The Browns

The Browns were an American family singing group from Sparkman, Arkansas made up of Jim Ed Brown (b. 1934) and his sisters, Maxine Brown (b. 1932) and Bonnie Brown (b. 1937).

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Country music singers, they sang individually at rural venues until 1954 when Maxine Brown and younger brother Jim Ed signed a record contract as a singing duo. Eighteen-year-old Bonnie joined the group in 1955 and the following year they were signed by Chet Atkins at RCA Records in Nashville, Tennessee. The family trio recorded several songs that met with only modest success until 1959 when their 45rpm folk single called "The Three Bells" was a No.1 hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 pop music and country music charts. Based on a song called "While The Angelus Was Ringing," the song was originally a hit in France for both the group Les compagnons de la chanson and Edith Piaf.

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The Browns followed up the success of "The Three Bells" with "Scarlet Ribbons" and "The Old Lamplighter," recordings that also did very well on both the pop and country music charts. With an international following, The Browns toured Europe extensively and recorded further moderate successes on the country music charts. In 1963, they became part of the Grand Ole Opry.

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In 1965, Jim Ed Brown began working on a solo career and in 1967 the group disbanded.

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Jim Ed Brown: Jim Ed Brown (born James Edward Brown, April 1, 1934, Sparkman, Arkansas) is an American country music singer who achieved fame in the 1950s with his two sisters as a member of The Browns. He later had a successful solo career from 1965 to 1974, followed by a string of major duet hits with Helen Cor...

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