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Request for Oscar Brand Discography: This is a mighty task, but is there an accurate discography available? He recorded for Elektra, Riverside, and others over the years. The discography currently available on allmusic.com seems to be scrambled up at this time in terms of dates and original record labels.
Radiofreespike 67.168.188.45 ( talk) 05:55, 15 March 2008 (UTC)Titled this section. 1archie99 ( talk) 14:59, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
Mr. Brand deserves a lot more space! Some mention should be made of his most famous composition, the Doris Day megahit "A Guy is a Guy", from which he claims that his royalties exceeded a million dollars. 76.247.165.49 ( talk) 13:59, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
Brand was one of the founders of the Newport Folk Festival in 1959 (with Pete Seeger, Theo Bikel, and promoter George Wein, all 4 of whom are still alive and on the job) and was the first onstage host. Newport was certainly the most significant folk gathering in the country for a number of years, and Brand's hand in it is certainly part of his notability. I will be adding something sourced (from Wein's book) to that effect soon. Sensei48 ( talk) 16:36, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
He has stated that he does not accept compensation from WNYC. Is he an employee? 1archie99 ( talk) 14:44, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
Not strictly speaking true given that its writer is known. Can the word "folk" not be omitted? Further, the statement "Over its run...[his television program] has introduced such talents to the world as ... The Weavers" is untrue given that The Weavers were well known, though having been banned back home in the US in the early 1950s because of a supposed leftist inclination. Further, while the program was indeed broadcast on the CTV initially, it transferred in due course to the CBC. Would it not be preferable to so-state? Masalai ( talk) 11:41, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
This is mentioned in this article, but not on the page about the song itself. Is it really the title? 99.245.230.104 ( talk) 03:13, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
An interesting entry about an interesting life, but a poorly sourced one. Nicmart ( talk) 01:55, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
This article has been reclassified as a C-class article under Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Assessment. Capitalistroadster ( talk) 05:59, 1 October 2016 (UTC)