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Joseph Roger Brown (born 13 May 1941), known as Joe Brown, is a British entertainer of the 1960s and beyond.

Born in Swarby, Lincolnshire, his family moved to London when he was two years old and ran The Sultan public house in Plaistow, East London. Brown has now sustained a career as a rock'n'roll singer and guitarist for over five decades. He was an in demand live and television performer in the late 1950s, a UK recording star in the early 1960's, made six major motion pictures, presented specialist radio series for BBC Radio 2, appeared on the West End Stage alongside Dame Anna Neagle and written an auto biography. In recent years he has again concentrated on his main love recording and performing music, currently playing two major tours of around 100 shows every year and releasing a new album almost every year.

Career

In 1956, Brown formed The Spacemen skiffle group, which lasted until the US led Rock & Roll invasion brought Skiffle to an abrupt halt. In 1958 Brown was spotted by TV producer Jack Good who hired him to be the lead guitar player in the orchestra of his new TV series Boy Meets Girls.

Joe was immediately signed to a mangement agreement by impressario ' Larry Parnes' and soon signed to Decca Records. Brown charted with "The Darktown Strutters Ball" in 1960 and had UK Top 10 hits on the Piccadilly label in 1962-63 with "A Picture Of You", "It Only Took A Minute" and "That's What Love Will Do". Brown's recording band was a collection of session players of the day and was christened The Bruvvers by jack Good solely for the purpose of giving Brown the identity of having his own backing band for record releases. It was only in 1962 when he needed a band to go on tour with him that Joe Brown And The Bruvvers' was formally cemented, containing two members of The Spacemen, brothers Tony & Pete Oakman.

Brown was voted "Top UK Vocal Performer" in 1962 and 1963 by NME magazine. He went on to appear in films, pantomime and stage musicals, notably Charlie Girl in the West End. He presented the children's television series, Joe & Co, on BBC TV, and a daytime quiz show on ITV called Square One and three series of The Joe Brown Show for ITV.

In 1972, he formed another band, Brown's Home Brew, which played Rock, Country & Gospel music and featured his wife, Vicki Brown, who died of cancer in 1991. Their daughter, Sam Brown, is also a singer and son Pete Brown is a record producer who has produced all but one of Brown's nine most recent albums.

Brown plays acoustic guitar, electric guitar, ukulele, mandolin and fiddle.

George Harrison was best man at Brown's second marriage in 2000. Following Harrison's death from lung cancer on 29 November 2001, Brown appeared with his group at the Concert for George singing "Here Comes the Sun", " That's The Way It Goes " and "I'll See You in My Dreams", accompanying himself on the ukulele, for the latter.

Brown appeared on a track on Harrison's last album, Brainwashed and on two songs on an earlier album " Gone Troppo ".

Brown continues to performs and makes occasional TV appearances. He is working on a musical, Don't You Rock Me Daddio, with songwriter Roger Cook. In December 2006, he was one of three guest hosts of Sounds of the 60s on BBC Radio 2 during the absence of host Brian Matthew following on from presenting two series on Rock & Roll also for BBC Radio 2.

In 2008 Brown's 50th Anniversary celebrations have included a UK Certified Gold Album for sales over 100,000 " Joe Brown - The very Best Of " , performed a 37 date sold out 50th Anniversary Spring Tour, performed a sold out 50th Anniversary Concert at The Royal Albert Hall with special guests Mark Knopfler, Jools Holland, Dennis Locorriere, Dave Edmunds, Sam Brown & Chas N Dave and a 36 date Autumn / Winter Tour.

His latest album More Of The Truth was released in the UK on October 13th and early in 2009 US musical instrument manufacturer Kala will be launching a Joe Bown series of Ukuleles.

