Trombonist Warren Brown passed away September 15, 2008 after a lengthy illness in Carlsbad, CA.he was 92.
Warrens life was filled with music, being taught at an early age by his father, then attending New York Military Academy majoring in music. He was a trombonist with his brothers band, Les Brown and the Band of Renown until he went into the Navy in World War II where he served for 3 years. Upon discharge, he entered the business end of music and joined Leeds Music in New York City.
Because of his success as a song plugger, finding hit songs for many artists and overseeing many educational projects for Leeds, he was transferred to California to open and head the Leeds Music office there. The company sold to MCA and Warren served as Vice President of MCA Music, Inc., later to become Universal Music, until his retirement in 1981.
During his tenure, he found “Strangers In the Night" for Frank Sinatra, “Girl from Ipanema" for Antonio Carlos Jobin, and helped market in the USA the innovative music album “Jesus Christ Super Star", “Downtown" by Petula Clark, and “Its Not Unusual" by Tom Jones.
