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 76-100 of 109 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	C 9695	10-in.	1/27/1935	I love you	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9696	10-in.	1/27/1935	Sweet Jennie Lee	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9697	10-in.	1/27/1935	A good man is hard to find	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9698	10-in.	1/27/1935	St. Louis blues	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9699	10-in.	1/27/1935	The object of my affection	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9700	10-in.	1/27/1935	Love in bloom	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9701	10-in.	1/27/1935	Chinatown, my Chinatown	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9702	10-in.	1/27/1935	Copenhagen	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9703	10-in.	1/27/1935	Brownie special	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9704	10-in.	1/27/1935	Some of these days	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9705	10-in.	1/27/1935	Wabash blues	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9707	10-in.	1/28/1935	El pajaro cantor	Trio Melodias Mexicanas	leader
Decca	C 9716	10-in.	1/28/1935	Beautiful Texas	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9717	10-in.	1/28/1935	Just a dream	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9718	10-in.	1/28/1935	Cheezy breeze	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9719	10-in.	1/28/1935	When I'm gone don't grieve	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9720	10-in.	1/28/1935	Who's sorry now	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9721	10-in.	1/28/1935	One of us was wrong	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9722	10-in.	1/28/1935	The house at the end of the lane	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9723	10-in.	1/28/1935	My Mary	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9724	10-in.	1/28/1935	You're tired of me	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9726	10-in.	1/28/1935	I'll be glad when you're dead, you rascal you	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9727	10-in.	1/28/1935	Sweet Georgia Brown	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9728	10-in.	1/28/1935	Shine on harvest moon	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader
Decca	C 9729	10-in.	1/28/1935	You're bound to look like a monkey	Brownies [Milton Brown]	vocalist, leader

(Results 76-100 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.