There are more than one artists named Joe Brown:
1. Joe Brown (born … Read Full Bio ↴There are more than one artists named Joe Brown:
1. Joe Brown (born Joseph Roger Brown on 13 May 1941, in Swarby, Lincolnshire) is a popular British entertainer of the 1960s and beyond
2. Joe Brown is also a virtually unknown harmonica player who appears on the Negro folk music of Alabama series.
3. A Korean hip-hop artist who is also in the Jiggy Fellaz crew.
1) JOE BROWN: Joseph Roger "Joe" Brown, MBE (born 13 May 1941,[1] Swarby, Lincolnshire) is an English entertainer.
He has worked as a rock and roll singer and guitarist for more than five decades. He was a stage and television performer in the late 1950s and a UK recording star in the early 1960s.[2] He has made six films, presented specialist radio series for BBC Radio 2, appeared on the West End stage alongside Dame Anna Neagle and has written an autobiography. In recent years he has again concentrated on recording and performing music, playing two tours of around 100 shows every year and releasing an album almost every year.
Described by the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums, as a "chirpy Cockney", Brown was one of the original artists managed by the early rock impresario Larry Parnes.[1] He is highly regarded in the music business as a "musician's musician" who "commands respect and admiration from a wide spectrum of artists".[2]
Career
Brown's family moved to London when he was two and ran the Sultan public house in Grange Road, Plaistow.[citation needed] In 1956, Brown formed the Spacemen skiffle group,[2] which lasted until the skiffle movement faded towards the end of the 1950s. In 1958 Brown was spotted by television producer Jack Good who hired him as lead guitarist in the orchestra of his new TV series, Boy Meets Girls.[3] During this period he backed a number of U.S musicians such as Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran on their U.K tours.[4]
1960s
Brown signed a management agreement with impresario Larry Parnes[5] and signed to Decca Records. He 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".[2] Piccadilly's release of Brown's "Crazy Mixed Up Kid" in April 1961 was the label's first single.[6] Brown's recording band was a collection of session musicians, and was named the Bruvvers by Jack Good to give Brown the identity of having his 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.[2]
Brown was voted 'Top UK Vocal Personality' in the 1962 NME magazine poll.[1] 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 world premiere in London,[7] while he also starred in the hit musical Charlie Girl in the West End between 1965 and 1968. He presented the children's television series, Joe & Co, on BBC Television, three series of The Joe Brown Show for ITV.
1970s and after
In 1972, he formed another band, Brown's Home Brew, which played rock and roll, country and gospel music and featured his wife, Vicki Brown, who died of cancer in 1991, and Pete Oakman from the Bruvvers. This eclectic collection of musical styles, together with his hits, became the basis of his live sets ever since.
In the 1980s Brown presented a daytime quiz show on ITV called Square One, it's success led him to recording a pilot for the prime time game show The Price Is Right but ATV selected Leslie Crowther for the full time presenting role when the series launched.
George Harrison was best man at Brown's second marriage in 2000; Brown had appeared on two songs on Harrison's album, Gone Troppo, and also featured on a track on Harrison's last album, Brainwashed. Following Harrison's death from lung cancer on 29 November 2001, Brown appeared with his group at the tribute concert 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.[8]
Brown still performs and makes occasional television appearances. In 2005 he co-wrote a musical, Don't You Rock Me Daddio, with songwriter Roger Cook,[9] while 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, having already presented two series on rock and roll for the same station.
In 2008 Brown's 50th anniversary celebrations included a UK gold album for sales over 100,000 copies of Joe Brown - The Very Best Of, a 37 date spring tour, an all-star concert at the Royal Albert Hall with Mark Knopfler, Jools Holland, Dennis Locorriere, Dave Edmunds, Sam Brown, Chas & Dave and others, and a 36 date autumn/winter tour.
His album, More Of The Truth was released in the UK on 13 October 2008, and early in 2009 the US musical instrument manufacturer, Kala, launched a series of 'Joe Brown' ukuleles. At the Mojo magazine's awards in London on 11 June 2009, Brown was presented with the lifetime award for outstanding contribution to music after 51 years' recording. Mojo's album, Harrison Covered (November 2011), to mark the 10th anniversary's of George Harrison's death, included Brown's recording of the former's "That's the Way It Goes".
Brown was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours, for services to music.[10]
In late 2010 Joe Brown was asked by Rick Parfitt of Status Quo to support them for 10 nights of their UK tour in late 2010,[citation needed] and he has continued to tour throughout 2011. A triple DVD and CD set of the latter tour was released of his show at the Liverpool Philharmonic.[11]
Brown's daughter, Sam Brown, is also a singer and his son, Pete Brown,[12] is a record producer, who produced all but one of Brown's nine most recent albums and also tours with Joe. Sam is also an accomplished ukelele player and runs two ukelele orchestras.
