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label	Les Brown
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name	Les Brown
gender	Male
Subject	2001 deaths Liberty Records artists 1912 births 20th-century American musicians American bandleaders Big band bandleaders Burials at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery Deaths from lung cancer Duke University alumni New York Military Academy alumni People from Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
abstract	American big band leader, composer, saxophonist and clarinetist.A graduate of Duke University where he led his first dance band, the Duke Blue Devils, for which he also played clarinet and saxophone. The band would go on to professional fame in the 1940s under the name Les Brown And His Band Of Renown. During that decade Brown had several hit songs, most notably %22Sentimental Journey%22 (1944) and %22I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm%22 (1946). He performed extensively with Bob Hope and led the house bands for %22The Steve Allen Show%22 (1959-1961) and %22The Dean Martin Show%22 (1963-1972).Born: March 14, 1912, Reinerton, PennsylvaniaDied: January 4, 2001, Los Angeles, California
dbo:abstract	Lester Raymond %22Les%22 Brown, Sr. (March 14, 1912 – January 4, 2001) was an American clarinetist, saxophonist, big band leader and composer, best known for his nearly seven decades of work with the big band Les Brown and His Band of Renown (1938–2001). The Band of Renown began in the late 1930s, initially as the group Les Brown and His Blue Devils, led by Brown while he was a student at Duke University. He was the first president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. The band now performs under the direction of his son, Les Brown, Jr.
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schema:birthDate	1912-03-14
schema:deathDate	2001-01-24
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wsb:record_label	Columbia Capitol Records
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schema:genre	Swing Jazz Big Band
is mo:performer of	Other songs Comes The Sandman (A Lullaby) Doodle Doo Doo I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm 01 Sentimental Journey My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time Sentimental Journey Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time Rain Sentimental Journey

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