Oscar Brand
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Biography
Oscar Brand, born on February 7, 1920 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, was a folk singer-songwriter and radio host. He began his career as a young man living in Borough Park, Brooklyn, graduating from Erasmus Hall High School and later from Brooklyn College with a BS in psychology. In the late 1940s, Brand started his long-running radio show on WNYC Radio in New York City, which became the longest-running radio show with only one host in broadcasting history. He released numerous albums throughout his career, including Laughing America (1970), "Why Not the Best?" (1976) and Presidential Campaign Songs, 1789-1996 (2006). Brand composed at least 300 songs and collaborated with notable folk musicians such as Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger. He also wrote several books on folk music and contributed to various musicals and television programs, including Let's Sing Out. Brand passed away on September 30, 2016.
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- Did You Ever See a Lassie
- Destroyer Life
- Didn't She Ramble
- Dinky Die
- Enemy Generals on Parade
- Fighter Pilot's Lament
- Gee, But I Wanna Go Home
- Give Me Operations
- Get a Horse
- Glory Flying Regulations
- The Reuben James Ritz
- Guantanamo Bay
- Great Big Little Boat Show
- Head on the Yacht Club Bar
- Hearse Song
- Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
- Honey Baby
- Hop Little Rabbit
- Hinky Die
- Home, Boys, Home
- I Sing, You Sing, We All Sing
- I Learned About Flying from Them
- I Wanted Wings
- I've Been Working on the Railroad
