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Charles Brown

Real Name:
Charles Brown
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Born: September 13, 1922, Texas City, Texas
Died: January 21, 1999, Oakland, California
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Discography

Releases:
One Minute To One / Please Don't Drive Me Away (10", Single)   Aladdin Records 1955
Please Come Home For Christmas / Christmas (Comes But Once A Year) (7", Single)   King Records (3) 1960
I'm Just A Drifter (7")   King Records (3) 1963
Great Rhythm & Blues Vol. 2 (2 versions)   Bulldog Records ... 1974
"Sail On Blues" (LP, Mono)   Jukebox Lil 1989
Lonesome Blues / Walkin' In Circles (Shellac, 10", Single)   Exclusive (2)  
Appears On:
Detroit Special (LP, Mono, Comp) Drifting Blues Atlantic 1972
Did You Heard Me? (Album) (2 versions)   Stax 1972
E.C. Was Here (Album) (4 versions) Drifting Blues RSO Records ... 1975
Please Come Home For Christmas / Funky New Year (Single) (5 versions) Please Come Home For C... Asylum Records ... 1978
Magaza Stomp (LP, Album) Jag Tänker Hålla Ut MNW 1981
Please Come Home For Christmas / Silver Bells (7", Single) Please Come Home For C... Elektra 1981
Another Scoop (Cass, Comp) Driftin' Blues ATCO Records 1987
Home Alone (CD) Please Come Home For C... Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) 1990
Here Is Christmas (CD) Please Come Home For C... EMI Records 1991
Live At The Beacon (CD) Driftin' Blues Giant Records 1991
Blue Light 'Til Dawn (CD, Album) Tell Me You'll Wait Fo... Blue Note 1993
From The Cradle (Album) (4 versions) Driftin' Reprise Records ... 1994
Motherless Child / Driftin' (7") Driftin' Reprise Records, Duck Records (2) 1994
Please Come Home For Christmas (Cass, Single) Please Come Home For C... Mercury, Mercury 1994
Slippin' In (LP, Album) Trouble Blues Silvertone Records 1994
The Specialty Story (5xCD, Comp + Box) Too Close To Heaven Specialty Records Inc. 1994
Chill Out (Album) (3 versions) Kiddio, Annie Mae Virgin 1995
Road Tested (2 versions) Never Make Your Move T... Capitol Records 1995
The Spirit Of Christmas 1995 (CD, Comp) Merry Christmas Baby Myer Grace Bros 1995
Volkswagen Meets Jazz (CD, Comp) Honey Motor Music 1995
Roots Of Rhythm Of Blues 1939-1945 (2xCD, Comp) Drifting Blues, Blues ... Frémeaux & Associés 1996
The Motown Sessions 1962-1964 (CD, Comp, RM) I Wanna Go Home (Previ... Motown 1996
An Anthology: The Elektra Years (2xCD, Comp, Promo, RM) Driftin' & Driftin' Elektra 1997
Don't Look Back (2 versions)   Pointblank ... 1997
Wonderful Christmas Time (CD) Please Come Home For C... Song Digital 1997
Jazz For A Rainy Afternoon (CD) 'Round Midnight 32 Jazz 1998
The Best Of Friends (CD, Comp) Don't Look Back Pointblank, Virgin Records America, Inc. 1998
California Blues 1940 - 1948 (2xCD, Comp) It Ain't Gonna Be Like... Frémeaux & Associés 1999
Dead Bees On A Cake (Album) (3 versions)   Virgin ... 1999
Everything And Nothing (Comp) (2 versions) Midnight Sun Virgin 2000
The Anthology (2xCD, Comp) Driftin' Blues MCA Records 2001
In Session Information (2 versions) Black Night, Big Legge... RPM Records (2) 2002
Nellyville (CD, Album)   Universal Records 2002
The Spirit Of Christmas 2002 (CD) Please Come Home For C... Myer Grace Bros 2002
The Complete Greatest Hits (2xCD, Box) Please Come Home For C... Warner Music (Japan) 2003
