The Compacts

Six brothers and one sister from the Brown family delivered that smooth vocal style, not unlike The Delfonics, that was so popular in the early 70s. Both sides of their Carla Records single are featured here. The A-side ‘That’s How My World Began’ incidentally co-written by Ernie Harwell , a baseball hall-of-fame radio announcer for the Detroit Tigers. Renamed Family Brown they made one album 'Imaginary World' for United Artists in 1977.