Discography

Singles

2008 "You Were Everywhere" - Track Records
2008 "Everybody's Famous" - Track Records
2006 "Reuben" - Track Records
2006 "One Trick Pony" - Track Records
2004 "I'll See You In My Dreams" - Track Records
1999 "On A Day Like This" - Round Tower Music - RTMS9901CD
1999 "That's The Way The World Goes Round" - Round Tower Music - RTMS9902CD
1997 "Old Chunk Of Coal" - Demon - JBPROMO1
1993 "Come On Joe" - Joe Brown Prod'ns - UGCD001
1983 "Give Us A Break" - BBC Records - RESL134
1981 "Hey Mama" - TFC - TFC1
1979 "Free Inside" - Acrobat - BAT10
1977 "The Boxer" - Power Exchange - PX252
1977 "All Things Bright & Beautiful" - Power Exchange - PX261
1976 "Always Laughing" - Pinnacle - P8434
1974 "Tennessee Mashman" - Vertigo Records - 6059099
1974 "Build A Wall" - Vertigo - 6059110
1973 "Hey Mama" - Ammo - AMO101
1970 "Molly Perkins" - Penny Farthing Records - PEN718
1969 "Sweet Music" / "Suzanne" - MCA Records - MU1082
1968 "Bottle Of Wine" - MCA - MU1003
1968 "Davy The Fat Boy" - MCA - MU1030
1967 "With A Little Help From My Friends" - Pye Records - 7N17339
1966 "Sea Of Heartbreak" - Pye - 7N17074
1966 "Little Ray Of Sunshine" - Pye - 7N17135
1966 "A Satisfied Mind" - Pye - 7N17184
1965 "Teardrops In The Rain" - Pye - 7N15784
1965 "Sicilian Tarantella" - Pye - 7N15888
1965 "Charlie Girl" - Pye - 7N15983
1964 "You Do Things To Me" - Piccadilly Records - 7N35163
1964 "Don't" / "Just Like That" - Piccadilly - 7N35194
1963 "That's What Love Will Do" - Piccadilly - 7N35106
1963 "Nature's Time For Love" - Piccadilly - 7N35129
1963 "Sally Ann" - Piccadilly - 7N35138
1963 "Little Ukelele" - Piccadilly - 7N35150
1962 "What A Crazy World We're Livin' In" - Piccadilly - 7N35024
1962 "A Picture Of You" - Piccadilly - 7N35047
1962 "Your Tender Look" - Piccadilly - 7N35058
1962 "It Only Took A Minute" - Piccadilly - 7N35082
1961 "Shine" / "The Switch" - Pye - 7N15322
1961 "Crazy Mixed Up Kid" - Piccadilly - 7N35000
1961 "I'm Henry The Eighth" - Piccadilly - 7N35005
1960 "The Darktown Strutters Ball" - Decca Records - F11207
1960 "Jellied Eels" - Decca - F11246
1959 "People Gotta Talk" - Decca - F11185

Albums

1962 A Picture Of You - Golden Guinea - GGL0146
1962 A Picture of Joe Brown - Decca/Ace Of Clubs - ACL1127
1963 Joe Brown - Live - Piccadilly Records - NPL8005
1963 Joe Brown / Mark Wynter - Golden Guinea - GGL0179
1963 Here Comes Joe - Golden Guinea - GGL0231
1964 Charlie Girl (orig Cast Rec.) - CBS CBS2627
1965 What A Crazy World - Golden Guinea - GGL0272
1966 Bits Of Joe Brown - Marble Arch Records - MAL651
1968 Joe Brown - MCA Records - MUPS347
1972 Brown's Home Brew - Bell Records - BELLS208
1974 Together (B. H. Brew) - Vertigo Records - 6360114
1974 The Joe Brown Collection - Golden Hour - GH583
1977 Joe Brown Live - Power Exchange - PXLS2002
1987 Here Comes Joe - Diamond - DLP500
1988 Hits'N'Pieces - PRT Records - PYL4017
1990 A Golden Hour Of - Knight - KGHCD121
1991 Onstage Jet - JETCD1002
1993 Come On Joe - Joe Brown Productions - CDUG001
1993 The Joe Brown Story - Sequel - NED235
1994 Live & In The Studio - See For Miles - C5MCD612
1995 A Picture Of You - Entertainment Today - 5507592
1997 56 & Taller Than You Think - Joe Brown Productions - FIEND790
1999 On A Day Like This - Round Tower Music - RTMCD92
2001 A Showbusiness Lifetime - Joe Brown Productions - UGCD003
2004 Jiggery Pokery - Joe Brown Productions - UGCD005
2004 Hittin The High Spots - Track Records - TRA1051
2006 Down To Earth - Track Records - TRA1057
2008 More Of The Truth - Track Records - TRA1057

