Six Brown Brothers

Six Brown Brothers

The Six Brown Brothers, later known as the Five Brown Brothers, were a Canadian vaudeville era saxophone sextet consisting of six brothers. They were known for their comedic musical acts as well as their many recordings. They performed as clowns with white makeup and one in blackface. Their performances included ragtime and minstrel group acts. They were instrumental in popularizing the saxophone in America: "During the first two decades of the 20th century, the Six Brown Brothers were arguably the musical act most responsible for introducing the saxophone into American music."

Birth and Death Data: Born Founded 1906

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1914 - 1920

Roles Represented in DAHR: Musical group

Notes: William, Tom, Alec, Percy, Fred, and Vern Brown.

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 26-50 of 59 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-19845	10-in.	5/8/1917	A wonderful thing	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	Musical group
Victor	B-19846	10-in.	5/8/1917	Saxophonology	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	Musical group
Victor	B-19847	10-in.	5/9/1917	The Darktown Strutters' Ball	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	Musical group
Victor	B-19848	10-in.	5/9/1917	For me and my gal	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	Musical group
Victor	B-19849	10-in.	5/9/1917	Smiles and chuckles	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	Musical group
Victor	B-21945	10-in.	6/4/1918	Minstrel days march	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	Musical group
Victor	B-21946	10-in.	6/4/1918	Oh! Babe!	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	Musical group
Victor	B-21947	10-in.	6/4/1918	When Aunt Dinah's daughter Hannah bangs on that piano	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	Musical group
Victor	B-21948	10-in.	6/4/1918	A Georgia moan	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	Musical group
Victor	B-21949	10-in.	6/4/1918	Come along ma honey	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	Musical group
Victor	B-21950	10-in.	6/5/1918	Chasing the chickens	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	Musical group
Victor	B-21951	10-in.	6/5/1918	Drafting blues	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	Musical group
Victor	B-21952	10-in.	6/5/1918	Cute and pretty	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	Musical group
Victor	B-21953	10-in.	6/5/1918	Sand dunes	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	Musical group
Victor	B-21954	10-in.	6/5/1918	At the funny page ball	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	Musical group
Victor	B-21955	10-in.	6/5/1918	The courtier march	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	Musical group
Victor	B-21956	10-in.	6/6/1918	Cry baby	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	Musical group
Victor	B-21957	10-in.	6/6/1918	Play it again	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	Musical group
Victor	B-21958	10-in.	6/6/1918	Moovie blues	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	Musical group
Victor	B-21959	10-in.	6/6/1918	Hello Central, give me No Man's Land	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	Musical group
Victor	B-21960	10-in.	6/6/1918	Saxophone caprice	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	Musical group
Victor	B-22826	10-in.	5/12/1919	Peter Gink	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	Musical group
Victor	B-22827	10-in.	5/12/1919	Missouri blues	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	Musical group
Victor	B-22828	10-in.	5/12/1919	Oriental fox trot	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	Musical group
Victor	B-22842	10-in.	5/12/1919	Off again, on again, gone again Finnegan	Six Brown Brothers	Saxophone sextet	Musical group

(Results 26-50 of 59 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Six Brown Brothers," accessed November 2, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110219.

Six Brown Brothers. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 2, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110219.

"Six Brown Brothers." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 November 2024.

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