1. Joe Brown (born … Read Full Bio ↴There are more than one artists named Joe Brown:
1. Joe Brown (born Joseph Roger Brown on 13 May 1941, in Swarby, Lincolnshire) is a popular British entertainer of the 1960s and beyond
2. Joe Brown is also a virtually unknown harmonica player who appears on the Negro folk music of Alabama series.
3. A Korean hip-hop artist who is also in the Jiggy Fellaz crew.
1) JOE BROWN: Joseph Roger "Joe" Brown, MBE (born 13 May 1941,[1] Swarby, Lincolnshire) is an English entertainer.
He has worked as a rock and roll singer and guitarist for more than five decades. He was a stage and television performer in the late 1950s and a UK recording star in the early 1960s.[2] He has made six films, presented specialist radio series for BBC Radio 2, appeared on the West End stage alongside Dame Anna Neagle and has written an autobiography. In recent years he has again concentrated on recording and performing music, playing two tours of around 100 shows every year and releasing an album almost every year.
Described by the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums, as a "chirpy Cockney", Brown was one of the original artists managed by the early rock impresario Larry Parnes.[1] He is highly regarded in the music business as a "musician's musician" who "commands respect and admiration from a wide spectrum of artists".[2]
Career
Brown's family moved to London when he was two and ran the Sultan public house in Grange Road, Plaistow.[citation needed] In 1956, Brown formed the Spacemen skiffle group,[2] which lasted until the skiffle movement faded towards the end of the 1950s. In 1958 Brown was spotted by television producer Jack Good who hired him as lead guitarist in the orchestra of his new TV series, Boy Meets Girls.[3] During this period he backed a number of U.S musicians such as Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran on their U.K tours.[4]
1960s
Brown signed a management agreement with impresario Larry Parnes[5] and signed to Decca Records. He 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".[2] Piccadilly's release of Brown's "Crazy Mixed Up Kid" in April 1961 was the label's first single.[6] Brown's recording band was a collection of session musicians, and was named the Bruvvers by Jack Good to give Brown the identity of having his 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.[2]
Brown was voted 'Top UK Vocal Personality' in the 1962 NME magazine poll.[1] 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 world premiere in London,[7] while he also starred in the hit musical Charlie Girl in the West End between 1965 and 1968. He presented the children's television series, Joe & Co, on BBC Television, three series of The Joe Brown Show for ITV.
1970s and after
In 1972, he formed another band, Brown's Home Brew, which played rock and roll, country and gospel music and featured his wife, Vicki Brown, who died of cancer in 1991, and Pete Oakman from the Bruvvers. This eclectic collection of musical styles, together with his hits, became the basis of his live sets ever since.
In the 1980s Brown presented a daytime quiz show on ITV called Square One, it's success led him to recording a pilot for the prime time game show The Price Is Right but ATV selected Leslie Crowther for the full time presenting role when the series launched.
George Harrison was best man at Brown's second marriage in 2000; Brown had appeared on two songs on Harrison's album, Gone Troppo, and also featured on a track on Harrison's last album, Brainwashed. Following Harrison's death from lung cancer on 29 November 2001, Brown appeared with his group at the tribute concert 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.[8]
Brown still performs and makes occasional television appearances. In 2005 he co-wrote a musical, Don't You Rock Me Daddio, with songwriter Roger Cook,[9] while 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, having already presented two series on rock and roll for the same station.
In 2008 Brown's 50th anniversary celebrations included a UK gold album for sales over 100,000 copies of Joe Brown - The Very Best Of, a 37 date spring tour, an all-star concert at the Royal Albert Hall with Mark Knopfler, Jools Holland, Dennis Locorriere, Dave Edmunds, Sam Brown, Chas & Dave and others, and a 36 date autumn/winter tour.
His album, More Of The Truth was released in the UK on 13 October 2008, and early in 2009 the US musical instrument manufacturer, Kala, launched a series of 'Joe Brown' ukuleles. At the Mojo magazine's awards in London on 11 June 2009, Brown was presented with the lifetime award for outstanding contribution to music after 51 years' recording. Mojo's album, Harrison Covered (November 2011), to mark the 10th anniversary's of George Harrison's death, included Brown's recording of the former's "That's the Way It Goes".
