Charles Brown, American singer and pianist (died 1999)

Charles Brown (musician)

American blues singer and pianist (1922–1999)

Tony Russell "Charles" Brown was an American singer and pianist whose soft-toned, slow-paced nightclub style influenced West Coast blues in the 1940s and 1950s. Between 1949 and 1952, Brown had seven Top 10 hits in the U.S. Billboard R&B chart. His best-selling recordings…