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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
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Recordings
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Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brown, Milton," accessed April 12, 2025, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104157.
Brown, Milton. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 12, 2025, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104157.
"Brown, Milton." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 12 April 2025.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104157
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