Jocelyn Brown
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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.
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. 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 festival
s 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.
Below are songs with Jocelyn Brown as featured vocalist (including her solo hits).
Kinston, North Carolina
Kinston is a city in Lenoir County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 23,688 at the 2000 census. The population was estimated at 22,360 in 2008. It has been the county seat of Lenoir County since its formation in 1791 . Kinston is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks...
, sometimes credited as Jocelyn Shaw) is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
and dance music
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
singer. Although she has only one Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
chart
Record chart
A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
entry in her name, she has an extensive background in the music industry and is well known in the world of dance music.
Career
Brown started out in the late 1970s singing on recordsGramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
by studio
Recording studio
A recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the recording and monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to achieve optimum acoustic properties...
created bands
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
like Musique
Musique (Patrick Adams)
Musique was a studio project by Patrick Adams, best known for the song, "In the Bush". It consisted of five singers, Christine Wiltshire, Angela Howell, Gina Taylor Pickens, Mary Seymour Williams and Jocelyn Brown.-Career:...
, Inner Life
Inner Life
Inner Life was an American R&B/soul studio project of the post-disco era that enjoyed success with "I'm Caught Up " and "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" . Both tracks featured the vocals of Jocelyn Brown and Leroy Burgess...
, Disco Tex and The Sex-O-Lettes, Cerrone
Cerrone
Marc Cerrone is a French disco drummer, singer-songwriter and record producer.Marc Cerrone has sold over thirty million albums and has often performed in front of hundreds of thousands of people at huge concerts and events such as The 2005 Dance Party Live in Versailles and The 2000 Los Angeles...
, Bad Girls, Chic
Chic (band)
Chic was an African American disco and R&B band that was organized during 1976 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards. It is known best for its commercially successful disco songs, including "Dance, Dance, Dance " , "Everybody Dance" , "Le Freak" , "I Want Your Love" , "Good Times"...
, and Change
Change (band)
Change was an Italian-American post-disco group formed in Bologna, Italy in 1979 by businessman and executive producer Jacques Fred Petrus and Mauro Malavasi...
. Salsoul Orchestra
Salsoul Orchestra
The Salsoul Orchestra was the backing band for acts on Salsoul Records. Under their own name the group recorded several hit singles and albums between 1975 and 1981.-Group History:...
, 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
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
in her own name, including "Somebody Else's Guy
Somebody Else's Guy
"Somebody Else's Guy" is a song written and popularized by Jocelyn Brown in April 1984. In 1997, the song was covered by musician CeCe Peniston for her studio album I'm Movin' On....
" (later rerecorded in 1997 by CeCe Peniston
CeCe Peniston
CeCe Peniston is an African American recording artist and former beauty queen. At the beginning of the nineties, she was considered to be one of the most successful dance club artists in the history of the U.S...
), 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. Although she scored another big Dance (and minor R&B) hit two years later with "Love's Gonna Get You
Love's Gonna Get You (Jocelyn Brown song)
"Love's Gonna Get You" is a 1985 dance single by Jocelyn Brown, a singer who had sung with the groups Salsoul Orchestra and Inner Life. The single was the first of four that Brown took to number one on the U.S. dance chart...
," her solo
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
career never really took off and she continued to sing on other people's records.
She has more than twenty hits
Hit single
A hit single is a recorded song or instrumental released as a single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official music chart through repeated radio...
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
1970s
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as a guest vocalist with Patrick Adams' studio band, Musique
Musique (Patrick Adams)
Musique was a studio project by Patrick Adams, best known for the song, "In the Bush". It consisted of five singers, Christine Wiltshire, Angela Howell, Gina Taylor Pickens, Mary Seymour Williams and Jocelyn Brown.-Career:...
). She continues to record house music
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
and have chart hits in the 21st century. She toured with Boy George
Boy George
Boy George is a British singer-songwriter who was part of the English New Romantic movement which emerged in the early 1980s. He helped give androgyny an international stage with the success of Culture Club during the 1980s. His music is often classified as blue-eyed soul, which is influenced by...
