The Browns - The Complete Hits

Every hit notched by the number one country singing group of the late 50s and early 60s is included on The Browns The Complete Hits.

The brother-and-sister trio of Jim Ed, Maxine and Bonnie Brown personified two trends in popular music at the time; the rise of the lush Nashville Sound and the national craze for folk music, and as a result they crossed over from the country charts into pop stardom.

Never before had the homespun harmonies of country music sounded so smooth and downright commercial. Add to that the Browns' clean-cut image and you had an act ripe for superstardom in late fifties America.

All 21 of their hits (billed variously as the Browns, Jim Edward & Maxine Brown, and the Browns Featuring Jim Edward Brown) are here, with pictures and annotation by Grammy-winner Colin Escott.

• Looking Back to See
• Here Today and Gone Tomorrow
• I Take the Chance
• Just as Long as You Love Me
• Money
• I Heard the Bluebirds Sing
• Would You Care?
• Beyond the Shadow
• The Three Bells (Les Trios Cloches)
• Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair)
• The Old Lamplighter
• Send Me the Pillow You Dream On
• Oh No!
• Then I ll Stop Loving You
• Everybody's Darlin, Plus Mine
• Meadowgreen
• I'd Just Be Fool Enough
• Coming Back to You
• I Hear It Now
• Big Daddy
• I Will Bring You Water