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It was at the Palace Park that Brown started developing a blues repertoire, learning contemporary R&B tunes such as "Jelly Jelly" (recorded by Billy Eckstine). He returned to New Orleans in 1947, where he performed at the Dew Drop Inn. Career. Brown was a fan of blues singer Wynonie Harris.
Roy Brown (New Orleans, 10 settembre 1925 – 25 maggio 1981) è stato un cantante statunitense, uno degli artisti più importanti del R&B. Da giovane aiutò la sua famiglia con diversi lavori nei campi.
13 set 2005 · Roy Brown & New Orleans R&B by Roy Brown released in 2005. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
19 gen 2010 · Enjoy the original version of Good Rockin' Tonight, a classic R&B song written and performed by Roy Brown in 1947. This song influenced many rock and roll artists, such as Elvis Presley, who ...
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One Of Our Series On Overlooked ArtistsRoy Brown (1920-1981) was a very influential R&B singer in the late 1940's and early 1950's. His career started to fal...
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Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Little Richard and James Brown all took a lesson from Roy, but he could also write a great song, and his best remembered composition saw him inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. Roy Brown was born in New Orleans in 1925, and grew up in Louisiana and Texas but moved to Los Angeles when his mother died in 1942.
Roy Brown - Blues Foundation. One of the premier shouters of the jump blues era, Brown has been called ‘the first singer of soul’ (in John Broven’s Walking to New Orleans ), ‘one of the great blues lyricists of all time’ (in Jeff Hannusch’s I Hear You Knockin’ ), and the artist responsible for the breakthrough of New Orleans rhythm & blues.
