Oscar Brand

Folk Singer

Birthday February 7, 1920

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace Canada

DEATH DATE Sep 30, 2016 (96)

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About

Prolific Canadian folk singer of over three hundred songs, including well-known numbers like Something To Sing About. He also hosted the Oscar Brand's Folksong Festival.

Before Fame

He moved from Canada to New York to study at Brooklyn College as a young man.

Trivia

He won the prestigious Peabody Award in 1982 for his broadcast of The Sunday Show on National Public Radio.

Family Life

He married Karen Lynn Grossman in 1970.

Associated With

His radio show, Oscar Brand's Folksong Festival, introduced the public to a wide variety of artists including Joan Baez.