Blues Legend Charles Mose Brown died of heart failure on January 21, 1999 at the age of 76 in Oakland, California. Mr. Charles Brown was a major musical figure in the pre-rock and roll era of the late...
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Clifton Chenier, “the King of Zydeco,” won a Grammy in 1984 for the album I’m Here!, bringing the music of the Creole prairie to a national stage.
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