Band of Renown Collection and Virtual Museum

The festival has a collection of Band of Renown related items boasting the largest collection of Band of Renown memorabilia in Pennsylvania. Many of these items are displayed at the annual festival. For those unable to physically visit, you may view the a few of museum’s items on our virtual museum below.

The Clyde Stumpy Brown Collection

The Stumpy Brown Collection consists of items donated by Stumpy to be preserved for future big band enthusiasts. Items include original tape recordings of concerts and demo recordings, video tapes of TV newscasts and interviews of Les and Stumpy, personal photos, personal items, and Butch Stone memorabilia.

Unique Items

Stumpy Brown’s first baritone horn (donated by Stumpy’s niece Barbara Hill Auman)
The band’s Disneyland banner
Band of Renown jackets (donated by trombonist Jack Redmond)
Swampy Marsh art

Additional Items

49 of their 55 albums
Recordings that were not commercially released
Band of Renown CDs
Autographed pictures of band members
Les’ personal photographs
All of the movies the Band of Renown appeared in
Feature movies with appearances by Stumpy Brown
Movies and TV shows with appearances by Les Brown Jr.
Movie posters and lobby cards
Band of Renown piano sheet music
Duke Blue Devil Jazz Band piano sheet music

Virtual Band of Renown Museum

Albums

Les and the Band officially recorded 55 albums. Below are a few of the albums in our collection of over 50 albums. Also in the collection are several albums and CDs that were not released to the public.

Framed 45rpm record of I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm and corresponding juke box label.

45 les jr. — Record jacket of Les Brown Jr. surfing music.

IMG_0728 (640x539) — Sentimental book album containing 78rpm records.

IMG_0729 (640x495) — Inside cover of the 78rpm booklet album.

IMG_0723 (640x621) — Early 33rpm album with jacket cover of paper instead of cardboard.

IMG_0727 (614x640) — Back of the paper jacket.

Band of Renown Sheet Music.

The Complete List of Sheet Music with year of publication

1935 Say Si Si

1936 A Gay Ranchero, Trust In Me, When My Dream Boat Comes Home

1937 Yours

1938 They Say

1939 I’ll Never Smile Again, Undecided

1940 Imagination

1941 Papa Nicolinin, ‘Tis Autumn, Two Heads That Pass in the Night, The Story of a Starry Night

1942 Moonlight Mood, Oh, My Darling Clementine, A Story of Pearls

1943 Rest of All, Comin’ in on a Wing and a Prayer

1944 Sentimental Journey, Easter Sunday with You, Let Me Love You Tonight, Robin Hood, Candy, I Didn’t Know

1945 Let It Snow, Come to Baby Do, I’ll Always Be With You, A Fool About You, Autumn Serenade, The Last Time I Saw You, You May Not Love Me, You Won’t Be Satisfied, I’ll Never Let You Cry, Street of Dreams, Trust in Me, Undecided, When My Dream Boat Comes In

1946 A Good Man Is Hard to Find, My Number One Dream Came True, You Should Have Told Me, Deavil, Devil, Divil, The Whole World Is Singing My Song, The Best Man, Five Minutes More

1947 Mahzel

1949 I’ve Got My Love, 1400 Dream Street

1959 My Kind of People

Movie Memoribilia