: Original Aladdin Masters (Sequel NEX-133)
 1991 The New York Rock and Soul Revue: Live at the Beacon (Giant-Warner Bros. 24423)
 1992 Driftin' Blues: The Best of Charles Brown (Capitol-EMI 97989; republikigita kiel Collectables 5631)
 1993 Boss of the Blues (Mainstream/Columbia-Sony 53624)
 1994 The Complete Aladdin Recordings of Charles Brown (Mosaic 153), kvin-KD-aro
 1995 Snuff Dippin' Mama, kun Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (Night Train International 7017)
 1995 Walkin' in Circles, kun Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (Night Train International 7024)
 1996 The Chronological Charles Brown: 1944–1945, kun Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (Classics 894)
 1996 Drifting & Dreaming, with Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (all Modern Records material) (Ace CHD-589)
 1996 Sings the Blues (all Mainstream Records material) (Sony Music Special Products 26431)
 1997 Johns (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Varese Sarabande 5778)
 1997 The Cocktail Combos: Nat King Cole/Charles Brown/Floyd Dixon (Capitol-EMI 52042), tri-KD-aro
 1998 The Chronological Charles Brown 1946, kun Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (Classics 971)
 1999 Blue Over You: The Ace Recordings (Westside WESM-610)
 2000 Charles Brown & Friends: Merry Christmas Baby (Fuel 2000/Varese Sarabande 61068)
 2000 The Chronological Charles Brown: 1946–1947, kun Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (Classics 1088)
 2001 The Chronological Charles Brown: 1947–1948, kun Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (Classics 1147)
 2002 The Chronological Charles Brown: 1948–1949 (Classics 1210)
 2003 The Chronological Charles Brown 1949-1951 (Classics 1272)
 2003 Charles Brown: The Classic Earliest Recordings, kun Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (JSP Records 7707), kvin-KD-aro
 2003 A Life in the Blues (Rounder Select 612074), KD kun DVD
 2004 Alone at the Piano (Savoy Jazz 17326)
 2004 The Very Best of Charles Brown: Original King Recordings (Collectables 2891)
 2005 The Best of Charles Brown: West Coast Blues, kun Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (Blues Forever 6828)
 2007 Fuel Presents: An Introduction to Charles Brown (Fuel 2000/Varese Sarabande 61664)
 2007 Groovy, with Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (Rev-Ola Records CRBAND-13)
 2012 The Cool Cool Blues of Charles Brown 1945–1961, kun Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (Jasmine 3030), du-KD-aro

 Kontribuaĵoj 
 1997 Lost & Found Houston Person (32 Jazz), antaŭe publikigita kiel Muse album Sweet Slumber, registrita en 1991
 1997 Straight Up with a Twist, Kitty Margolis (Mad-Kat)
 1999 Meet Me Where They Play the Blues, Maria Muldaur (Telarc)
 2010 Everyday Living, Hawkeye Herman (Blue Skunk Music)

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