BROWN, OSCAR, JR.

BROWN, OSCAR, JR. Entertainer/Composer (10 October 1926 in Chicago, Illinois). He began his professional career as a child actor and entered music relatively late, although he wrote songs and poetry from childhood on. In 1952 his song Brown baby, attracted wide notice when it was sung by Mahalia Jackson . His performance of the song on the demonstration record called attention to his singing ability and launched him into a career as an entertainer. He toured widely on the nightclub circuit...