Milton Brown

Milton Brown

Milton Brown (September 8, 1903 – April 18, 1936) was an American band leader and vocalist who co-founded the genre of Western swing. His band was the first to fuse hillbilly hokum, jazz, and pop together into a unique, distinctly American hybrid, thus giving him the nickname, "Father of Western Swing". The birthplace of Brown's upbeat "hot-jazz hillbilly" string band sound was developed at the Crystal Springs Dance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, from 1931 to 1936. Along with Bob Wills, with whom he performed at the beginning of his career, Brown developed the sound and style of Western swing in the early 1930s. For a while, he and his band, the Musical Brownies, were more popular than Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys. Brown's career was cut short in 1936 when he died following a car accident.

Birth and Death Data: Born September 7, 1903 (Stephenville), Died April 18, 1936 (Fort Worth)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1932 - 1937

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, leader, director, composer, lyricist, speaker

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 51-75 of 109 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	60639	10-in.	3/4/1936	The Roseland melody	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	60640	10-in.	3/4/1936	My Galveston gal	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	60641	10-in.	3/4/1936	Yes Sir!	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	60642	10-in.	3/4/1936	La Golondrina	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	60643	10-in.	3/4/1936	When I take my sugar to tea	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	60644	10-in.	3/4/1936	Song of the wanderer-1	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	60645	10-in.	3/4/1936	Right or wrong	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	60646	10-in.	3/4/1936	Chinese honeymoon	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	60647	10-in.	3/4/1936	Alice blue gown	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	60648	10-in.	3/5/1936	Fan it	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	60649	10-in.	3/5/1936	Tired of the same thing all the time	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	60650	10-in.	3/5/1936	I'll string along with you	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	60651	10-in.	3/5/1936	Goofus	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	60652	10-in.	3/5/1936	Ida, sweet as apple cider	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	60653	10-in.	3/5/1936	When it's harvest time, sweet Angeline	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	60654	10-in.	3/5/1936	Carry me back to the lone prairie	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	60655	10-in.	3/5/1936	A thousand good nights	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	60656	10-in.	3/5/1936	Keep a-knockin'	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	60657	10-in.	3/5/1936	Baby keep stealin'	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	60658	10-in.	3/5/1936	The old grey mare	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	L 9722	10-in.	1/28/1935	The house at the end of the lane	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9691	10-in.	1/27/1935	Put on your old grey bonnet	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9692	10-in.	1/27/1935	Pray for the lights to go out	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9693	10-in.	1/27/1935	In el Rancho Grande	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9694	10-in.	1/27/1935	Down by the O-H-I-O	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader

(Results 51-75 of 109 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brown, Milton," accessed November 7, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104157.

Brown, Milton. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 7, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104157.

"Brown, Milton." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 November 2024.