, as a backing vocalist
Backing vocalist
A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
, worldwide with Culture Club
Culture Club
Culture Club are a British rock band who were part of the 1980s New Romantic movement. The original band consisted of Boy George , Mikey Craig , Roy Hay and Jon Moss...
in 1985 and appeared on their 1986 album, From Luxury to Heartache
From Luxury to Heartache
From Luxury to Heartache is the fourth album by New Wave band Culture Club, released in 1986.-Overview:From Luxury to Heartache was a deliberate departure for Culture Club, a move away from the reggae-flavoured pop of their previous releases into dance-oriented music. Veteran pop and R&B producer...
. In 1987, she co-wrote with Boy George his top 30 UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
hit, "Keep Me In Mind".
Since 1990, she has lived in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. 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!
Snap!
Snap! is a German Eurodance project formed in 1989 by Frankfurt-based producers Michael Münzing and Luca Anzilotti. The act has been through a number of line-up changes over the years, but was most successful when fronted by rapper Turbo B, who performed on the UK number 1 singles "The Power" and...
for their worldwide hit, The Power
The Power (Snap! song)
"The Power" is an electronic pop hit song by the German music group Snap! from their album World Power. It was released as a single in 1990 and reached No. 1 in the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, as well as the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Rap charts...
as well as hip hop group Boogie Down Productions
Boogie Down Productions
Boogie Down Productions was a hip hop group that was originally composed of KRS-One, D-Nice, and DJ Scott La Rock. DJ Scott La Rock was murdered on August 27, 1987, months after the release of BDP's debut album, Criminal Minded. The name of the group, Boogie Down, derives from a nickname for the...
on their single "Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)".
Brown appeared on both seasons of BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
's celebrity singing talent show Just the Two of Us; first with TV presenter Matt Allwright
Matt Allwright
Matthew Allwright is a British television presenter and journalist who specialises in consumer affairs. He is best known for presenting shows such as Watchdog and Rogue Traders and for being The One Show's consumer advice reporter...
(placing sixth), then with actor John Bardon
John Bardon
John Bardon, is an English stage and screen actor. He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award in 1988 as 'Best Actor in a Musical' for Kiss Me, Kate, sharing the award with co-star Emil Wolk.-Acting career:Bardon is best known for playing Jim Branning in the popular British soap opera EastEnders...
from EastEnders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
(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
The AllStars
The AllStars is a collective of session musicians based in London, England, who between them have worked with international music artists such as George Michael, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, Massive Attack, Jennifer Lopez and Amy Winehouse....
both live, at a series of music festival
Music festival
A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending machines,...
s in the UK, and in the studio recording of their new album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, All About the Music. She also sang the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
national anthem
National anthem
A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...
, The Star-Spangled Banner
The Star-Spangled Banner
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort McHenry", a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, Francis Scott Key, after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy ships...
, at Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium
The original Wembley Stadium, officially known as the Empire Stadium, was a football stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the new Wembley Stadium that opened in 2007...
, for the first ever regular season American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
game played on foreign soil. The game was between the New York Giants
New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
and the winless Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
.
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.
Solo Albums
- 1984: Somebody Else's Guy
- 1987: One from the Heart
- 1995: Jocelyn's Classic R&B Mastercuts (Japan only)
- 1995: Jocelyn's Classic Reggae Mastercuts (Japan only)
- 2006: Unreleased
- 2006: Circles (Japan only)
Below are songs with Jocelyn Brown as featured vocalist (including her solo hits).
