Brown, Les 1912-2001

Overview

Works:	1,019 works in 1,665 publications in 2 languages and 9,918 library holdings
Genres:	Comedy films Drama Popular music Science fiction films Music Film remakes Romance films Songs Animated films Excerpts
Roles:	Performer, Conductor, Author, Instrumentalist, Composer, Arranger, Singer, Host, Lyricist, Speaker, Interviewee, Narrator
Classifications:	PN1997, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Les Brown

Les Brown and his orchestra, 1936-1960 by Charles Garrod( Book )
Come to baby, do! by Inez James( )
Les Brown and his orchestra, 1936-1952 by Charles Garrod( Book )
The bands of renown( Book )
Columbia Artists Festivals presents a salute to Glenn Miller : starring in person, Les Brown and the Band of Renown, with special guest stars Ray Eberle, Paula Kelly & the Modernaires( Book )

You're a sweet little headache : featured by Bing Crosby in the Paramount picture "Paris Honeymoon" by Leo Robin( )
Jazz Discographies Unlimited presents Les Brown and his Band of Renown : a discography( Book )
Les Brown and his band of renown : a discography by Ernie Edwards( Book )
I'll be hangin' around by George Cates( )
Columbia Artists Festivals presents A salute to the big band era : starring in person Les Brown and the Band of Renown : with music in the style of Benny Goodman ... [et al.] and Les Brown featuring Butch Stone, Jo Ann Greer & Stumpy Brown( Book )
Coronation rag by Winifred Atwell( )
Bring Christmas cheer to patients( Visual )
Johnny Harper oral history interview by Johnny Harper( Recording )
Les Brown scores collection by Les Brown( )
"Jazz Discographies Unlimited" presents Les Brown and his band of renown : a completely revised discography by Ernie Edwards( Book )
Johnny Long Orchestra Scrapbook by C. Shelby Dale( )
Les Brown and his band of renown( Book )
Oh John : please don't kiss me by Philip Springer( )
[Home movies. Bob Hope. Bob Hope in Korea]( Visual )
Douglas M. Knight records by Douglas M Knight( )

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Most widely held works by Les Brown

The nutty professor by Jerry Lewis( Visual )

12 editions published between 1963 and 2013 in English and held by 495 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Jerry Lewis plays a timid, nearsighted University chemistry teacher who stumbles onto a magical potion in his lab. The mixture transforms the scholarly knucklehead into a suave and smooth-talking Romeo. The object of his debonair attentions is a gorgeous student, Stella Stevens. This Jekyll and Hyde game works well enough until the concoction starts to wear off at the most embarrassing times, and the amorous suitor suffers hilarious symptoms of his personality split"--Box

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition by Southern Sons (Musical group)( Recording )

2 editions published in 1977 in English and held by 453 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Songs of World Wars I and II

Singin' with the big bands by Barry Manilow( Recording )

5 editions published in 1994 in English and Undetermined and held by 305 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

1945 by Don Byas( Recording )

2 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 213 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Theme songs( )

3 editions published between 1942 and 1949 in English and held by 206 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

16 most requested songs by Doris Day( Recording )

1 edition published in 1992 in English and held by 184 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Lassie( Visual )

3 editions published between 1967 and 2006 in English and held by 177 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Lassie plays the role of midwife to a mother cougar in this adventure by protecting the cougar and her cubs from farmhands who believe she has been preying on livestock, when in fact it is a wild dog who attacked

We'll meet again : [the love songs of World War II]( Recording )

1 edition published in 1993 in English and held by 175 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Les Brown by Les Brown( Recording )

11 editions published between 1977 and 2000 in 3 languages and held by 174 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Les Brown lectures on the art of achieving personal success

Sentimental favorites( Recording )

1 edition published in 1997 in English and held by 162 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Adult pop--stylized vocal musings sophisticatedly flavored with jazz, classical, blues, county, and R & B--is the music that emerged at the end of WWII as the big bands faded away. Songs by Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peggy Lee, Kay Starr, Rosemary Clooney, and others

Best of the Capitol years by Les Brown( )

2 editions published in 2002 and held by 155 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Digital swing by Les Brown( )

4 editions published in 1987 in No Linguistic content and English and held by 153 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sentimental journey by Les Brown( Recording )

63 editions published between 1943 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 148 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Enth.: On a clear Day. Bad, bad, leroy Brown. My Kind of girl. Song sung Blue. Theme "Airport 1975". Everbody loves somebody. A good man is hard to find. Juicy Fruit. Sing. Sentimental Journey. Thanks for the Memory

Lost treasures : featuring Sentimental journey by Doris Day( )

3 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 140 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Best of the big bands by Benny Goodman( Recording )

10 editions published between 1973 and 1990 in 4 languages and held by 138 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sentimental journey. pop vocal classics( Recording )

1 edition published in 1993 in English and held by 132 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Baseball's greatest hits( Recording )

1 edition published in 1989 in English and held by 124 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A traditional jazz Christmas( )

3 editions published in 1997 in English and held by 112 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Les Brown and his orchestra, 1944-1949 by Les Brown( Recording )

3 editions published in 1998 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 112 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The words & music of World War II( Recording )

2 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 92 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presents a commemoration of the World War II years by combining legendary speeches by President Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, President Truman, General MacArthur and others, with musical favorites of those times by recording artists like Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey, Les Brown, and many more

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