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Les Brown
Lester Raymond Brown, known as Les Brown, was born on March 14, 1912, in Reinerton, Pennsylvania, and passed away on January 4, 2001, in Pacific Palisades, California. He was an American jazz musician and bandleader renowned for leading his big band, Les Brown and His Band of Renown, from 1938 until 2000. Brown's music career began at the Conway Military Band School and continued at the New York Military Academy, where he graduated in 1932. He then attended Duke University, leading the group Les Brown and His Blue Devils. In 1938, this group evolved into the Les Brown Orchestra.

Brown's band gained popularity through the Spotlight Band radio program and was first called "Les Brown & His Band of Renown" in 1942. They achieved a #1 hit with "Joltin' Joe DiMaggio" in 1941 and later brought Doris Day to prominence with "Sentimental Journey" in 1945, a song that became an emblematic homecoming theme for WWII veterans. The band had several other number-one hits, including "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" in 1949.

Les Brown and His Band of Renown were closely associated with Bob Hope, performing on his radio, stage, and television shows for nearly fifty years, including 18 USO Tours. They appeared in films such as "Seven Days' Leave" (1942) and "The Nutty Professor" (1963), and served as the house band for "The Steve Allen Show" and "The Dean Martin Show." Throughout his career, Brown collaborated with major artists like Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and Nat King Cole.
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