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Brown, Les, 1912-2001

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Personal name headingBrown, Les, 1912-2001
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Variant(s)Brown, Lester Raymond, 1912-2001
See alsoCorporate body: Band of Renown
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1912-03-12
Death date2001-01-04
Place of birthReinerton (Pa.)
Place of deathLos Angeles (Calif.)
Field of activitySwing (Music)
Profession or occupationBandleader Arranger Composer
Special noteDo not confuse with his son, the drummer: Brown, Les, 1940-
Found inHis Leeds clarinet get-together, 1961.
New Grove dict. of Amer. mus. (Brown, Les(ter Raymond); b. Mar. 14, 1912, Reinerton, PA; bandleader, arranger, and composer)
New York Times, Jan. 6, 2001 (Les Brown, swing bandleader, 88; d. Jan. 4, 2001, Los Angeles, Calif.; b. Lester Raymond Brown, Mar. 12, 1912, Reinerton, Pa.)
Brown, L. Sentimental thing [SR] 1979: container (Les Brown and his Band of Renown)