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Oscar Brown Jr. (October 10, 1926 – May 29, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, civil rights activist, and actor. Aside from his career, Brown ran unsuccessfully for office in both the Illinois state legislature and the U.S. Congress.
Oscar Brown Jr. @oscarbrownjr.5978 ‧. 275 subscribers ‧ 42 videos. On October 10, 2019 the family of Oscar Brown, Jr. launched the Official YouTube Channel dedicated to his music and artistic...
1 de jun. de 2005 · Sin embargo, en su país, Oscar Brown Jr. -fallecido en Chicago el 29 de mayo a los 78 años- era una auténtica leyenda del espectáculo en su faceta más jazzística.
Oscar Brown Jr.’s focus took a drastic turn by 1967, when he began working with the notorious Blackstone Rangers street gang, on Chicago’s Southside.
The result of a writing career that spanned over half a century, Oscar Brown, Jr. found inspiration in an astonishing variety of subject matters. He penned over 1000 poems and wrote more than a dozen musical stage plays, several of which are written entirely in rhyming verse.
19 de sept. de 2000 · Born October 10, 1926, in Chicago, Oscar Brown, Jr. defied narrow definition. Throughout his forty-year career, he was part jazz singer, part poet, part entertainer and part songwriter. As an aspiring young playwright in 1960, Brown made an unprecedented two-hour appearance on NBC soon after writing "Kicks & Company".
31 de may. de 2005 · Oscar Brown Jr., a singer, songwriter, playwright and actor known for his distinctive blend of show-business savvy and social consciousness, died on Sunday in a Chicago hospital. He was...
