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Willie Lee Brown
b. August 6, in Clarksdale, Mississippi
(Eagle & LeBlanc "reportedly in Shelby, Bolivar County, MS")
lived in Robinsonville, MS from and moved to Lake Cormorant, MS by
d. December 30, in Tunica, Mississippi
buried at Good Shepherd Cemetery in Prichard, MS
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Willie (Lee) Brown should not be confused with (at least two) other "William Browns":
1. William Brown, who recorded "Mississippi Blues", "East St. Louis Blues" and "Ragged And Dirty" on July 16,
at Sadie Beck's Plantation, Arkansas for the Library of Congress,
2. William Brown, who was recorded May 11, at State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas for the Library of Congress. |
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of release | title / label / notes |
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10 inch 78 rpm
| | 1 | | Louise Johnson
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| | 2 | | Willie Brown
| | 3 | | Louise Johnson
| | 4 | | Charley Patton
| | 5 | | Charley Patton
| | 6 | | Willie Brown
| | 7 | | Willie Brown
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LP / CD compilations | | 8 | | The Mississippi Blues
| | 9 | | The Mississippi Blues Number 2
| | 10 | | Willie Brown
| | 11 | | Down South
Louisiana-Mississippi-Alabama-Florida
| | 12 | | Boogie Woogie Rarities
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