Real name: James Edward Brown

Effective period / Period of releases: 1954 - 1996

Jim Ed Brown (born April 1, 1934, Sparkman, Arkansas, USA - died June, 12, 2015, Franklin Tennessee, USA) was an American country singer-songwriter who came to fame as a member of the 1950's vocal group The Browns, where he was the band's lead male vocalist. In 1965, when the group was still together, he embarked on a solo career that would eventually eclipse the success of The Browns. Jim Ed Brown had his greatest success in the late 1970's, when he regularly performed duets with Helen Cornelius.