Les Brown
Les Brown
Lester Raymond "Les" Brown, Sr. was an American clarinetist, saxophonist, big band leader and composer, best known for his nearly seven decades of work with the big band Les Brown and His Band of Renown. The Band of Renown began in the late 1930s, initially as the group Les Brown and His Blue Devils, led by Brown while he was a student at Duke University. He was the first president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Academy of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJazz Singer
Date of Birth14 March 1912
CountryUnited States of America
Be determined to handle any challenge in a way that will make you grow.
Change is difficult but often essential to survival.
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If you don't stand up for something, you may fall for anything.
If you don't program yourself, life will program you!
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If you view all the things that happen to you, both good and bad, as opportunities, then you operate out of a higher level of consciousness.
In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.
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