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The Arthur Roy Brown Story
His Family and Early Years in Carleton Place:
Arthur Roy Brown was born at home, 146 Judson Street in Carleton Place, on December 23rd, 1893.
Arthur Roy Brown was the first son and third child of James Morton Brown (1863 – 1926) and Mary Elizabeth Brown, nee Flett (1864 – 1939).
He had two older sisters, and two younger brothers:
- Margaret “Reta” Rutherford Brown (1887 - 1933)
- Bessie Church Brown (1890 - 1971)
- Arthur Roy Brown (1893 -1944)
- John Horace Brown (1896 – 1919)
- Howard Morton Brown (1905 – 2000)
In the 1890’s Carleton Place came to a turning point brought by the ending of thirty years of large scale lumbering operations on the Mississippi River. It was an era where Ontario’s Mississippi and the timber strands of its watershed had provided the basis of this town’s largest industries. The decline in the seasonal businesses of the lumbermen here was balanced by increases in other kinds of industrial employment, mainly in the railway trades and machine shops, the manufacture of woolen goods and foundry operations
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Roy Brown (blues musician)
American blues singer (d. 1981)
Musical artist
Roy James Brown (September 10, 1920[1] or 1925[2] – May 25, 1981) was an American blues singer who had a significant influence on the early development of rock and roll and the direction of R&B. His original song and hit recording "Good Rockin' Tonight" has been covered by many artists including Wynonie Harris, Elvis Presley, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Joe Ely, Ricky Nelson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Pat Boone, James Brown, the Doors, the Treniers, and the rock group Montrose. Brown was one of the first popular R&B singers to perform songs with a gospel-steeped delivery, which was then considered taboo by many churches. In addition, his melismatic, pleading vocal style influenced notable artists such as B.B. King, Bobby Bland, Elvis Presley, Jackie Wilson, James Brown and Little Richard.[2][3]
Early life and education
Brown was born in Kinder, Louisiana.[1] Some sources report his birth date as September 10, 1925,[2 BIOGRAPHY AND DISCOGRAPHY Born in New Orleans in 1925, Brown was steeped in gospel as a child but upon singing professionally in his late teens he gravitated towards pop crooning and was considered a gimmick in clubs for being a black singer who sounded white – much like avowed Roy Brown fan Elvis Presley was later singled out for being a white singer who sounded black. Yet in order to connect with audiences beyond the novelty aspect of his material in relation to his race, Brown began letting band member Wilbert Brown (no relation) sing bluesier songs, including one Roy had written, “Good Rocking Tonight”. When Wilbert fell ill at the start of one performance of the song Roy stepped in and reverted back to his gospel style, significantly altering the feel of the song and creating something ent
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The very first rock artist and one of its most influential artists overall, not just for setting the entire genre into motion with his debut in September 1947 but also for his multiple stylistic precedents that quickly took root and defined rock ‘n’ roll going forward.
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