Talk:The Browns

Maria
Where does They Call The Wind Maria fit in their discography? It was played as a hit on radio and was on their hits album, but no discography lists it.George Slivinsky (talk) 05:39, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

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The name "Jimmy Brown" being a coincidence seems a little dubious
Neither "Les Trois Cloches" nor it's predecesor song (I forget the name) have anything resembling "Jimmy Brown" (the protagonist in "Les Trois Cloches" is Francois Nicot, whereas "brown" would be "brun" or "maron" in French). The person who translated the song wanted to use a different name, and fine, but the name is "Jimmy Brown" and the Browns' lead singer is Jim Brown. This is claimed to be a coicidence If the translation, using the Jimmy Brown name, was written and published or sung before the Browns saw it, fine. But the Browns were the first to sing the translated song it seems, so the translation might have been written -- or altered -- for them.

The Browns entry in Encyclopedia of Popular Music doesn't mention this. We don't have access to the Guiness book rn, but it'd be difficult to prove either way. Maybe possible with some extensive digging, maybe not. If the Browns say it's a coincidence, so what, people say things for various reasons (and persons are often poor sources for this kind of information about their inner states and motives, actually). If the Guiness book has describes a publishing or performing before the Browns got to it, then OK. But it's a short entry and I'm not confident it does. Herostratus (talk)