"own backing band for record releases. It was in 1962 when he needed a band to tour with him that 'Joe Brown and the Bruvvers' was cemented, containing two members of the Spacemen, brothers Tony and Pete Oakman, who had also remained with him in the ""Boy Meets Girls"" band. Brown was voted 'Top UK Vocal Personality' in the 1962 ""NME"" magazine poll. During the 1960s Brown appeared in a number of films, pantomime and stage musicals. In December 1963, the film ""What a Crazy World"", based on a stage play, starring Brown and Marty Wilde among others, had its"
"In The 60s"" CD compilation released in 2009 by Gear Fab Records. Joe Frank and the Knights Joe Frank and the Knights were an American garage rock band from Leland, Mississippi who were active between 1959-1965. They were led by Joe Frank Carollo. In the early-to-mid 1960s their popularity grew beyond the Mississippi delta and Memphis areas as they became one of the most popular groups in various parts of the Southern United States. They had a regional hit with ""Can't Find a Way"", which attracted the attention of ABC Records who picked up the record and re-released it for"
"to national public attention in the late 1950s as a member of the singing group The Famous Flames with the hit ballads ""Please, Please, Please"" and ""Try Me"", Brown built a reputation as a tireless live performer with the Famous Flames and his backing band, sometimes known as the James Brown Band or the James Brown Orchestra. His success peaked in the 1960s with the live album ""Live at the Apollo"" and hit singles such as ""Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"", ""I Got You (I Feel Good)"" and ""It's a Man's Man's Man's World"". During the late 1960s he"
"The J.B.'s The J.B.'s (sometimes punctuated The JB's or The J.B.s) was the name of James Brown's band from 1970 through the early 1980s. On records the band was sometimes billed under alternate names such as Fred Wesley and the JBs, The James Brown Soul Train, Maceo and the Macks, A.A.B.B., The First Family, and The Last Word. In addition to backing Brown, the J.B.'s played behind Bobby Byrd, Lyn Collins, and other singers associated with the James Brown Revue, and performed and recorded as a self-contained group. In 2015, they were nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll"
"their 1974 debut album ""Do It Good"", followed by the album ""KC and the Sunshine Band"" which featured ""Get Down Tonight"" and ""That's the Way (I Like It)"", their first number one hits on the ""Billboard"" charts. After moving to Los Angeles, California, Brown expanded his musical horizons with the aid of his brother, Eddie Brown of the famed folk duet of the sixties, Joe and Eddie. Eddie Brown arranged his first recording session in L.A. with Gene McDaniels who recorded the 1960s hit, ""A Hundred Pounds of Clay"". Eventually, Brown became the third member of the trio, Gravity 180,"
"""The Grunt"" and ""These Are the J.B.'s"". In December 1970 trombonist Fred Wesley rejoined James Brown's organization to lead the J.B.'s. Other former Brown sidemen including Maceo Parker and St. Clair Pinckney eventually followed his lead, while the Collins brothers and most of the rest of the ""original"" J.B.'s left Brown to join George Clinton's Parliament-Funkadelic collective. Wesley and Parker left in 1975. Brown continued to bill his backing band as the J.B.'s into the mid-1980s, when he changed their name to the Soul Generals, or Soul G's. In addition to backing Brown on stage and on record during this"
"by frontman Joe ""Papa"" Brown, who was born August 30, 1925 in Amherst, Nova Scotia. Brown was a local musician who had played in two local bands before founding Family Brown, taking the role of lead singer and bass guitarist. His son, Barry Brown, and daughters Lawanda and Tracey, were also members of the band. Barry served as vocalist, songwriter and guitarist, while the daughters sang backing vocals. Rounding out the membership were lead guitarist Dave Dennison and drummer Ron Sparling, who was also the manager. Family Brown began performing in local venues and by 1970 had moved to nationwide"
"Family Brown Family Brown was a Canadian country music band founded in 1967 by Joe Brown (vocals, bass guitar), along with his son Barry (vocals, guitar) and daughters Lawanda and Tracey (vocals), as well as Dave Dennison (guitar) and Ron Sparling (drums). Between 1967 and 1990, the band charted several singles in both Canada and the United States. The band also won eighteen Canadian Country Music Association awards, the most received by any artist. After disbanding, former member Tracey Brown charted both as a solo artist and as a member of the group Prescott-Brown. Family Brown was founded in 1967"
