Jocelyn Brown

Jocelyn Brown

Infobox musical artist


Name = Jocelyn Brown
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Jocelyn Lorette Brown
Born = birth date and age|1950|11|25
Origin = flagicon|USA Kinston, North Carolina
Genre = R&B
Pop
Soul
Dance
House
Occupation = Singer
Years_active = 1984–present
Instrument = Vocals
Label = U.L.M., 4th & Broadway, Vinyl Dreams, Salsoul Records, Malaco, Warner Bros., Arista

Jocelyn Brown (born Jocelyn Lorette Brown, November 25 1950, Kinston, North Carolina) — sometimes credited as Jocelyn Shaw — is an R&B and dance music singer. Although she has only one Billboard Hot 100 chart entry in her name, she has an extensive background in the music industry and is well-known in the world of dance music.

Career

Brown started out in the late 1970s singing on records by studio created bands like Musique, Inner Life, Bad Girls, Salsoul Orchestra, Disco Tex and The Sex-O-Lettes, Cerrone, Chic and Change. In 1984, Brown released a number of singles in her own name, including "Somebody Else's Guy," which made it #2 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart (#75 on the Hot 100). Her solo career never really took off and she continued to sing on other people's records.

She has over twenty hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, four of which have hit number one. She continues to record house music and have chart hits in the 21st century.

She did work with Boy George, as a backing vocalist, touring worldwide with Culture Club in 1985 and appeared on their 1986 album, "From Luxury to Heartache". In 1987, she co-wrote with Boy George his top 30 UK hit, "Keep Me In Mind".

Since 1990, she has lived in London. Also, in 1990, Brown became a victim of the sampling craze when the line "I've got the power" was sampled from her 1986 dance hit, "Love's Gonna Get You" by electronica group Snap! for their worldwide hit, The Power.

Brown appeared on both seasons of BBC One's celebrity singing talent show "Just the Two of Us"; first with TV presenter Matt Allwright (placing sixth), then with actor John Bardon from "EastEnders" (placing fourth). In 2006 Brown released a CD entitled "Unreleased". Her cousin, Shaun Gaskins, says "she took it back to what she knows best, real singing. A lot people should take note and watch how a real diva gets down".

In 2007 Brown collaborated with The AllStars both live, at a series of music festivals in the UK, and in the studio recording of their new album, "All About the Music". She also sang the United States national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner", at Wembley Stadium, for the first ever regular season American football game played on foreign soil. The game was between the New York Giants and the winless Miami Dolphins.

Discography

Below are songs with Jocelyn Brown as featured vocalist.

External links

* [http://www.digisoul.co.uk/jocelynbrown/ Artist page at Digisoul Records]
* [http://www.myspace.com/jocelynbrown MySpace page]
* Allmusic [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:gpfyxqw5ld6e~T1 entry]

ee also

* List of Number 1 Dance Hits (United States)
* List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
* List of disco artists
* List of house music artists
* One-hit wonders in the UK


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