JIM ED BROWN
Jim Ed Brown (born April 1, 1934 in Sparkman, Arkansas) is an American country music singer who achieved fame in the 1950’s 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 Cornelius through 1981. Brown is currently the host of the Country Music Greats Radio Show, a syndicated country music program from Nashville, Tennessee. (More from Wikipedia)
In the late 1960’s, I attended a traveling show of several country artists put together by Jim Ed Brown, if memory serves. It included one of the earliest appearances by Crystal Gayle (Loretta Lynn’s younger sister) long before her hit song “Don’t it Make My Brown Eyes Blue”, and Roger Miller might have been the headliner; but what I really remember was the electrifying appearance by Jerry Lee Lewis, still one of the most exciting concerts I have ever seen – and the rest of the audience seemed to concur.
(May 2011)
