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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.
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.[1] 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. |
