1952
HARD TIMES * CHARLES BROWN * ALADDIN 3116 * USA
The extremely influential singer Charles Brown started out singing professionally with Johnny Moore's Three Blazers shortly after WW1, playing small clubs in and around Los Angeles; their first record was for the Philo label. Charles Brown went solo in 1948, his first release was Ooh Sugar on - the renamed Philo label - Aladdin # 3020 .
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