Columbus S. Perry (January 20, 1922 – February 5, 2009),[1] better known as Piney Brown, was an American R&B and blues singer and songwriter, who has been described as a "fine, big-voiced shouter".

[2] Perry was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and raised in Kansas City, Missouri,[1] and joined his family's gospel singing group.

[5] An item in the Chicago Defender on February 7, 1948, reported that Brown was beginning a package tour the next month.

[6] None of his records made the national charts, but they sold well locally, and Brown was a top-performing attraction who regularly toured the country.

By 1969, he signed a contract with Sound Stage 7 and released a couple of singles, including "One of These Days (You're Gonna Want Me)" backed with "Nashville Wimmin" (1970).

Big Joe Turner wrote "Piney Brown Blues" in that man's honor and sang it throughout his career.