Charles Brown has been played on NTS in shows including The Numero Group, featured first on 8 December 2021. Songs played include Please Come Home For Christmas, Until The Real Thing Comes Along and When Your Lover Has Gone.

Charles Brown (September 13, 1922 – January 21, 1999), born in Texas City, Texas was an American blues singer and pianist whose soft-toned, slow-paced blues-club style influenced the development of blues performance during the 1940s and 1950s. He had several hit recordings, including "Driftin' Blues" and "Merry Christmas Baby".

In the late 1940s a rising demand for blues was driven by an increasing white teenage audience in…