Michael Brown (born circa 1920 in Mexia, Texas) is a producer and writer of songs and books whose most-widely-known work might be several children's books about Santa Mouse.
Brown has served several terms as a member of the board of the Songwriters Guild of America.
Starting in 1953, he produced industrial musicals for corporate clients in the United States and other countries. His biggest production was DuPont's multi-million-dollar Wonderful Wo...
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Michael Brown (born circa 1920 in Mexia, Texas) is a producer and writer of songs and books whose most-widely-known work might be several children's books about Santa Mouse.
Brown has served several terms as a member of the board of the Songwriters Guild of America.
Starting in 1953, he produced industrial musicals for corporate clients in the United States and other countries. His biggest production was DuPont's multi-million-dollar Wonderful World of Chemistry at the 1964 New York World's Fair. Brown wrote, produced, and directed a musical involving interaction between live performers and life-sized actors on film. In over 17,000 performances it was seen by over 5.2 million people.
Another example of his corporate work is an industrial musical revue for Woolworth performed in June 1965 called Mr. Woolworth Had a Notion.
His first work on Broadway was the song "Lizzie Borden" in Leonard Sillman's New Faces of 1952.
Writing with Harold Arlen, he wrote "Indoor Girl" sung by Pearl...
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