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Artist
Walter Brown
12+ albums
bluesrockabillyrock'n'roll50sRock and Roll
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Walter Brown (August 1917 – June 1956) was a blues shouter who sang with Jay McShann's band in the 1940s and co-wrote their biggest hit, "Confessin' The Blues". Born in Dallas, Texas, he joined McShann's orchestra, which also included saxophonist Charlie Parker, in 1941. Brown sang on some of the band's most successful recordings, including "Confessin' The Blues" and "Hootie Blues", before leaving to be replaced by Jimmy Witherspoon. Brown's subsequent solo singing career was unsuccessful, although he recorded for the King, Signature and Mercury labels, and he briefly reunited with McShann for recording sessions in 1949. Brown died in June 1956 in Lawton, Oklahoma, due to drug addiction. Less than a week after Walter Brown began singing with Jay McShann's orchestra, the band traveled from Kansas City to a recording studio in Brown's hometown of Dallas, Texas where McShann and his rhythm section backed the singer on "Confessin' The Blues". It became one of the bestselling records of 1941 and would ultimately define Brown's entire career while inadvertently exerting a circumstantial influence upon the development of modern jazz. Here's how it all happened: In 1941 and '42 Dave Kapp, owner of Decca records, had convinced himself that Kansas City big band instrumentals wouldn't sell. He pressured McShann into recording lots of accessible blues numbers with vocals by Walter Brown or Al Hibbler. It was largely money from these popular recordings that enabled McShann to bring his
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albums
1947-1951
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The Mercury Blues Story (1945-1955) - Southwest Blues, Vol. 1
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Forget Your Troubles and Jump Your Blues Away!
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fabric 92: Call Super
Play The Blues - The Best Of
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Living Country Blues USA
Fabric 92 Call Super
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The Rarest Rockabilly Album In The World Ever
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Fabric 92
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Archive Of American Popular Music 1946-1951
The Deluxe Collection (Remastered)
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The Introduction To Living Country Blues USA