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Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005)

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Born
April 18, 1924
Died
September 10, 2005
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1924

About Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown was an American singer and multi-instrumentalist from Louisiana. He was best-known as a blues performer, but his music was often eclectic and also touched on genres including country, jazz and rock and roll. Brown won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album in 1983 for his album, Alright Again! In 1949 Robey founded Peacock Records in order to showcase Brown's virtuoso guitar work. As for his gutsy violin playing, Robey allowed Brown to record "Just Before Dawn", his final release on the Peacock label, in 1959.

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Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown timeline

  1. In 1949 Robey founded Peacock Records in order to showcase Brown's virtuoso guitar work.
  2. As for his gutsy violin playing, Robey allowed Brown to record "Just Before Dawn", his final release on the Peacock label, in 1959.
  3. Brown won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album in 1983 for his album, Alright Again!

The world when Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown was born

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown was born in 1924. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1924

  • #1 song"It Had to Be You" – Isham Jones
  • Top movieThe Thief of Bagdad (Douglas Fairbanks)
  • Best-selling bookSo Big – Edna Ferber

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Winter Olympics held in Chamonix, France
  • Top headlineCalvin Coolidge elected president in a landslide
  • Technology milestoneIBM founded
  • Defining fadMah-jongg craze sweeps America
  • Notable inventionSpiral-bound notebook
  • World population1.95 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderCalvin Coolidge
  • Sports championWashington Senators (World Series)
  • U.S. population114.1M

1924 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19242026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$5,800$435,000
Average income$3,520$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population114.1M341 million

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