Songwriter & Singer between Soul & Jazz.,wrote for Mahalia Jackson.
Nina Simone, Nashville Teens, Georgie Fame, Mark Leeman 5, Boots &
many more recorded his songs.
After his Columbia recordings (presented here), he got signed to Atlantic in
the mid 60s.
Style: Jazz, Soul
Musicians:
Oscar Brown jr. - vocals, lyrics, songwriting;
Bernhard Purdie; Richard Tee; Cissie Houston;
Tracks:
Mr. Kicks (O.Brown Jr) 1962
Work Song (O.Brown Jr.-Nat Adderley) 1961
The Snake (Brown jr.) 1963
Straighten up & fly right (Nate Cole-Irving Mills) 1962
Humdrum Blues (Brown jr.) 1961
Signifying Monkey (Brown jr.) 1961
It ain't necessarily so (I.&G.Gershwin-Bose-Heyward) 1962
Afro Blue (Mongo Santamaria-O.Brown jr.) 1961
Dat Dere (O.Brown jr.-Bobby Timmons) 1961
Hazel's Hips (O.Brown jr.) 1962
Watermelon Man (O.Brown jr.) 1961
Jeannine (Brown Jr.-Duke Pearson) 1963
Tall like Pne (Brown jr.) 1963
Sixteen Tons (Merle Travis) 1962
But I was cool (Brown jr.) 1961
One for my Baby (Johnny Mercer-Harold Arlen) 1962
Opportunity please knock (Brown jr.) 1962
All Blues (Brown jr.-Miles Davis) 1963
Excuse me for living (Brown Jr.) 1962
Work Song (2nd version) (Brown Jr.-N.Adderley) 1962
When Malindy sings (Brown Jr.-Paul Lawrence Dunbar) 1962
Elegy (Plain black Boy) (Brown Jr.-G.Brooks) 1962
The Tree and me (Brown Jr.) 1963