References

Guinness Book of British Hit Singles - 14th Edition - ISBN 0-85156-156-X
The Guinness Book Of British Hit Albums - 7th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-619-7
Joe Brown - Album Discography (from official Joe Brown website; retrieved 15 Nov., 2006)

External links

Official website

@@ Line 14: / Line 14: @@
 '''Joseph Roger Brown''' (born [[13 May]] [[1941]]), known as '''Joe Brown''', is a [[Great Britain|British]] [[entertainer]] of the 1960s and beyond.
-Although born in [[Aswarby and Swarby|Swarby]], [[Lincolnshire]], Brown sustained a career as a [[Cockney]] [[rock'n'roll]] singer and guitarist. He was a live and television performer in the late 1950s, a UK recording star in the early 1960s.
+Born in [[Aswarby and Swarby|Swarby]], [[Lincolnshire]], his family moved to London when he was two years old and ran The Sultan public house in Plaistow, East London. Brown has now sustained a career as a [[rock'n'roll]] singer and guitarist for over five decades. He was an in demand live and television performer in the late 1950s, a UK recording star in the early 1960's, made six major motion pictures, presented specialist radio series for BBC Radio 2, appeared on the West End Stage alongside Dame Anna Neagle and written an auto biography. In recent years he has again concentrated on his main love recording and performing music, currently playing two major tours of around 100 shows every year and releasing a new album almost every year.
 ==Career==
-In 1956, Brown formed '''The Spacemen''' [[skiffle]] group, which became the backing group on [[Jack Good (producer)|Jack Good]]'s television series ''[[Boy Meets Girls]]'' in 1959.
+In 1956, Brown formed '''The Spacemen''' [[skiffle]] group, which lasted until the US led Rock & Roll invasion brought Skiffle to an abrupt halt.  In 1958 Brown was spotted by TV producer [[Jack Good (producer)|Jack Good]] who hired him to be the lead guitar player in the orchestra of his new TV series ''[[Boy Meets Girls]]''.
-Rechristened [[Joe Brown And The Bruvvers']], the group joined [[Larry Parnes]]' artists and signed to [[Decca Records]]. Brown charted with "The Darktown Strutters Ball" in 1960 and had UK Top 10 hits on the [[Piccadilly Records|Piccadilly]] label in 1962-63 with "A Picture Of You", "It Only Took A Minute" and "That's What Love Will Do".
+Joe was immediately signed to a mangement agreement by impressario ' [[Larry Parnes]]' and soon signed to [[Decca Records]]. Brown charted with "The Darktown Strutters Ball" in 1960 and had UK Top 10 hits on the [[Piccadilly Records|Piccadilly]] label in 1962-63 with "A Picture Of You", "It Only Took A Minute" and "That's What Love Will Do". Brown's recording band was a collection of session players of the day and was christened The Bruvvers by jack Good solely for the purpose of giving Brown the identity of having his own backing band for record releases.  It was only in 1962 when he needed a band to go on tour with him that [[Joe Brown And The Bruvvers']] was formally cemented, containing two members of The Spacemen, brothers Tony & Pete Oakman.
 Brown was voted "Top UK Vocal Performer" in 1962 and 1963 by ''[[NME]]'' magazine.
-He went on to appear in [[motion picture|film]]s, [[pantomime]] and stage musicals, notably ''[[Charlie Girl]]'' in the [[West End theatre|West End]].  He presented the children's television series, ''Joe & Co'', on [[BBC TV]], and a daytime quiz show on [[ITV]] called ''[[Square One (game show)|Square One]]''.
