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unusual facts about Charles Brown


Swing Time Records

Lauderdale then purchased in 1950 all the master recordings by the Charles Brown-led "Johnny Moore's Three Blazers" from Leon René's Exclusive Records plus the masters by Brown's ex-wife, Mabel Scott.


I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business

The EP contains one original song titled "Season's Greetings", as well as a cover of "Christmastime Is Here" from the film A Charlie Brown Christmas, and a cover of Charles Brown hit Please Come Home For Christmas.

Mabel Scott

Mabel is probably remembered more for her 1948 hits Elevator Boogie and Boogie Woogie Santa Claus than for her 1949-1951 marriage to the featured piano player of Elevator Boogie, Charles Brown of Johnny Moore's Three Blazers.


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Air-to-air photography

Famous air-to-air photographers include Charles Brown (United Kingdom), Mariusz Adamski (Poland), Luigino Caliaro (Italy), Ted Carlson (United States of America), Jamie Hunter (United Kingdom), Jan Jorgensen (Norway) and Katsuhiko Tokunaga (Japan).

King Hedley II

Directed by Marion McClinton, the cast featured Brian Stokes Mitchell (King), Leslie Uggams (Ruby), Charles Brown (Elmore), Viola Davis (Tonya), Stephen McKinley Henderson (Stool Pigeon), and Monté Russell (Mister).

Mountain Stage

Over the years, the show has featured such international luminaries as Phish, Barenaked Ladies, Galactic, Bruce Hornsby, the Derek Trucks Band, Chris Thile, Bell X-1, Judy Collins, They Might Be Giants, Norah Jones, Hubert Sumlin & Pinetop Perkins, Charles Brown, Martina McBride, Little Big Town, Amos Lee, Joan Baez, Jakob Dylan and Regina Spektor, as well as Kathy Mattea, Tim O'Brien and over a hundred West Virginia artists.

Virus Called The Blues

The title of the documentary came from the title of Charles Brown song 'Virus Called The Blues', a version of which is available on the 2002 album 'Blues Zero Two' by Billy Jenkins.