Cleo Brown Discography

Here is the Cleo Brown discography.

The titles that are below listed "Missing" are the titles that Document would like to get hold of to release and

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Cleo Brown Complete Recorded Works

Discography



March 12 1935 New York City



Cleo Brown (p,vo); acc Perry Botkin (g); Artie Bernstein (b); Gene Krupa (d).



(1) 39395-A

Lookie, Lookie, Lookie (Here Comes Cookie)

Decca 409, Br02013, A-9780.

Take?

3.08 mins

Comp. Mack,Gordon.

Pub. Famous Music corp/ Warner Chappell



(2) 39395-A

Lookie, Lookie, Lookie (Here comes Cookie)

Decca 409  ?         ?

Take ?

2.51 mins

Comp. Mack,Gordon.

Pub. Famous Music corp/ Warner Chappell



(3) 39396-A

You're A Heavenly Thing.

Decca 410, Br02021

Take?

2.32 min

Comp. Young, Little.

Pub.Anglo Pic Music Co/ Campbell Connelly&Co.Ltd



(4) 39396-A

You're a Heavenly Thing.

Decca 410, Br02021

Take?

2.51 min

Comp. Young, Little.

Pub.Anglo Pic Music Co/ Campbell Connelly&Co.Ltd



(5) 39397-A

I'll take the South

(You take the East, Take the West, Take the North)

Decca 409, Br02021

Comp. Palmer, Klages.

Pub. Dash Music Co/Redwood Music Irsc



(6) 39398-A

The Stuff is Here and it's Mellow

Decca 410, 3683, Br02021

Comp. Smith, Bishop, Williams.

Pub. MCA Music Ltd



(7) 39399-A

Boogie-Woogie-p/v only

Decca 477, 3386, 25265, Take ?

1.18 mins

Y-5073, Br 02037

Comp.  Smith.

Pub. Herman Darewski music Pub co. IRSC





(8) 39399-A

Boogie-Woogie-p/v only

Decca 477, 3386,2 5265,

Take ?

2.26 mins

Y-5073, Br 02037

Comp.  Smith

Pub. Herman Darewski music Pub co. IRSC



(9) 33399-A

PineTop's Boogie Woogie

(the above re-released, but renamed)

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May 20th 1935. New York City



Victor Young and His Orchestra

(Decca All Star Revue)

known personel: Cleo Brown, Johnnie, Davis Ella Logan, The Tune Twisters (v)



(10) 39530-A

'Way back home part 2

Decca 473

Comp.  Lewis, Waring



(11) 39531-A

Pelican Stomp piano solo

Decca 477, Y-5073, Br02037

Take?

2.12 mins

Comp.  C.Brown

Pub.  EMI United partnership Ltd .



(12) 39531-A

Pelican Stomp piano solo

Decca 477, Y-5073, Br02037

Take?

2.20 mins

Comp.  C.Brown

Pub.  EMI United partnership Ltd .

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June 8th 1935 - New York City



Cleo Brown (p,vo); acc by Mike McKendrick(g); Leonard Bibbs(b); Fred "Tubby" Hall (d).



(13) 39578-A

Never Too tired to Love

Decca 512, B402049

Take?

2.53mins

Comp. Cleary, Oppenheim

Pub. C.C. Hull ? ISRC



(14) 39578-A

Never Too tired For Love

Decca 512, B402049

Take?

3.03mins

Comp. Cleary, Oppenheim

Pub. C.C. Hull ? ISRC



(15) 39579-A

Give a Broken Heart a Break

Decca 486

Take?

2.36 mins

Comp. Jones Franklin

Pub. CC Hull?



(16) 39579-A

Give a Broken Heart a Break

Decca 486

Take?

2.28mins

Comp. Jones Franklin

Pub. CC Hull?



(17) 39579-A

Give a Broken Heart a Break

un-issued

or missing



(18) 39580-A

Mama don't want no Peas an' Rice an' Coconut Oil

Decca 512, Br02047, A-9877

Comp. Gilbert, Carles Take?

2.43

Pub. Campbell Connelly & Co.Ltd/Redwood



(19) 39580-A

Mama don't want no Peas an' Rice an' Coconut Oil

Decca 512, Br02047, A-9877

Comp. Gilbert, Carles

Take?

2.35

Pub. Campbell Connelly & Co.Ltd/Redwood 



(20) 39581-A

Me and My Wonderful One

Decca 486

Take?

2.44mins

Comp.  Smith Stride Maltin

Pub. C.C. Hull?



(21) 39581-A

Me and My Wonderful One

Decca 486

Take?

2.37mins

Comp.  Smith Stride Maltin

Pub. CC Hull?

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November 20th 1935, Los Angeles



Cleo Brown (p/vo); acc by Bobby Sherwood(g); Manny Stein(b); Vic Berton (d) Ensemble Vocals (*)



(22) DLA-270-A

When Hollywood Goes Black and Tan *

Decca 632, Br 02123

Comp. Rene

Pub. C.C. Hull ? ISRC



(23) DLA-271-B

When

Decca 632

Comp. Rene

Pub. C.C. Hull ? ISRC



(24) DLA-272-A

You're My Fever

Decca 718, Br02147, A99656

Comp. Greene, Brown.

Pub. CC Hull?     IRSC



(25) DLA-273-A

Breaking In a Pair of Shoes

Decca 718

Comp. Stept, Washington Franklin.

Pub. EMI Partnership Ltd



April 4th  1936  Los Angeles

Personnel as above



(26) DLA-337-A

Latch On

Decca 795, Br02186

Comp. Rene? Waller?



