Chuck Brown

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There are at least two artists named Chuck Brown on Last.fm. Chuck Brown, African American jazz guitarist and singer, whose musical life is described in detail below.Chuck Brown, a solo pianist and song writer from Central Ohio, who was influenced by George Winston and plays in the neoclassical or new age genre. Chuck Brown -- jazz artist -- (August 28, 1936–May 16, 2012) was an African-American jazz guitarist, singer and the Godfather of Go-Go, which is a sub-genre of funk music from Washington, D.C. Brown's musical career began in the 1960s playing guitar with Jerry Butler and The Earls of Rhythm, joining Los Latinos in 1965. He still performs music today and is commonly known in the Washington, DC area. Brown's early hits include "I Need Some Money" and "Bustin' Loose". "Bustin' Loose" has been adopted by the Washington Nationals baseball team as its seventh inning stretch song. Brown also recorded go-go covers of early jazz and blues songs, such as "Go-Go Swing" Duke Ellington's "It Don't Mean a Thing If Ain't Got That Swing", "Moody's Mood for Love", Johnny Mercer's "Midnight Sun", Louis Jordan's "Run Joe", and T-Bone Walker's "Stormy Monday". He has influenced other go-go bands such as Big G and The Backyard Band, Rare Essence, Experience Unlimited (EU), Little Benny and the Masters, and Trouble Funk. The song "Ashley's Roachclip" from the Soul Searchers' 1974 album Salt of the Earth contains a famous drum break. Brown is considered a local legend in Washington, D.

top songs

albums

The Best of Chuck Brown

We're About the Business

By Special Request the Very Best of Chuck Brown

The Christmas Song / That Spirit of Christmas

We Got This

Bustin' Loose

Your Game‚ Live At the 9: 30 Club, Washington, D.C.

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Go Go Swing Live

Beautiful Life

Put Your Hands Up! The Tribute Concert to Chuck Brown

Greatest Hits

Incandescence

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