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Oscar Brown Jr. (10 Oct 1926 - 29 May 2005)

Male Person - Chicago US jazz singer-songwriter from Chicago

Releases (11)

Official

Album

  1. Sin & Soul 1960
  2. In A New Mood 1962
  3. Between Heaven And Hell 1962
  4. Tells It Like It Is! 13 May 1963
  5. Mr. Oscar Brown Jr. Goes To Washington 1965
  6. Movin' On 1972
  7. Fresh 1973
  8. Brother Where Are You 1974 (as Oscar Brown, Jr.)

Album - Compilation

  1. Then & Now 1995
  2. Sin & Soul ... and Then Some 05 Nov 1996
  3. Tells It Like It Is! / In a New Mood 2002

Relationships (4)

Married

  1. Jean Pace

Children

  1. Maggie Brown
  2. Oscar Brown III
  3. Africa Pace Brown

Recordings by (138)

  1. But I Was Cool 2:56 (1960)
  2. Bid 'em In 1:30 (1960)
  3. Signifyin' Monkey 4:00 (1960)
  4. Somebody Buy Me a Drink 3:07 (1960)
  5. Rags and Old Iron 3:44 (1960)
  6. Dat Dere 2:52 (1960) 1996 remaster
  7. Brown Baby 3:08 (1960)
  8. Humdrum Blues 2:03 (1960)
  9. Sleepy 2:31 (1960)
  10. Afro Blue 2:43 (1960)
  11. Work Song 2:33 (1960)
  12. Watermelon Man 2:39 (1960)
  13. Where Or When 2:38 (1962)
  14. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out 2:44 (1962)
  15. Mood Indigo 3:44 (1962)
  16. Please Send Me Someone To Love 2:50 (1962)
  17. Hey There 2:34 (1962)
  18. One For My Baby And One For The Road 3:49 (1962)
  19. Sixteen Tons 2:21 (1962)
  20. God Bless' The Child 3:34 (1962)
  21. Work Song 2:41 (1962)
  22. Go Down Moses 3:14 (1962)
  23. It Ain't Necessarily So 2:29 (1962)
  24. Straighten Up And Fly Right 1:51 (1962)
  25. Mr. Kicks 2:19 (1962)
  26. Hazel's Hips 3:09 (1962)
  27. Excuse Me For Livin' 2:55 (1962)
  28. Lucky Guy 3:03 (1962)
  29. Forbidden Fruit 3:06 (1962)
  30. Opportunity, Please Knock 2:51 (1962)
  31. Elegy (Plain Black Boy) 3:52 (1962)
  32. Sam's Life 3:12 (1962)
  33. Hymn To Friday 2:10 (1962)
  34. Love Is Like A New Born Child 2:36 (1962)
  35. When Malindy Sings 2:32 (1962)
  36. World Full Of Grey 3:51 (1962)
  37. Sing Hallelujah 2:30 (13 May 1963)
  38. One Foot in the Gutter 2:23 (13 May 1963)
  39. So Help Me (A Little 3/4 For God And Co.) 2:57 (13 May 1963)
  40. Man, Ernest Boy 2:31 (13 May 1963)
  41. The Tree and Me 3:08 (13 May 1963)
  42. Jeannine 3:04 (13 May 1963)
  43. The Snake 2:41 (13 May 1963)
  44. A Young Girl 3:45 (13 May 1963)
  45. All Blues 4:06 (13 May 1963)
  46. If I Only Had 3:18 (13 May 1963)
  47. Tall Like Pine 2:37 (13 May 1963)
  48. Dat Dere ?:?? (1963) stereo
  49. One Life 3:14 (1965)
  50. Beautiful Girl 3:14 (1965)
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On Recordings (50)

