Biography

One of the founding fathers of rock & roll, New Orleans singer and songwriter Roy Brown made history in 1947 with “Good Rockin' Tonight,” ostensibly a jump-blues tune, but ultimately a seminal building block for '50s rock. Brown had a great run from the late '40s to the mid '50s on the DeLuxe and King labels. Brown never stopped recording and performing, working with everyone from Willie Mitchell to Johnny Otis on a variety of labels over the years, and was enjoying a revival of interest in his music when he died in 1981.

Top Tracks

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• Ain't No Rockin' No More

• Bar Room Blues

• Beautician Blues

• Big Town

• Boogie At Midnight

• Butcher Pete, Pt. 1

• Cadillac Baby

• Deep Sea Diver

• Fannie Brown Got Married

• Gal From Kokomo

• Good Rockin' Tonight

• Hard Luck Blues

• Hip Shakin' Baby

• Hurry Hurry Baby

• Laughing But Crying

• Let The Four Winds Blow

• Long 'bout Midnight

• Love Don't Love Nobody

• Luscious Woman

• Mighty, Mighty Man

• Miss Fanny Brown

• Mr. Hound Dog's In Town

• Party Doll

• Rock-a-bye Baby

• Rockin' At Midnight

• Sweet Peach

• Trouble At Midnight

• Up Jumped The Devil

• We're Goin' Rockin' Tonight

• Worried Life Blues

Discography

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• Cheapest Price in Town

  Faith

  1979

• Live at Monterey

  1971

• Hard Times

  BluesWay

  1968

• The Blues Are Brown

  1968

• Battle of the Blues, Vol. 4

  King / King

  1959

• Battle of the Blues, Vol. 2

  King / King

  1959

• Battle of the Blues, Vol. 1

  King / Deluxe

  1959

• Roy Brown & Wynonie Harris

  King

  1959