Oscar Brand
Oscar Brand, born on February 7, 1920 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, was a folk
singer-songwriter and radio host. He began his career as a young man living in
Borough Park, Brooklyn, graduating from Erasmus Hall High School and later from
Brooklyn College with a BS in psychology. In the late 1940s, Brand started his
long-running radio show on WNYC Radio in New York City, which became the
longest-running radio show with only one host in broadcasting history. He
released numerous albums throughout his career, including Laughing America
(1970), "Why Not the Best?" (1976) and Preside...