Elton John's Christmas Party (CD, Comp, Dig) Please Come Home For C... Universal Music Special Markets, Hear Music 2005
Rocking Around The Christmas Tree - Santa's Rock (2xCD, Comp + Box) Please Come Home For C... Song Digital 2005
Boogie Woogie Piano Vol. 2 New York - Chicago - Los Angeles - New Orleans 1938-1954 (2xCD, Comp) Blazer's Boogie Frémeaux & Associés 2007
F*ck Was I (CD, Maxi, Promo)   Nettwerk 2007
Rockin' Christmas (CD, Comp) New Merry Christmas Baby VL-Musiikki Oy 2007
Sloe Gin (Album) (2 versions) Black Night Provogue 2007
Please Come Home For Christmas (CDr, Single, Promo)   Capitol Records 2008
Wishful Thinking (CDr) Is It A Dream Chambermusik 2008
Please Come Home For Christmas / I Only Want To Be With You (7", Single)   Hep' Me Records  
Pure Weihnachten Mit CD (CD, Comp) Please Come Home For C... Not On Label  
The Mega Christmas Album (Disc Two) (CD, Comp) Please Come Home For C... The Mail On Sunday  
Wunderschöne Weihnachten, Folge 1 (CD, Comp) Please Come Home For C... Karussell  
Tracks Appear On:
NME Ace Case (Cass) Educated Fool New Musical Express 1983
NME Little Imp (Cass, Comp) Merry Christmas Baby New Musical Express 1984
Live At The Beacon (CD) Driftin' Blues Giant Records 1991
The Ghosts Of Oxford Street (CD, Album) Merry Christmas Baby RCA 1991
A Very Special Christmas 2 (Album) (3 versions) Merry Christmas Baby A&M Records 1992
Barjazz 2 (CD, Comp) Honey Verve Records, Motor Music 1995
Volkswagen Meets Jazz (CD, Comp) Honey Motor Music 1995
Original Funk : Le Son De La Nouvelle-Orléans (CD) A Virus Called The Blues Nova Records 1996
Living The Blues - Blues Legends (2xCD, Comp) Troble Blues Time Life Music 1997
Jazz For A Rainy Afternoon (CD) 'Round Midnight 32 Jazz 1998
The Ace Blues Masters [Volume 1] - Sing My Blues Tonight (CD) Black Night, Let's Jus... Westside 1998
The Blues Box (3xCD) These Blues Polymedia Marketing Group GmbH 1998
California Blues 1940 - 1948 (2xCD, Comp) It Ain't Gonna Be Like... Frémeaux & Associés 1999
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection - Season's Greetings (3xCD, Comp) Please Come Home For C... Universal Music (Canada) 2000
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection - Season's Greetings 2 (3xCD, Comp) Merry Christmas Baby Universal Music (Canada) 2001
50 Sublimes Chanteurs De Jazz (1940-1953) (2xCD) Drifting Blues Body & Soul 2003
Christmas Remixed: Holiday Classics Regrooved (CD) Merry Christmas Baby (... Six Degrees Records 2003
120% Soul (6xCD + Box) I Want A G.I.R.L. Weton-Wesgram 2004
Jazzy Jolly Holiday Remixes Yule Love (CD, Comp) Merry Christmas, Baby ... Rock River, Rock River 2004
L'Histoire Du Jazz Vocal - The Story Of Vocal Jazz - Part 2 (1941 - 1953) (10xCD, Comp) Driftin' Blues (1945-... Le Chant Du Monde 2004
Beginner's Guide To The Blues (3xCD + Box) Driftin' Blues Nascente 2005
Blue Christmas (CD) Please Come Home For C... Mojo Magazine 2005
Christmas Remixed 2 (CD) I'll Be Home For Chris... Six Degrees Records 2005
78 r.p.m. (CD, Mono, Dig) Hot Lips And Seven Kisses Excelsior Recordings 2008
A Jazz & Blues Christmas (CD, Comp) Santa's Blues Putumayo World Music 2008
Unofficial Releases:
Dead Bees On A Cake (CD, Album)   ООО "ДОРА" 1999
Everything And Nothing (Comp) (2 versions) Midnight Sun Stress Records (2) ... 2000
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