Les Brown
Birthday: 14 March 1912, Reinerton, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth Name: Lester Raymond Brown
Famed band leader, composer, author, arranger and conductor, educated at Ithaca College, the New York Military Academy, and Duke University (where he led the dance orchestra). He worked as a freelance ...Show More
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
[on Martin Melcher, the husband of Doris Day, who was at one time a singer in Brown's band] Marty Me Show more
[on Martin Melcher, the husband of Doris Day, who was at one time a singer in Brown's band] Marty Melcher was an awful man, pushy, grating on the nerves, crass, money-hungry. He lived off Patty Andrews, then when Doris came along and looked like a better ticket, he glommed onto her. Hide
