Jim Ed Brown RIP.

[positron]

Jim Ed Brown, from the Browns, passed away today. There most famous song was "The Three Bells".

In 1959, the Browns, then with RCA Records, had told producer Chet Atkins that they were thinking of quitting the business, but Atkins asked them to come to Nashville and record one more time.

“Chet asked if there was anything we wanted to do that we hadn’t recorded,” Brown said. “We told him about a song called ‘The Three Bells’ that we sang coming from Pine Bluff to Nashville. We recorded it, and after the session, Chet said, ‘You kids may think you’re about to retire, but I think you’ve just recorded the biggest song we’ve ever done.’”

"The three bells"

Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
August 24, 1959 – September 14, 1959,

Approximately 4 weeks

Billboard Hot Country & Western Sides number-one single
August 31, 1959 – November 2, 1959

Over two months.

He will be missed, but his music lives on.

Cheers
Pos

 

[squirrelnest]

The Browns - Little Jimmy Brown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJCvPhqcY9A

 

[Ynow]

Great song,also did The Old Lamplighter

 

[Pio1980]

Great song,also did The Old Lamplighter

Major hit for Kay Kyser, also parodied by Tom Lehrer as "The old dope peddler".

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