Track Listing

1. Driftin' Blues
2. Homesick Blues
3. Get Yourself Another Fool
4. In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down
5. Long Time
6. It's Nothing
7. Trouble Blues
8. My Baby's Gone
9. Black Night
10. I'll Always Be in Love With You
11. Seven Long Days
12. Hard Times
13. Evening Shadows
14. I Lost Everything
15. Lonesome Feeling
16. Cryin' Mercy
17. I've Been Savin' My Love for You
18. Fool's Paradise
19. Please Don't Drive Me Away
20. Merry Christmas, Baby

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13372 in Music
• Released on: 1995-09-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Amazon.com
This mellow-toned singer and pianist came to prominence in the mid-'40s as part of Johnny Moore's Three Blazers. Moore's brother Oscar was a member of Nat "King" Cole's trio, a group that greatly influenced the direction of the Blazers. With Moore's fluid guitar and Brown's mellifluous voice, the Blazers pioneered the refined, jazz-influenced West Coast school of blues. Nineteen forty-five's "Driftin Blues" brought the trio national attention, but after recording a handful of tunes under his own name (with the Blazers still behind him), Brown broke away for good and rolled up a series of R&B hits for Aladdin, ending with the 1956 classic "Merry Christmas, Baby." With a deft piano touch and a rich, sultry vocal approach, Brown brought blues to the lounge. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews

Everyone should own a copy of this one.
I was saddened to read of Charles Brown's passing two weeks ago.

My favorite of his was his 1961 Christmas album on King.

This album won't disappoint you. It's best appreciated when you want to relax.