Performer

  1. Intro: Children of Children 1:02 Black Market Militia feat. Oscar Brown Jr. (22 Mar 2005)

Instruments

  1. That Ain’t Cool 3:30 Koda Kumi feat. Fergie (11 Jun 2008) guitar

Vocals

  1. Dat Dere 2:52 Oscar Brown Jr. (1960) lead vocals
  2. Brother Where Are You? 4:09 Oscar Brown Jr. (1965)
  3. A Ladiesman 4:27 Oscar Brown Jr. (1972)
  4. To Stay in Good With You 3:21 Oscar Brown Jr. (1972)
  5. Feel the Fire 3:32 Oscar Brown Jr. (1972)
  6. A Dime Away From a Hotdog 3:13 Oscar Brown Jr. (1972)
  7. Young Man 3:56 Oscar Brown Jr. (1972)
  8. Gang Bang 3:26 Oscar Brown Jr. (1972)
  9. No Place to Be Somebody 3:45 Oscar Brown Jr. (1972)
  10. First Lady 3:19 Oscar Brown Jr. (1972)
  11. Walk Away 4:32 Oscar Brown Jr. (1972)
  12. Memory Lane 2:55 Oscar Brown Jr. (1974)
  13. From My Window 3:40 Oscar Brown Jr. (1974)
  14. I Love San Francisco 3:42 Oscar Brown Jr. (1974)
  15. The Joneses 4:05 Oscar Brown Jr. (1974)
  16. The Lone Ranger 3:52 Oscar Brown Jr. (1974)
  17. Under the Sun 3:45 Oscar Brown Jr. (1974)
  18. Separate Ways 3:15 Oscar Brown Jr. (1974)
  19. Brother Where Are You 3:55 Oscar Brown Jr. (1974)
  20. Like a Flower 3:55 Oscar Brown Jr. (1974)
  21. If You Came Back 3:52 Oscar Brown Jr. (1974)
  22. Who Knows What Goes When the Doors Close? 2:40 Oscar Brown Jr. (1974)
  23. Hymn To The Homeless 5:09 Oscar Brown Jr. (1995)
  24. Elegy 4:15 Oscar Brown Jr. (1995)
  25. Give Me More 5:28 Oscar Brown Jr. (1995)
  26. Honeydo 3:46 Oscar Brown Jr. (1995)
  27. The Entertainer 4:50 Oscar Brown Jr. (1995)
  28. Old Man 4:29 Oscar Brown Jr. (1995)
  29. Debris 4:38 Oscar Brown Jr. (1995)
  30. Cyberspace Is The Place 5:11 Oscar Brown Jr. (1995)
  31. Journey Through Forever 5:09 Oscar Brown Jr. (1995)
  32. Opportunity Please Knock 2:43 Oscar Brown Jr. (1995)
  33. Afro-Blue 2:43 Oscar Brown Jr. (05 Nov 1996) lead vocals
  34. World of Grey 3:33 Oscar Brown Jr. (05 Nov 1996) lead vocals
  35. Straighten Up & Fly Right 1:41 Oscar Brown Jr. (05 Nov 1996) lead vocals
  36. Insight 6:01 Oscar Brown Jr. & Maggie Brown (26 Mar 2013)
  37. Bird Life 4:51 Oscar Brown Jr. & Maggie Brown (26 Mar 2013)
  38. Bird Chase 4:05 Oscar Brown Jr. & Maggie Brown (26 Mar 2013)
  39. My Little Maggie 3:31 Oscar Brown Jr. & Maggie Brown (26 Mar 2013)
  40. All Blues Medley 9:13 Oscar Brown Jr. & Maggie Brown (26 Mar 2013)
  41. Billie Brown’s Bounce 6:21 Oscar Brown Jr. & Maggie Brown (26 Mar 2013)
  42. All Over (Ode Owed Youth) 7:30 Oscar Brown Jr. & Maggie Brown (26 Mar 2013)
  43. Brown Baby 3:48 Oscar Brown Jr. & Maggie Brown (26 Mar 2013)
  44. Strongman 5:39 Oscar Brown Jr. & Maggie Brown (26 Mar 2013)
  45. Midnight (On This Beach) 6:25 Oscar Brown Jr. & Maggie Brown (26 Mar 2013)
  46. When Malindy Sings 4:33 Oscar Brown Jr. & Maggie Brown (26 Mar 2013)
  47. Young Jazz 0:42 Oscar Brown Jr. & Maggie Brown (26 Mar 2013)
  48. A Tree and Me 5:06 Oscar Brown Jr. & Maggie Brown (26 Mar 2013)

Credited as (8)

  1. Oscar Brown Jr.
  2. Oscar Brown Jr. & Luis Enrique
  3. Black Market Militia feat. Oscar Brown Jr.
  4. Oscar Brown, Jr.
  5. Black Market Militia & Oscar Brown, Jr.
  6. Oscar Brown Jr. & Luiz Henrique
  7. Oscar Brown, Jr. and Boots Riley
  8. Oscar Brown Jr. & Maggie Brown

Works (62)

Wrote

  1. Black Balloons
  2. Summer in the City
  3. Forbidden Fruit
  4. Brother Where Are You?
  5. Hum Drum Blues
  6. Gang Bang
  7. Living Double in a World of Trouble
  8. Jeannine
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Composed

  1. Opportunity, Please Knock
  2. Love Is Like a New Born Child
  3. Bid 'em In
  4. But I Was Cool
  5. Signifyin' Monkey
  6. Watermelon Man
  7. Somebody Buy Me a Drink
  8. Rags and Old Iron
  9. The Snake
  10. Brown Baby
  11. World of Grey
  12. Forbidden Fruit
  13. Humdrum Blues
  14. Mr. Kicks
  15. Hazel's Hips
  16. Straighten Up and Fly Right
  17. Silence Is Golden
  18. Stockholm blues
  19. Long as You’re Living
  20. Sing Sing Song
  21. When Malindy Sings
  22. Hum-Drum Blues
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Lyrics

  1. Silence Is Golden
  2. Savannah Suite: Drum and Bass and Bananas / Ilangamo / Afro Blue Revisited
  3. Driva’ Man
  4. Freedom Day
  5. All Africa
  6. Dat Dere
  7. Work Song
  8. Opportunity, Please Knock
  9. Love Is Like a New Born Child
  10. All Blues
  11. The Snake
  12. Va’ e’ de’ där?
  13. Stockholm blues
  14. Bid 'em In
  15. But I Was Cool
  16. Signifyin' Monkey
  17. Watermelon Man
  18. Somebody Buy Me a Drink
  19. Rags and Old Iron
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Dedicated Works

  1. Composition No. 322
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Links (14)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/135020956
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82159251
  3. https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=9572
  4. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w61h3ghz
  5. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb141596133
  6. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82159251

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/139219

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/10057713

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2032688

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/18834

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/4tlPDFGdI3IwmwpGgW0Aza
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/4931

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/id56961

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/3893