L. Russell Brown
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| L. Russell Brown | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Lawrence Russell Brown |
| Born | June 29, 1940 Newark, New Jersey, United States |
| Genres | Traditional pop, rock and roll |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter |
| Associated acts | The Four Seasons Tony Orlando and Dawn |
Lawrence "Larry" Russell Brown[1] (born 29 June 1940), known as L. Russell Brown, is an American lyricist and composer. He is most noted for his songs, co-written with Irwin Levine, "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" and "Knock Three Times" for the 1970s pop music group Tony Orlando and Dawn. He also co-wrote "C'mon Marianne" for The Four Seasons, and The Partridge Family 1971 song, "I Woke Up In Love This Morning".
Biography
Born in Newark, New Jersey,[2] Brown began his songwriting career when he was sixteen with the R&B label Fury Records. Co-writing with Ray Bloodworth in the mid-1960s, and working for Bob Crewe,[3] he wrote the hits "C'mon Marianne" and "Watch the Flowers Grow" for the Four Seasons.[4] "C'mon Marianne" featured in Jersey Boys, the Broadway musical. With Crewe, Brown also wrote "Sock It to Me Baby!", a 1967 hit for Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels.[4]
Brown started writing with Irwin Levine in 1970, and found success with several hits for Dawn, including "Knock Three Times", "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" - both songs reaching #1 in the US and UK - and "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose". "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" appears in such films as Wallace and Gromitt, Fargo, and Forrest Gump, and has reputedly been recorded over one thousand times.[3] One of Brown's later successes as a writer was "Use It Up and Wear It Out", co-written with Sandy Linzer, which was a #1 hit in the UK for Odyssey in 1980.[4]
Over the course of fifty years of songwriting, Brown's recordings have sold millions of records.[citation needed] Other musicians who have recorded his songs include Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Lesley Gore, Johnny Mathis and Donny Osmond.[4][3][2]
References
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- L. Russell Brown at AllMusic
- L. Russell Brown at the Internet Movie Database
- L. Russell Brown official website
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- ↑ L. Russell Brown, SecondhandSongs.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Biography, Sandy Lee Watkins Songwriting Festival, 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Gary James, "Interview with L. Russell Brown", ClassicBands.com. Retrieved 19 October 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Songs written by L. Russell Brown, MusicVF.com. Retrieved 19 October 2015
