Talk:Oscar Brand

Request for Oscar Brand Discography
Request for Oscar Brand Discography: This is a mighty task, but is there an accurate discography available? He recorded for Elektra, Riverside, and others over the years. The discography currently available on allmusic.com seems to be scrambled up at this time in terms of dates and original record labels.

Radiofreespike67.168.188.45 (talk) 05:55, 15 March 2008 (UTC)Titled this section.1archie99 (talk) 14:59, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Mr. Brand deserves a lot more space! Some mention should be made of his most famous composition, the Doris Day megahit "A Guy is a Guy", from which he claims that his royalties exceeded a million dollars.76.247.165.49 (talk) 13:59, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Newport
Brand was one of the founders of the Newport Folk Festival in 1959 (with Pete Seeger, Theo Bikel, and promoter George Wein, all 4 of whom are still alive and on the job) and was the first onstage host. Newport was certainly the most significant folk gathering in the country for a number of years, and Brand's hand in it is certainly part of his notability. I will be adding something sourced (from Wein's book) to that effect soon.Sensei48 (talk) 16:36, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Infobox
He has stated that he does not accept compensation from WNYC. Is he an employee?1archie99 (talk) 14:44, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

"'Something to Sing About' ...which is one of Canada's national folk songs"
Not strictly speaking true given that its writer is known. Can the word "folk" not be omitted? Further, the statement "Over its run...[his television program] has introduced such talents to the world as ... The Weavers" is untrue given that The Weavers were well known, though having been banned back home in the US in the early 1950s because of a supposed leftist inclination. Further, while the program was indeed broadcast on the CTV initially, it transferred in due course to the CBC. Would it not be preferable to so-state? Masalai (talk) 11:41, 5 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Fourteen months since my observation "[T]he Canadian patriotic song 'Something to Sing About' (actual title: 'This Land of Ours'), which is one of Canada's national folk songs" has not been changed in the 14 months since I made the obvious observation that it is not a folk song, its composer being known. So I've simply deleted the incorrect word. I was a child when it was decided to name a national anthem and "O Canada" was chosen. I was far from alone in seeing that while "The Maple Leaf Forever" was obviously inappropriate because it carries on about English, Irish and Scotch but not French or other ancestry, it is far more moving than the repetitive cliches of "O Canada." And that Oscar Brand's "This Land of Ours" was and is preferable to all. But it is irrelevant elsewhere than as an extremely minor incidental point in the discussion of "O Canada" and national songs as a subject, and only if and when it can be substantiated and with a verifying footnote. But this seems necessary meanwhile.Masalai (talk) 14:51, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

actual title: 'This Land of Ours')
This is mentioned in this article, but not on the page about the song itself. Is it really the title? 99.245.230.104 (talk) 03:13, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Reclassified as C class article
This article has been reclassified as a C-class article under WikiProject Biography/Assessment. Capitalistroadster (talk) 05:59, 1 October 2016 (UTC)