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- Artist: Cleo Brown
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- Release Date: October 02, 2002
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Blues
Review
With the exception of an album that she made in 1987, 1935-1951 is all anyone has heard of the recordings of pianist-singer Cleo Brown. Brown, who has sometimes been cited by Dave Brubeck as an early influence (although the musical connection really cannot be heard), was an excellent pianist and a personable good-time singer. She recorded four sessions for Decca during 1935-36, in which she is backed by guitar, bass, and drums, performing such numbers as "Lookie, Lookie, Lookie, Here Comes Cookie," "The Stuff Is Here And It's Mellow," "Mama Don't Want No Peas An' Rice An' Cocoanut Oil" and the unusual "When Hollywood Goes Black And Tan." In addition, she romps on the solo "Pelican Stomp," her part from a Decca All Star Revue is included, and there is one session apiece from 1949, 1950, and 1951. It seems odd that she never became a big star. Needless to say, this CD is the perfect way to obtain and enjoy this lost legend's recordings. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Here Comes Cookie | Mack Gordon | Cleo Brown | (2:53) |
| You're a Heavenly Thing | Cleo Brown | (2:53) | |
| I'll Take the South | Jack Palmer, |
Cleo Brown | (2:37) |
| The Stuff Is Here and It's Mellow | Pinetop Smith | Cleo Brown | (2:44) |
| Boogie Woogie | Pinetop Smith | Cleo Brown | (2:28) |
| 'Way Back Home, Pt. 2 | Cleo Brown | (3:00) | |
| Pelican Stomp | Cleo Brown | Cleo Brown | (2:22) |
| Never Too Tired for Love | Cleo Brown | (3:05) | |
| Give a Broken Heart a Break | Cleo Brown | (2:38) | |
| Mama Don't Want No Peas an' Rice an' Cocoanut Oil | Cleo Brown | (2:45) | |
| Me and My Wonderful One | Pinetop Smith | Cleo Brown | (2:46) |
| When Hollywood Goes Black and Tan | Cleo Brown | (2:46) | |
| When | Cleo Brown | (3:05) | |
| You're My Fever | Cleo Brown | Cleo Brown | (2:50) |
| Breakin' in a Pair of Shoes | Sam H. Stept, Ned Washington, |
Cleo Brown | (2:45) |
| Latch On | Cleo Brown | (2:52) | |
| Slow Poke | Cleo Brown | (2:41) | |
| Love in the First Degree | Harry Brooks | Cleo Brown | (2:24) |
| My Gal Mezzanine | Cleo Brown | (2:29) | |
| Cleo's Boogie | Cleo Brown | Cleo Brown | (2:44) |
| I'd Climb the Highest Mountain | Lew Brown, Sidney Clare | Cleo Brown | (2:33) |
| Cook That Stuff | Cleo Brown | (2:21) | |
| Don't Overdo It | Cleo Brown | (2:34) | |
| Two Little Twains | Cleo Brown | (2:31) | |
| Coffee Colored Child | Cleo Brown | (2:43) | |
| Rollit Boogie | Cleo Brown | (2:47) | |
| Hole in the Wall | Ray Price | Cleo Brown | (2:14) |
