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Les Brown Jr. In 2001, Les Brown Jr. (1940–2023), became the full-time leader of the Band of Renown. It performed throughout the world and had a regular big band show in Branson, Missouri. Brown Jr. also hosted a national radio show on the Music of Your Life network. Brown Jr. was a television actor in the 1960s ( Gunsmoke, General Hospital ...
Victor Clarence Schoen (March 26, 1916 – January 5, 2000) was an American bandleader, arranger, and composer whose career spanned from the 1930s until his death in 2000. He furnished music for some of the most successful persons in show business including Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Les Brown, Woody ...
The biggest hit version of the song was recorded by the Les Brown Orchestra with a vocal by Doris Day. [2] The Les Brown/Doris Day version was recorded on March 2, 1945 and released by Columbia Records as catalog number 36779. [3] The record first reached the Billboard charts on March 15, 1945, and lasted 12 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1. [4]
Les Brown and His Band of Renown had been performing the song, but were unable to record it because of the 1942–44 musicians' strike.When the strike ended, the band, with Doris Day as vocalist, recorded the song for Columbia Records on November 20, 1944, and they had a hit record with the song, Doris Day's first number one hit, in 1945. [1]
Les Brown's instrumental version, arranged by Skip Martin and recorded in 1946 as Columbia #38324, became a million-seller and Billboard top ten song in 1949. [9] Brown said that he got a call from Columbia Records after he performed the song telling him to record it, only to respond that he had recorded it three years earlier. [ 10 ]
Louis Armstrong (1901–1971) (Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, 1928–1947) ... Les Brown (1912-2001) (Les Brown and His Band of Renown) (1938–2001) C
The song has continued to be popular, with versions recorded in later years by artists such as: Laurindo Almeida; James Brown (1964); Les Brown and His Orchestra (1944); The Classics' 1963 version reached No. 20 on the Hot 100 chart and No. 7 on the Middle-Road Singles chart.
Les Brown and His Orchestra with Doris Day "Sentimental Journey" Les Brown and His Orchestra with Doris Day [29] June 23 [30] June 30 [31] July 7 [32] July 14 [33] July 21 [34] July 28 "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra "There! I've Said It Again"