Search results
Les Brown Jr. In 2001, Les Brown Jr. (1940–2023), became the full-time leader of the Band of Renown. It performed throughout the world and had a regular big band show in Branson, Missouri. Brown Jr. also hosted a national radio show on the Music of Your Life network. Brown Jr. was a television actor in the 1960s ( Gunsmoke, General Hospital ...
Jan 6, 2001 · TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Les Brown, whose Band of Renown was one of the most enduring orchestras that grew out of the swing era of the 1930's ...
Jan 7, 2001 · Bandleader Les Brown died of lung cancer this week at the age of 88. For almost 70 years, Les Brown and His Band of Renown entertained US troops and music fans worldwide. In 1940, with a 17-year ...
Jan 6, 2001 · Les Brown; With Band, He Defined an Era. By JON THURBER . Jan. 6, 2001 12 AM PT . Facebook; Twitter; ... The longtime bandleader for comedian Bob Hope, Brown was a fixture on radio, television and ...
Jan 6, 2001 · Jan. 6, 2001 5 AM PT. Music would be a way out of the drudgery of his father’s bakery in a small Pennsylvania town, a young Les Brown once hoped. It became his ticket to the top of the ...
People also ask
Who is Les Brown Jr?
How did Les Brown become famous?
How old is Les Brown?
Who is Les Brown (speaker)?
Les delivered a smooth, sophisticated orchestra sound and played perfect straight man for Hope’s comic banter. It was a role Brown kept for the next half century, as the official bandleader until Hope’s death. Les Brown continued to record throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
Jan 8, 2001 · Bandleader and clarinetist Les Brown, who entertained American troops on tours backing Bob Hope and scored a #1 hit in 1946 with "Sentimental Journey," died January 5 of lung cancer. He was 88.