"vocal group. Brown's backing band was a separate group known as the James Brown Orchestra (later known as The J.B.s). The early songs, most of which Byrd participated with the exception of ""Try Me"", featured Byrd and contributed a great deal to establishing Brown's career before he finally became a full-fledged solo artist with the release of ""Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"" in 1965. Though Brown asserted himself as the full-fledged leader, he was still just a member of the Flames until that group left him in 1968. In addition, it was Byrd who later saved Brown's career numerous"
"(with the Bee Gees on backing vocals), the chiming ""Go to Him"", laden with electric 12-sting guitar, and tremen-dous covers of soul staples ""In the Midnight Hour"" and ""Respect"". When Brown parted company from the group at the end of 1966, he continued the hit run as a solo artist with covers of the Four Tops' ""The Same Old Song"" and the Who's mod classic ""Ivor the Engine Driver"". Ray Brown & the Whispers Ray Brown & the Whispers were a highly successful Australian rock band from 1964 to 1967. Led by singer Ray Brown, they ranked alongside the Easybeats,"
"backed Bernadette O'Neill, another singer, and were alternately billed as Leo and The Browns or Bernadette and The Browns. Later that year he formed Leo and Friends with John Capek on piano, Rob MacKenzie on guitar (see MacKenzie Theory), Kevin Murphy on drums (ex-Wild Cherries) and Jeremy Noone on saxophone (see Sons of the Vegetal Mother). The group disbanded early in the following year. During this time he stayed briefly with Melbourne rock promoter Michael Browning, who would go on to manage AC/DC. Browning wrote in his memoirs that de Castro was ""probably the most electrifying vocalist I've ever heard"","
"the group off campus for too much activism, Brown volunteered the ""Star's"" office for use by the club. She also provided the group with her informal guidance and support. Restructuring of industry and loss of jobs produced hard years in Omaha. Brown's balanced coverage of the riots of the 1960s earned commendation from President Johnson. She continued her activism to persuade businesses to make more opportunities open to blacks. In the 1970s, Brown joined the Citizens Co-Ordinating Committee for Civil Liberties, better known as the 4CL. Created by prominent black church leaders, the group continued efforts for broader grassroots employment."
"March 1970, most of Brown's mid-to-late 1960s road band walked out on him due to money disputes, a development augured by the prior disbandment of The Famous Flames singing group for the same reason in 1968. Brown and erstwhile Famous Flames singer Bobby Byrd (who chose to remain in the band during this tumultuous period) subsequently recruited several members of the Cincinnati-based The Pacemakers, which included Bootsy Collins and his brother Phelps ""Catfish"" Collins; augmented by the remaining members of the 1960s road band (including Fred Wesley, who rejoined Brown's outfit in December 1970) and other newer musicians, they would"
"The Danny Joe Brown Band The Danny Joe Brown Band (DJBB) was founded by lead singer Danny Joe Brown in 1980. Danny Joe Brown had just left the southern rock band Molly Hatchet, which had followed in the footsteps of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Outlaws to achieve wide national success with two multi-platinum albums and international recognition with intensive world tours. The first line-up of the band, besides Danny Joe Brown, consisted of Bobby Ingram (guitar/slide guitar/vocals), Steve Wheeler (guitar/slide guitar/vocals), Kenny McVay (guitar), John Galvin (keyboards/vocals), Buzzy Meekin (bass/vocals) and Jimmy Glenn (drums). Ingram was an old acquaintance of Brown,"
"the microphone. This would be a trademark in Brown's shows for the remainder of his career. In 1964, the group recorded another successful live album, ""Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal"", which like ""Live at The Apollo"", reached the Top 10 of the ""Billboard"" Pop Album chart. The Flames also contributed to the recording of the 1964 studio album, ""Showtime"". During this time, the record label's inconsistent billing on various records and albums, led many fans of Brown to believe that the Famous Flames were actually Brown's backing band, instead of the stand-alone vocal group that they actually were. In"
"Ray Brown & the Whispers Ray Brown & the Whispers were a highly successful Australian rock band from 1964 to 1967. Led by singer Ray Brown, they ranked alongside the Easybeats, Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs and Normie Rowe as one of the most popular acts of the period. In 1964, the band played at the Bowl, a Sydney nightclub, doing covers of popular songs such as ""Shakin All Over"". The group performed regularly in front of thousands of excitable teenagers who danced wildly to the sounds and energy pro-vided by these new pop heroes. It was inevitable that the"
