Brown, Les 1912-2001

Overview

Works:	1,043 works in 1,381 publications in 1 language and 8,988 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Music Humor Juvenile works Popular music Big band music
Roles:	Performer, Author, Conductor, Composer, Instrumentalist, Arranger, Singer, Host, Speaker, Interviewee, Lyricist, Narrator
Classifications:	PN1995.9.C55, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

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Publications about Les Brown

Publications by Les Brown

Publications by Les Brown, published posthumously.

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 )
You're a sweet little headache : featured by Bing Crosby in the Paramount picture "Paris Honeymoon" by Leo Robin ( )
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 )
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 ( )
Oh John : please don't kiss me by Philip Springer ( )
Brown, Les: composer, author, conductor, arranger by Authors and Publishers American Society of Composers ( )
"Jazz Discographies Unlimited" presents Les Brown and his band of renown : a completely revised discography by Ernie Edwards ( Book )
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 )
Johnny Harper oral history interview by Johnny Harper ( Recording )
Coronation rag by Winifred Atwell ( )
[Home movies. Bob Hope. Bob Hope in Korea] ( Visual )
Johnny Long Orchestra Scrapbook by C. Shelby Dale ( )
Douglas M. Knight records by Douglas M Knight ( )
Les Brown and his band of renown ( Book )
You are cordially invited to a Zoo-to-do at the Marriott Hotel for the benefit of the Audubon Park Zoo, Thursday, July 20, 1972 : cocktails in the Galerie with the music of Pete Fountain ... dinner & dancing in the Mardi Gras ballroom to the music of Les Brown by La.) Audubon Park and Zoological Garden (New Orleans ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Les Brown

The nutty professor by Jerry Lewis ( Visual )
12 editions published between 1963 and 2004 in English and held by 1,089 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

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition ( Recording )
1 edition published in 1977 in English and held by 484 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Singin' with the big bands by Barry Manilow ( Recording )
2 editions published in 1994 in English and held by 320 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

16 most requested songs by Doris Day ( Recording )
3 editions published between 1992 and 1996 in English and held by 225 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

1945 ( Recording )
2 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 219 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sentimental favorites ( Recording )
1 edition published in 1997 in English and held by 175 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

Les Brown by Les Brown ( Recording )
11 editions published between 1984 and 2000 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 173 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Les Brown lectures on the art of achieving personal success

Sentimental journey. pop vocal classics ( Recording )
1 edition published in 1993 in English and held by 162 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Baseball's greatest hits ( Recording )
1 edition published in 1989 in English and held by 139 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 126 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Best of the big bands by Benny Goodman ( Recording )
2 editions published in 1990 in English and held by 124 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Best of the Capitol years by Les Brown ( Recording )
3 editions published in 2002 and held by 122 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Digital swing by Les Brown ( Recording )
4 editions published in 1987 in No Linguistic content and English and held by 103 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The words & music of World War II ( Recording )
1 edition published in 1991 in English and held by 101 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

Lost treasures featuring Sentimental journey by Doris Day ( )
2 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 98 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sentimental journey by Les Brown ( Recording )
21 editions published between 1945 and 2013 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 92 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Great swing classics in hi-fi ( Recording )
1 edition published in 1999 and held by 86 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Swing the best of the big bands by Will Cowan ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1987 in English and held by 79 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
For nearly two decades the sound of the big bands dominated American music. Those days are captured here through rare film performances by the Swing Era's greatest musicians, bandleaders and singers

Yule b' swingin' ( Recording )
1 edition published in 1998 in English and held by 76 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sentimental journey with Les Brown by Les Brown ( Recording )
3 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 75 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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