Barry Brown (born December 17, 1952), is a Canadian

country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...

artist and songwriter. Brown, a former member of

Family Brown Family Brown was a Canadian country music band founded in 1967 by Joe Brown (vocals, bass guitar), along with his son Barry (vocals, guitar) and daughters Lawanda and Tracey (vocals), as well as Dave Dennison (guitar) and Ron Sparling (drums). Bet ...

and

Prescott-Brown Prescott-Brown was a Canadian country music trio composed of Tracey Brown, her brother Barry Brown (Canadian musician), Barry, and her husband Randall Prescott. All three were members of the Canadian country group, Family Brown, which parted ways ...

. Both bands included his sister, singer Tracey Brown.

Biography

Brown began performing as a member of Canada's most awarded country band,

. Following the band's disbanding, Brown went on to form

Juno Award The Juno Awards (stylized as JUNOS), or simply known as the Junos, are awards presented by Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to recognize outstanding achievements in Canada's mu ...

winning group

with his sister Tracey and brother-in-law Randall Prescott.Canadian Pacific Entertainers
/ref> Brown won the

Canadian Country Music Association The Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The groundwork for the association began on June 3, 1973, when a gr ...

award for

SOCAN The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 175,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. The organization collect ...

Song of the Year in 1989 ("Trail of Tears"), 1990 ("Pioneers") and 1994 ("

I'm Gonna Drive You Out of My Mind "I'm Gonna Drive You Out of My Mind" is a single by Canadian country music artist Charlie Major. Released in 1993, it was the first single Major's debut album, '' The Other Side''. The song reached #1 on the ''RPM Revolutions per minute (abbr ...

"). Brown has written numerous songs for various country artists.

Singles

References

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