"in 1963 with a record 1,863 yards rushing. Dominant blocking from the Browns' offensive line, which included guard Gene Hickerson and left tackle Dick Schafrath, helped boost his totals. Cleveland climbed back to the top of the eastern division in 1964 with a 10–3–1 record behind Jim Brown's league-leading 1,446 yards of rushing. Rookie wide receiver Paul Warfield led the team with 52 catches, and Frank Ryan cemented his place as the team's starting quarterback, recording the best game of his career in the season closer against the New York Giants, a game the Browns needed to win to advance"
"as one of his greatest early influences. He regularly hung around JJ's record store on Orange Street in the rocksteady era and his relatives and neighbours would often throw Brown pennies to hear him sing in their yard. Brown's first professional appearance came at the age of eleven, when he visited a local club where his brother Basil was performing a comedy routine, and where he made a guest appearance with the club's resident group, the Fabulous Falcons (a group that included Cynthia Richards, David ""Scotty"" Scott, and Noel Brown). On the strength of this performance he was asked to"
"Joe Frank and the Knights Joe Frank and the Knights were an American garage rock band from Leland, Mississippi who were active between 1959-1965. They were led by Joe Frank Carollo. In the early-to-mid 1960s their popularity grew beyond the Mississippi delta and Memphis areas as they became one of the most popular groups in various parts of the Southern United States. They had a regional hit with ""Can't Find a Way"", which attracted the attention of ABC Records who picked up the record and re-released it for national distribution. However, the band broke up shortly thereafter, and Carollo joined"
"Brown on rumba box. After this group split in 1955, Deans and Brown formed The Jolly Boys (a name Errol Flynn is said to have coined) with Derrick ""Johnny"" Henry on maracas and drum, Martell Brown on guitar, and David ""Sonny"" Martin on guitar. One of the group's regular substitutes in this period was percussionist Allan Swymmer, who joined the group as a full member in the 1960s. This group was very popular throughout Port Antonio and earned the reputation of being the finest mento band in the parish. In the early 1960s, the Jolly Boys' reputation grew substantially. It"
"TV show. Brown started to create and improve climbing gear and in 1966 opened a shop, since expanded to three shops in Snowdonia and an online presence, branded in English as ""Joe Brown shops"" and in Welsh as ""Siopau Joe Brown"". Joe Brown (climber) Joseph Brown, usually Joe Brown, (born 26 September 1930) is an English climber. He is regarded as the outstanding pioneering English rock climber of the 1950s and early 1960s. Brown established an unprecedented number of classic new routes in Snowdonia and the Peak District that were at the leading edge of the hardest grades. He made"
"Brown, following the break-up of Chicken Shack. In the late 1970s, Simmonds organised the band with singer Ralph Morman, formerly of the Joe Perry Project, drummer Keith Boyce and guitarist Barry Paul of Heavy Metal Kids fame, and bassist John Humphrey. This line-up recorded the 1981 ""Rock 'N' Roll Warriors"" album, which gave Savoy Brown more success than the group had seen since the mid-1970s. The single ""Run to Me"", a cover of a song originally recorded by Smokie, became Savoy's highest-charting single in the United States, peaking at number 68 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 on the week of"
"In August, McBride gave in to popular demand and christened the team the Browns, despite Paul Brown's objections. For years, however, Brown claimed that the second name-the-team contest yielded the name ""Brown Bombers,"" after then-world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis, whose nickname was ""The Brown Bomber."" According to this version, Brown wanted his team to have a nickname befitting a champion, and felt the nickname ""Brown Bombers"" was apropos. The name was reportedly shortened to simply ""Browns."" This alternate history of the name was even supported by the team as being factual as recently as the mid-1990s, and it continues"
"their name to The Waterfront (after the film ""On the Waterfront""), their sound influenced by 1960s groups and contemporary bands such as Orange Juice. Goodwin left before the band recorded their first demo and, shortly after the demo, Squire asked Brown to join as singer. A meeting with Geno Washington at a party at Brown's flat in Hulme, in which Washington told Brown that he would be a star and should be a singer, convinced Brown to take Squire up on his offer. Brown joined The Waterfront in late 1983, for a time sharing vocals with Kaiser. Like the earlier"
"2007, Brown was continuing to work as a record producer and music arranger, most recently with the musical group Gravity 180. Joe and Eddie Joe and Eddie was an American gospel folk group. During their careers, the African-American duo composed of Joe Gilbert and Eddie Brown toured the United States and Canada, appeared on more than 20 major television shows, and recorded eight albums. The musical duo's focus was creating harmony with Joe Gilbert singing tenor and Eddie Brown singing baritone. Their style incorporated gospel, folk tunes, and blues with a little jazz flavor. Their songs contained a minimum of"