Brown was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours, for services to music.[10]
In late 2010 Joe Brown was asked by Rick Parfitt of Status Quo to support them for 10 nights of their UK tour in late 2010,[citation needed] and he has continued to tour throughout 2011. A triple DVD and CD set of the latter tour was released of his show at the Liverpool Philharmonic.[11]
Brown's daughter, Sam Brown, is also a singer and his son, Pete Brown,[12] is a record producer, who produced all but one of Brown's nine most recent albums and also tours with Joe. Sam is also an accomplished ukelele player and runs two ukelele orchestras.
Darktown Strutter's Ball
Joe Brown Lyrics
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I'll be down to get you in a taxi, honey
You better be ready about half past eight
Now dearie, don't be late
I want to be there when the band starts playing
Remember when we get there, honey
The two-steps I'm goin' to have 'em all
Goin' to tear my blue suede shoes
When they play the "Jelly Roll Blues"
Tomorrow night, at the Darktown Strutter's Ball
I'll be down to get you in a taxi, honey
You better be ready about half past eight
Now dearie, don't be late
I want to be there when the band starts playing
Remember when we get there, honey
The two-steps I'm goin' to have 'em all
Goin' to tear my blue suede shoes
When they play the "Jelly Roll Blues"
Tomorrow night, at the Darktown Strutter's Ball
You better be ready about half past eight
Now dearie, don't be late
I want to be there when the band starts playing
Remember when we get there, honey
The two-steps I'm goin' to have 'em all
Goin' to tear my blue suede shoes
When they play the "Jelly Roll Blues"
I'll be down to get you in a taxi, honey
You better be ready about half past eight
Now dearie, don't be late
I want to be there when the band starts playing
Remember when we get there, honey
The two-steps I'm goin' to have 'em all
Goin' to tear my blue suede shoes
When they play the "Jelly Roll Blues"
Tomorrow night, at the Darktown Strutter's Ball
In Joe Brown's song "Darktown Strutter's Ball," the singer is telling his significant other to be ready and not be late, as he plans to take her out to a night of dancing at the Darktown Strutter's Ball. He wants to be there when the band starts playing so that they can dance to the "two-steps" he has planned to impress everyone. The singer even says he will "tear his blue suede shoes" when they play the "Jelly Roll Blues."
The Darktown Strutter's Ball was a real-life event that took place in the early 20th century, primarily in the American South. It was a place where Black people could come together and enjoy food, music, and entertainment in a safe space segregated from White people. The song itself was written in 1917 by Shelton Brooks, a Black songwriter and performer, and has been covered by many artists over the years.
Line by Line Meaning
I'll be down to get you in a taxi, honey
I will take a taxi to pick you up, my love.
You better be ready about half past eight
Please make sure you're ready by 8:30 PM.
Now dearie, don't be late
Please don't be late, my dearest.
I want to be there when the band starts playing
I would like to be present when the band begins to perform.
Remember when we get there, honey
Just a reminder, my love, when we arrive at the ball.
The two-steps I'm goin' to have 'em all
I plan on impressing everyone with my dance moves.
Goin' to tear my blue suede shoes
I will dance so hard that I might damage my blue suede shoes.
When they play the "Jelly Roll Blues"
Specifically when the band performs the song "Jelly Roll Blues".
Tomorrow night, at the Darktown Strutter's Ball
This evening we will attend the ball known as the Darktown Strutter's Ball.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: SHELTON BROOKS
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@georgekontos3100
Like 573. There's good music and there's great music. That's what I call GREAT music! Good ol' rock 'n roll!
@johnelsmore4042
Dear Joe, thank you ! For you being musically true to yourself. Your enthusiasm and emmense skill, and infectious personally ( i know, not good to mention infections these days) have stood the test of time..You are as relevant now as you have ever been...and a real gem for all to enjoy...Right up there with your amazing contemporaries, which include all of the greats from your era....Long may we be lucky to hold on to another of our national treasures, when we have lost so many....And you always come over as such a nice man....What positive, shining example.
@eddiejohn7744
The best ever era for modern music
@rosemarymurphy9241
Fabulous Joe,love these up tempo songs, a showcase for the great band of musicians along with yourself.🌹❤
@lawriedavidson667
An oldie but a goodie! Thanks Joe!
@WRWidg2003
I keep coming back to this song, over and over.
@john111257
Super Joe gonna be 80 this year, a cut above is our Joe
@johncarlo7395
Joe playing his Gibson 335, fuckin' WOW, that's why I bought one (Cherry red) in 1964 and still got it, I've seen him so many times dating back to 1962, at Wallington public hall, how can someone get even better
@luggo6036
It's a 345
@timhadac8783
A fascinating take on a Tin Pan Alley tune from a century ago.