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Blue Ballads with Charles Brown

A live concert with songwriter and pianist Charles Brown. Brown is credited with creating an expressive style of blues that blended rough Texas blues with the soft glamour of Hollywood. Between 1946 and 1952, Brown recorded 20 hits, nine on his own, the rest as part of Johnny Moore's Blazers. He is featured in a new PBS documentary on the history of rhythm and blues.

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Other segments from the episode on June 22, 1989

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, June 22, 1989: Interview with Charles Brown; Review of Prince's album "Batman: The Motion Picture Soundtrack"; Interview with Ted Schultz; Review of the film "Batman."

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