Cleo Brown

Cleopatra Brown (December 8, 1909 – April 15, 1995), known as Cleo Brown, C. Patra Brown or Cleo Patra Brown, was an American blues and jazz vocalist and pianist. She was the first woman instrumentalist to receive the NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship.

Birth and Death Data: Born December 8, 1909 (Meridian), Died April 15, 1995 (Denver)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1935 - 1936

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, vocalist

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	39395	10-in.	3/12/1935	Lookie, Lookie, Lookie, here comes Cookie	Cleo Brown	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Decca	39396	10-in.	3/12/1935	You're a heavenly thing	Cleo Brown	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Decca	39397	10-in.	3/12/1935	I'll take the South	Cleo Brown	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Decca	39398	10-in.	3/12/1935	The stuff is here and it's mellow	Cleo Brown	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Decca	39399	10-in.	3/12/1935	Boogie woogie (Pinetop's boogie woogie)	Cleo Brown	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Decca	39530	10-in.	5/20/1935	'Way back home, part 2-2	Decca All-Star Review	vocalist
Decca	39531	10-in.	5/20/1935	Pelican stomp	Cleo Brown	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	39578	10-in.	6/8/1935	Never too tired to love	Caire Brown	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	39579	10-in.	6/8/1935	Give a broken heart a break	Caire Brown	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	39580	10-in.	6/8/1935	Mama don't want no peas an' rice an' coconut oil	Caire Brown	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	39581	10-in.	6/8/1935	Me and my wonderful one	Caire Brown	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	DLA 270	10-in.	11/20/1935	When Hollywood goes black and tan	Cleo Brown	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Decca	DLA 271	10-in.	11/20/1935	When	Cleo Brown	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Decca	DLA 272	10-in.	11/20/1935	You're my fever	Cleo Brown	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Decca	DLA 273	10-in.	11/20/1935	Breakin' in a pair of shoes	Cleo Brown	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Decca	DLA 337	10-in.	4/4/1936	Latch on	Cleo Brown	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Decca	DLA 338	10-in.	4/4/1936	Slow poke	Cleo Brown	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Decca	DLA 339	10-in.	4/4/1936	Love in the first degree	Cleo Brown	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Decca	DLA 340	10-in.	4/4/1936	My gal mezzanine	Cleo Brown	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brown, Cleo," accessed November 5, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/201150.

Brown, Cleo. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 5, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/201150.

"Brown, Cleo." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 November 2024.