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Jackson Browne

Biography

Browne was born October 9, 1948, in Heidelberg, Germany, where his father Clyde Jack Browne, an American serviceman, was stationed for his job assignment with the Stars and Stripes newspaper. Browne's mother, Beatrice Amanda (née Dahl), was a Minnesota native of Norwegian ancestry. Browne has three siblings. Roberta "Berbie" Browne was born in 1946 in Nuremberg, Germany; and Edward Severin Browne was born in 1949 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. His younger sister, Gracie Browne, was born a number of years later. At the age of three, Browne and his family moved to his grandfather's house, Abbey San Encino, in the Highland Park district of Los Angeles. In his teens, he began singing folk songs in local venues such as the Ash Grove and The Troubador Club. He attended Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, California, graduating in 1966.

Clyde Jackson Browne is a German/American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 18 million albums in the United States. Coming to prominence in the 1970s, Browne has written and recorded songs such as "These Days", "The Pretender", "Running on Empty", "Lawyers in Love", "Doctor My Eyes", "Take It Easy", "For a Rocker", and "Somebody's Baby". In 2004, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, and given an honorary doctorate of music by Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked him as 37th in its list of the "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time".

Actor

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Inductions

2020

as Self

ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival 2014

2014

as Self

All My Friends - Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman

2014

as Himself

Jackson Browne: I'll Do Anything - Live In Concert

2013

as Musician

Jackson Browne with Special Guest Sara Watkins Live

2012

as Himself - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

2007

as Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne: VH-1 Storytellers

1996

as Himself

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

1988

as Self - Backing Vocals

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball

1987

as Self

Jackson Browne: BBC in Concert

1978

Eagles - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert

1973

as Himself

The Ski Bum

1971

as Stoned Guitars

Documentaries

Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill

2024

as Self

Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues

2023

as Self

Immediate Family

2022

Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On

2022

as Self

Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute

2022

as Self

Really Good Rejects

2022

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts

2021

as Self

The Velvet Underground

2021

as Self

Linda and the Mockingbirds

2020

as Self

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

2019

as Self

David Crosby: Remember My Name

2019

as Self (archive footage)

Echo in the Canyon

2019

as Self

The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash

2019

as Self

The Poet of Havana

2015

as Self

Bruce Springsteen A MusiCares Tribute

2014

as Self

Troubadours

2011

as Self

Talking Guitars

2008

as Self

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream

2007

as Self

Trudell

2005

as Self - Singer, Songwriter

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'

2002

as Self

Bonnie Raitt: Road Tested

1996

as Self - Guest star - Guitar, vocals

The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True

1995

as The Scarecrow

The History of Rock 'n' Roll

1995

as Self

Nico Icon

1995

as Himself

Jackson Browne: Going Home

1994

as Himself

Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work

1993

as Self

The Making of Sun City

1985

as Self

No Nukes

1980

as Self