"Jo Jo Gunne Jo Jo Gunne is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California, United States, in 1971 by Jay Ferguson (keyboards, vocals and guitar) and Mark Andes (bass guitar and vocals) after they had left Spirit. The group's name is derived from ""Jo Jo Gunne"", a Chuck Berry song that peaked at #83 as a single in November 1958. Ferguson and Andes, along with Mark's brother Matt Andes (born February 6, 1949 (guitar, vocals) and William ""Curly"" Smith (born January 31, 1952, Wolf Point, Montana) (drums, vocals and harp), were signed to Asylum Records. Jo Jo Gunne"
"as Big Joe Turner, Albert Collins and Little Johnny Taylor. In the late 1960s, he joined the R&B Joe Tex Band, and left Austin, where he thought the R&B scene had died. But during a tour with the band back through Austin, Clark sat in on bass with younger Austin locals Jimmie Vaughan and Paul Ray at an East Austin club. After the session playing with Vaughan and Ray, Clark changed his mind about Austin. He left Joe Tex two weeks later and moved back to Austin, where he then remained to guide and inspire numerous Austin musicians and lay"
"Joe Brown (climber) Joseph Brown, usually Joe Brown, (born 26 September 1930) is an English climber. He is regarded as the outstanding pioneering English rock climber of the 1950s and early 1960s. Brown established an unprecedented number of classic new routes in Snowdonia and the Peak District that were at the leading edge of the hardest grades. He made many significant ascents in the Alps in the 1950s with others and, in 1955, the first ascent of the world's third highest mountain, Kangchenjunga in the Nepalese Himalaya, with George Band. In 1956 he made the first ascent of the west"
"Brown's voice from being recognized, Stone overdubbed shouted vocals by Carlton ""King"" Coleman, a local radio DJ, onto the recording, though Brown's voice remains audible in the background. Leadership of the band was officially credited to Nat Kendrick, who was Brown's drummer at the time, while the writing was credited to ""Dessie Rozier"", a pseudonym for Brown. A simple twelve bar blues tune, ""(Do the) Mashed Potatoes"" became a Top Ten R&B hit in 1960 and fed what would eventually grow into a national dance craze. The band recorded several more singles under the Nat Kendrick & the Swans name,"
"1960s soul singers. Chance said that he was interested in the monotonous sound of disco music because it ""doesn't have beginnings and ends"". His persona is an homage to soul and funk musician James Brown. Chance was also intrigued by the shock value of a punk group embracing disco. He received disco records for free and passed time listening to a record for several seconds before throwing it out a window. Chance wrote a piece for the first issue of ""East Village Eye"", praising disco and denouncing ""outdated, cornball 'new/no wave' drivel"". ""Off White"" includes contributions from Lydia Lunch, Robert"
"to make first-class recordings. The female singers that backed him were originally called The Fordettes. They consisted of Margot Quantrell, Eleanor Russell, Vicki Haseman and Betty Prescott. They spent a year on the road with Ford in 1960, playing one-nighters. Back in London they left Ford to sing backup for Joe Brown who Vicki Haseman was engaged to. They were then known as The Breakaways. As a sound engineer, Ford was responsible for creating a backing track system for stage shows, first used in 1960, which provided a basis for what became known as karaoke. In 1969, he set up"
"well. With his partner at wide receiver, 1964 rookie sensation Paul Warfield, missing almost all of the season with a broken collarbone, Gary Collins stepped up and led the Browns with 10 touchdown receptions, just less than half of the team's total of 23. Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown, in what would turn out to be his final year before his unexpected retirement in the offseason, rushed for 1,544 yards, 98 more than the year before, and exceeded his TD total by 10, scoring 17 times. Quarterback Frank Ryan, who had thrown 25 TD passes in"
"collaboration with Max Roach, ""We Insist!"", which was an early record celebrating the black freedom movement in the United States. Columbia Records signed Brown as a solo artist, who was by now in his mid-thirties and married with five children. In 1960, Brown released his first LP, ""Sin & Soul"", recorded from June 20 to October 23, 1960. Printed on the cover of the album were personal reviews by well-known celebrities and jazz musicians of the time, including Steve Allen, Lorraine Hansberry, Nat Hentoff, Dorothy Killgallen, Max Roach and Nina Simone (Simone would later cover his ""Work Song"" and Steve"