- Band leader ("Les Brown And his Band of Renown").
- Les Brown was president of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, and helped make the Grammy awards a televised event. He persuaded Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra to participate in that first telecast.
- Inducted into the Big Band & Jazz Hall of Fame. (1999)
- Daughter: Denise Brown Marsh.
- Grandfather of animation producer/director/actor Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6506 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- Great-grandfather of Django Marsh.
- Father of singer/actor Les Brown Jr.
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