(27) DLA-338-A

Slow Poke

Comp. Rene?



(28) DLA-339-A

Love in the First Degree

Decca 864, Br02271

Comp.  Brooks

Pub. CC Hull?



(29) DLA-340-A

My Gal Mezzanine                                                     Comp.  Rene, Ellison

Pub. Lafleur Music Ltd

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1936  



16"  Private Transcription Tape.

Date unknown, personel unknown.



(30)  You've Got me under your Thumb

Comp. Hudgens, Livingstone, Brookes



(31) Swingin on the Swannee Shore

Comp. Cavanaugh, Redmond, David



(32) Who's that Knockin' at my Heart?

Comp. Freed, lane



(33) Did you mean it?                                                          Comp. Dixon, Greer

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1936: Hollywood p. Los Angeles for Holywood Hot Shot Label

Cleo Brown (p.vo); others unknown



(34) LO303?

The Girl from Kanhakee

Hot Shot 303 *****

Missing



(35) LO347-2

Man, Be on Your Way     



(36) LO348-2

My Handy Andy

Comp. Rogers



(37) LO349-2

Who'll Chop Your Suey?                                               Comp. Bechet, Simmons



(38) LO350?

Men at Work

Hot Shot 350*****

Missing



(39) LO350

Tramp

Hot Shot 350



(40) LO352

Is Jenny Getting Any More?

?



(41) You Can Fiddle Around With Me

Hot Shot ???

Missing

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September 30th  1949, Los Angeles



Cleo Brown (p,vo); Nappy Lamare (g); Leonard Bibb (b); Zutty Singleton (d).



(42) 4936-3

Cleo's Boogie

Capitol 57-7057

Comp. Brown

Pub. ?



(43) 4937-2

I'd Climb the Highest Mountain

Captol  57-887

Comp. Brown, Clare.

Pub.?



(44) 4938

Cook that Stuff

Capitol 57-50057

Comp. WAX

Pub. ?



(45) 4939

Don't Overdo It

Capitol 57-887

Comp. Eliot

Pub.?

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circa June, 1950 ??? Discovery Records



Cleo Brown

Cleo Brown (p, vo) and others?



(46) D436

Two Little Twains Discovery

Discovery  536 

  

(47) D437

Three Glad Rags

unissued

Missing



(48) D438

Coffee Colored Child

Discovery 536

 

(49) D439

Love's The Thing

unissued

Missing



(50) D440

I'd Rather Be Lonesome

Missing

 

(51) D441

You Laughed At Me

Missing



(52) D442

St. Louis Blues

Missing

    

(53) D443

Pinetop

Missing



(54) D444

When A Woman Cries

Missing



(55) D445

Skid Row

Missing



(56) D446

If You Catch Me

Missing



(57) D447

Honeysuckle Rose

Missing

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1950 Los Angeles



Cleo Brown (p.Vo)



(58) Blue 118

Roll It Boogie **

Blue 118

Comp. Dootsie Williams

Pub. Rockin' Music



(59) Blue 118

The Hole in the Wall

Blue 118

Comp. D. Williams, H.Jones.

Pub. Rockin' Music

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March 1951 Los Angeles



Cleo Brown (p.vo)

 

(60) Blue 119

Baby Lets Make some Love

Blue 119

Comp. D Williams.

Pub. Rockin' Music



(61) Blue 119

Blues Boogie Blue

Blue 119

Comp. D Wiliams.

Pub. Rocking Music



(62) TONE Records 31B

Roll It Boogie***

***re release of above

Tone 317-B

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April 13th, 1987 Atlanta, Georgia



C. Patra Brown aka Cleo Brown(p,vo); Marian McPartland (p)***

All tracks from "Living in the Afterglow " Audiophile. ACD-216  



(63) I'm a Little Old Woman

Cleo Brown

Cleo Brown (3:05)



(63) Without a Song

Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose,

Cleo Brown (4:08)



(66) Afterglow

Cleo Brown

Cleo Brown (3:01)



(67) Down by the Riverside

Traditional

Cleo Brown (3:38) ***



(68) High Up on the Mountain

Cleo Brown

Cleo Brown

(2:29)



(69) Silent Night

Franz Xaver Gruber,

Joseph Mohr

Cleo Brown (3:23)***

 

(70) I'm Gonna Rise Up Singing

Cleo Brown

Cleo Brown

(2:24)



(71) Amazing Grace

John Newton

Cleo Brown (4:23)



(72) Medley/The Old Rugged Cross/Near the Cross

George Bennard, W.H. Doane.

Cleo Brown (4:09)



(73) A Great Big Wonderful God

Cleo Brown

Cleo Brown (3:21)



(74) Marian's Mood

Marian McPartland, Cleo Brown,

Cleo Brown (4:43) *****



(75) Walk All Over God's Heaven

Traditional

Cleo Brown (2:40)



(76) Medley/Fly Away/Army Air Corp's Song

Cleo Brown, Robert Crawford.

Cleo Brown (2:49)



(77) Show Me a Rainbow

Cleo Brown

Cleo Brown (3:31)*********

 

(78)  Just a Closer Walk With Thee

Traditional

Cleo Brown (4:09)



(79) We're Running, Running, Running

Cleo Brown

Cleo Brown (2:34)



(80) I've Been 'Buked and Scorned

Traditional

Cleo Brown (4:04)

 

(81) I'm Gonna Tell God How You Treat Me

Cleo Brown

Cleo Brown (3:14)

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