+He went on to appear in [[motion picture|film]]s, [[pantomime]] and stage musicals, notably ''[[Charlie Girl]]'' in the [[West End theatre|West End]].  He presented the children's television series, ''Joe & Co'', on [[BBC TV]], and a daytime quiz show on [[ITV]] called ''[[Square One (game show)|Square One]]'' and three series of The Joe Brown Show for ITV.
-In 1972, he formed another band, '''Brown's Home Brew''', which played [[country music]] and featured his wife, Vicki Brown, who died of [[cancer]] in 1991. Their daughter, [[Sam Brown (singer)|Sam Brown]], is also a singer.
+In 1972, he formed another band, '''Brown's Home Brew''', which played Rock, Country & Gospel music and featured his wife, Vicki Brown, who died of [[cancer]] in 1991. Their daughter, [[Sam Brown (singer)|Sam Brown]], is also a singer and son Pete Brown is a record producer who has produced all but one of Brown's nine most recent albums.
 Brown plays [[steel-string guitar|acoustic guitar]], [[electric guitar]], [[ukulele]], [[mandolin]] and [[fiddle]].
-He was [[best man]] at [[George Harrison]]'s second marriage in 1978. Following Harrison's death from lung cancer on [[29 November]] [[2001]], he appeared at the [[Concert for George]] singing  "Here Comes the Sun", "[[I'll See You in My Dreams (song)|I'll See You in My Dreams]]", accompanying himself on the [[ukulele]], among others.
+[[George Harrison]] was best man at Brown's second marriage in 2000. Following Harrison's death from lung cancer on [[29 November]] [[2001]], Brown appeared with his group at the [[Concert for George]] singing  "Here Comes the Sun", " That's The Way It Goes " and  "[[I'll See You in My Dreams (song)|I'll See You in My Dreams]]", accompanying himself on the [[ukulele]], for the latter.
-Brown appeared on a track on Harrison's last album, ''[[Brainwashed]]''.
+Brown appeared on a track on Harrison's last album, ''[[Brainwashed]]'' and on two songs on an earlier album " Gone Troppo ".
-Brown continues to performs and makes occasional [[television|TV]] appearances. He is working on a musical, ''Don't You Rock Me Daddio'', with songwriter [[Roger Cook (songwriter)|Roger Cook]]. In December 2006, he was one of three guest hosts of ''[[Sounds of the 60s]]'' on [[BBC Radio 2]] during the absence of host [[Brian Matthew]].
+Brown continues to performs and makes occasional [[television|TV]] appearances. He is working on a musical, ''Don't You Rock Me Daddio'', with songwriter [[Roger Cook (songwriter)|Roger Cook]]. In December 2006, he was one of three guest hosts of ''[[Sounds of the 60s]]'' on [[BBC Radio 2]] during the absence of host [[Brian Matthew]] following on from presenting two series on Rock & Roll also for BBC Radio 2.
+In 2008 Brown's 50th Anniversary celebrations have included a UK Certified Gold Album for sales over 100,000 " Joe Brown - The very Best Of " , performed a 37 date sold out 50th Anniversary Spring Tour, performed a sold out 50th Anniversary Concert at The Royal Albert Hall with special guests Mark Knopfler, Jools Holland, Dennis Locorriere, Dave Edmunds, Sam Brown & Chas N Dave and a 36 date Autumn / Winter Tour.
+His latest album More Of The Truth was released in the UK on October 13th and early in 2009 US musical instrument manufacturer Kala will be launching a Joe Bown series of Ukuleles.
 ==Discography==
 ===Singles===
+*2008 "You Were Everywhere" - [[Track Records]]
 *2008 "Everybody's Famous" - [[Track Records]]
+*2006 "Reuben" - [[Track Records]]
+*2006 "One Trick Pony" - [[Track Records]]
 *2004 "I'll See You In My Dreams" - [[Track Records]]
 *1999 "On A Day Like This" - Round Tower Music - RTMS9901CD
@@ Line 107: / Line 114: @@
 *2004 	''Hittin The High Spots'' - Track Records - TRA1051
 *2006  	''Down To Earth'' - Track Records - TRA1057
+*2008  	''More Of The Truth'' - Track Records - TRA1057
 ==References==