Jocelyn Brown

Jocelyn Brown
Birth name	Jocelyn Lorette Brown
Born	November 25, 1950 (1950-11-25)
Origin	Kinston, North Carolina, U.S.
Genres	R&B Pop Soul acid jazz nujazz Dance House
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Vocals, Piano
Years active	1976–present
Labels	U.L.M., 4th & Broadway, Vinyl Dreams, Salsoul Records, Malaco, Warner Bros., Arista

Jocelyn Lorette Brown (born November 25, 1950, Kinston, North Carolina, sometimes credited as Jocelyn Shaw) is an American 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, Disco Tex and The Sex-O-Lettes, Cerrone, Bad Girls, Chic, and Change. Salsoul Orchestra, Soiree

In 1980, she appeared in Bette Midler's concert movie Divine Madness singing backup as a "Harlette" along with Ula Hedwig and Diva Gray. In 1984, Brown released a number of singles in her own name, including "Somebody Else's Guy" (later rerecorded in 1997 by CeCe Peniston), which made it #2 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart (#75 on the Hot 100) and became the title track of her first album (a compilation of tracks from her career to date), released that same year. Although she scored another big Dance (and minor R&B) hit two years later with "Love's Gonna Get You," her solo career never really took off and she continued to sing on other people's records.

She has more than twenty hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, four of which have hit number one (not including two #1 dance hits she had in the late 1970s as a guest vocalist with Patrick Adams' studio band, Musique). She continues to record house music and have chart hits in the 21st century. She toured with Boy George, as a backing vocalist, 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. In 1990, 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 as well as hip hop group Boogie Down Productions on their single "Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)".

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.

In 2011, she returned to British reality television, appearing in the second series of Pop star to Opera star, but was voted out in week two of the show in the second of two heats after being sent home by the judging panel after being in the bottom two of the public phone vote. Jocelyn sang a 'gypsy song' from the musical 'Carmen', well known for its accomplished arias and performances.

Discography

Solo Albums

• 1984: Somebody Else's Guy
• 1987: One from the Heart
• 1995: Jocelyn's Classic R&B Mastercuts (Japan only)
• 1995: Jocelyn's Classic Reggae Mastercuts (Japan only)
• 2006: Unreleased
• 2006: Circles (Japan only)

Below are songs with Jocelyn Brown as featured vocalist (including her solo hits).

Year	Song	U.S. HOT 100	U.S. Dance	U.S. R&B	UK	SWIT	SWED
1976	"Got You Dancing" (guest vocalist for Karisma)	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	"Keep On Jumpin'" (guest vocalist for Musique (Patrick Adams))	-	1	-	-	-	-
1978	"In the Bush" (guest vocalist for Musique (Patrick Adams))	58	1	29	16	-	-
1979	"I'm Caught Up (In a One Night Love Affair" (guest vocalist for Inner Life)	-	7	22	-	-	-
1981	"You Are the One" (guest vocalist for Cerrone)	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	"My Look" (guest vocalist for Cerrone)	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	"Letter to My Mother" (guest vocalist for Cerrone)	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	"Someone to Love" (guest vocalist for Cerrone)	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	"Hooked on You" (guest vocalist for Cerrone)	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	"Cherry Tree" (guest vocalist for Cerrone)	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	"Took Me So Long" (guest vocalist for Cerrone)	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	"It's a Girl's Affair" (vocalist for Change)	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	"Ain't No Mountain High Enough'" (guest vocalist for Inner Life)	-	20	-	-	-	-
1984	"Somebody Else's Guy" (Jocelyn Brown)	75	13	2	13	-	-
1984	"I Wish You Would" (Jocelyn Brown)	-	-	49	51	-	-
1986	"Love's Gonna Get You" (Jocelyn Brown)	-	1	38	70	-	-
1987	"Ego Maniac" (Jocelyn Brown)	-	-	-	82	-	-
1990	"Freedom" (Jocelyn Brown)	-	-	-	83	-	-
1991	"Always There" (Incognito)	-	-	33	6	8	19
1991	"Don't Talk Just Kiss" (Right Said Fred)	-	3	-	3	-	-
1991	"She Got Soul" (Jamestown)	-	-	-	57	-	-
1993	"Take Me Up" (Sonic Surfers)	-	-	-	61	-	-
1994	"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (with Kym Mazelle)	-	-	-	13	-	-
1994	"Gimme All Your Lovin'" (with Kym Mazelle)	-	-	-	22	-	-
1996	"Keep On Jumpin'" (Todd Terry feat. Martha Wash & Jocelyn Brown)	-	1	-	8	17	56
1997	"Somethin' Going On" (Todd Terry feat. Martha Wash & Jocelyn Brown)	-	1	-	5	28	43
1997	"I Am the Black Gold of the Sun" (Nuyorican Soul feat. Jocelyn Brown)	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	"It's Alright, I Feel It!" (Nuyorican Soul feat. Jocelyn Brown)	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	"Special Love" (Jestofunk feat. Jocelyn Brown)	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	"Happiness" (Kamasutra feat. Jocelyn Brown)	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Jocelyn Brown)	-	-	-	35	-	-
1998	"Fun" (Da Mob)	-	1	-	33	-	-
1998	"Show You Love" (A.K. Soul)	-	21	-	-	-	-
1999	"I Believe" (Jamestown feat. Jocelyn Brown)	-	-	-	62	-	-
1999	"It's All Good" (Da Mob feat.Jocelyn Brown)	-	-	-	54	-	-
1999	"Nights Over Egypt" (Incognito feat. Maysa Leak & Jocelyn Brown)	-	-	-	56	-	-
1999	"Believe" (Ministers De La Funk feat. Jocelyn Brown)	-	-	-	42	-	-
2002	"I'm a Woman" (Cassius and Jocelyn Brown)	-	-	-	-	63	-
2002	"Monday, Tuesday... Laissez-moi danser" (2005 remix of Dalida song by Cerrone, samples Jocelyn Brown vocal from 1981 track "Took Me So Long")	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	"Beautiful Day" (Hardage feat. Jocelyn Brown)	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	"All About the Music" (The AllStars Collective)	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	"Set Me Free" (guest vocalist for Blame)	-	-	-	-	-	-

See 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 (F-K)
• List of house music artists
• One-hit wonders in the UK

External links

• Jocelyn Brown discography at Discogs
• Artist page at Digisoul Records
• MySpace page
• Allmusic entry