Lung cancer has taken the life of musician Les Brown, whose Band of Renown scored a No. 1 hit with "Sentimental Journey" during America's big band era. He was 88.Brown — a fixture on radio, television ...

The 17th Les Brown Big Band Festival will feature a weekend of activities starting April 24. Les Brown Sr., born in Reinerton near Tower City, is best known for the hit “Sentimental Journey” and many ...

When the subject of famous bandleaders from Schuylkill County comes up, the conversation usually turns to Shenandoah natives Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey. But there was another local bandleader who made it ...

Here’s an unexpected but no less welcome windfall for big–band lovers. Composer / arranger / pianist Les Hooper has reissued four of his superb albums from the ’70s and ’80s on compact disc, the first ...

On "New Suit for Zoot" (aka "Tickletoe"), the latest edition of Les Hooper's southern California-based big band kicks the accelerator and really burns rubber. Unfortunately, that's one of the few high ...

Les Emmerson, the singer and songwriter of the 1970s group Five Man Electrical Band who had a massive 1971 radio hit with the counterculture anthem “Signs,” died Dec. 10 of Covid-19 at a hospital in ...

Les Brown, whose Band of Renown scored a No. 1 hit with "Sentimental Journey" during America's big-band era, has died of lung cancer. He was 88. Brown died Thursday night at his home surrounded by… By ...

Leslie "Les" Muncaster figures he and his wife, Marcia, have performed at least 240 concerts with Ocala’s Kingdom of the Sun Concert Band over the last 24 years, but the number is likely higher. Les, ...

The world famous Les Elgart Orchestra made a stop in Chattanooga Saturday night at the Fairyland Club on Lookout Mountain. The band is best known for “Bandstand Boogie,” theme song of Dick Clark’s ...