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 entertainment world. Brown, who died ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X TOWER CITY – A former disc jockey who spun tunes at a radio station in Pottsville years ago, ...
Les Brown, whose Band of Renown was one of the most enduring orchestras that grew out of the swing era of the 1930s, died Thursday in his home in Los Angeles. He was 88. Mr. Brown was one of the last ...
2002-10-22 04:00:00 PDT Los Angeles-- Abe Most, a swing clarinetist known for working with the Les Brown and Tommy Dorsey bands in the 1940s and 50s, has died. He was 82. Mr. Most, who later went to ...
Mary Precious Stone Rehfeldt loved to dance. At her eightieth birthday at the legendary Chasens, she hit the floor with the grace of Ginger Rogers. In highheeled shoes with ankle straps, with a line ...
Between 1943 and 1947, tenor saxophonist Dave Pell started out recording with big bands led by Bobby Sherwood, Tony Pastor and Bob Crosby. Then in late '47, he joined the Les Brown Orchestra, where he ...
There are many, many female vocal stylists whose beginnings go back to serving time with the big bands. Among these are Doris Day with the Les Brown Orchestra, Peggy Lee with the Benny Goodman ...
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 entertainment world. Brown, who died ...
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