| Year | Song | U.S. HOT 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
U.S. Dance | U.S. R&B | UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
SWIT | SWED |
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| 1978 | "Keep On Jumpin' Keep on Jumpin' "Keep on Jumpin" is the name of a popular 1970s disco song and 1990s dance classic that was written by musician Patrick Adams and Ken Morris. This track has been remade, remixed, and sampled numerous times, but only the 1978 original by Adams's group Musique and Todd Terry's 1996 updated version... " (guest vocalist for Musique (Patrick Adams) Musique (Patrick Adams) Musique was a studio project by Patrick Adams, best known for the song, "In the Bush". It consisted of five singers, Christine Wiltshire, Angela Howell, Gina Taylor Pickens, Mary Seymour Williams and Jocelyn Brown.-Career:... ) |
- | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 1978 | "In the Bush" (guest vocalist for Musique (Patrick Adams) Musique (Patrick Adams) Musique was a studio project by Patrick Adams, best known for the song, "In the Bush". It consisted of five singers, Christine Wiltshire, Angela Howell, Gina Taylor Pickens, Mary Seymour Williams and Jocelyn Brown.-Career:... ) |
58 | 1 | 81 | 16 | - | - |
| 1979 | "I'm Caught Up (In a One Night Love Affair" (guest vocalist for Inner Life Inner Life Inner Life was an American R&B/soul studio project of the post-disco era that enjoyed success with "I'm Caught Up " and "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" . Both tracks featured the vocals of Jocelyn Brown and Leroy Burgess... ) |
- | 7 | 22 | - | - | - |
| 1981 | "You Are the One" (guest vocalist for Cerrone Cerrone Marc Cerrone is a French disco drummer, singer-songwriter and record producer.Marc Cerrone has sold over thirty million albums and has often performed in front of hundreds of thousands of people at huge concerts and events such as The 2005 Dance Party Live in Versailles and The 2000 Los Angeles... ) |
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| 1981 | "My Look" (guest vocalist for Cerrone Cerrone Marc Cerrone is a French disco drummer, singer-songwriter and record producer.Marc Cerrone has sold over thirty million albums and has often performed in front of hundreds of thousands of people at huge concerts and events such as The 2005 Dance Party Live in Versailles and The 2000 Los Angeles... ) |
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| 1981 | "Letter to My Mother" (guest vocalist for Cerrone Cerrone Marc Cerrone is a French disco drummer, singer-songwriter and record producer.Marc Cerrone has sold over thirty million albums and has often performed in front of hundreds of thousands of people at huge concerts and events such as The 2005 Dance Party Live in Versailles and The 2000 Los Angeles... ) |
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| 1981 | "Someone to Love" (guest vocalist for Cerrone Cerrone Marc Cerrone is a French disco drummer, singer-songwriter and record producer.Marc Cerrone has sold over thirty million albums and has often performed in front of hundreds of thousands of people at huge concerts and events such as The 2005 Dance Party Live in Versailles and The 2000 Los Angeles... ) |
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| 1981 | "Hooked on You" (guest vocalist for Cerrone Cerrone Marc Cerrone is a French disco drummer, singer-songwriter and record producer.Marc Cerrone has sold over thirty million albums and has often performed in front of hundreds of thousands of people at huge concerts and events such as The 2005 Dance Party Live in Versailles and The 2000 Los Angeles... ) |
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| 1981 | "Cherry Tree" (guest vocalist for Cerrone Cerrone Marc Cerrone is a French disco drummer, singer-songwriter and record producer.Marc Cerrone has sold over thirty million albums and has often performed in front of hundreds of thousands of people at huge concerts and events such as The 2005 Dance Party Live in Versailles and The 2000 Los Angeles... ) |
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| 1981 | "Took Me So Long" (guest vocalist for Cerrone Cerrone Marc Cerrone is a French disco drummer, singer-songwriter and record producer.Marc Cerrone has sold over thirty million albums and has often performed in front of hundreds of thousands of people at huge concerts and events such as The 2005 Dance Party Live in Versailles and The 2000 Los Angeles... ) |
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| 1981 | "It's a Girl's Affair" (vocalist for Change Change (band) Change was an Italian-American post-disco group formed in Bologna, Italy in 1979 by businessman and executive producer Jacques Fred Petrus and Mauro Malavasi... ) |
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| 1981 | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough'" (guest vocalist for Inner Life Inner Life Inner Life was an American R&B/soul studio project of the post-disco era that enjoyed success with "I'm Caught Up " and "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" . Both tracks featured the vocals of Jocelyn Brown and Leroy Burgess... ) |
- | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| 1984 | "Somebody Else's Guy Somebody Else's Guy "Somebody Else's Guy" is a song written and popularized by Jocelyn Brown in April 1984. In 1997, the song was covered by musician CeCe Peniston for her studio album I'm Movin' On.... " (Jocelyn Brown) |
75 | 13 | 2 | 13 | - | - |
| 1984 | "I Wish You Would" (Jocelyn Brown) | - | - | 49 | 51 | - | - |
| 1986 | "Love's Gonna Get You Love's Gonna Get You (Jocelyn Brown song) "Love's Gonna Get You" is a 1985 dance single by Jocelyn Brown, a singer who had sung with the groups Salsoul Orchestra and Inner Life. The single was the first of four that Brown took to number one on the U.S. dance chart... " (Jocelyn Brown) |
- | 1 | 38 | 70 | - | - |
| 1987 | "Ego Maniac" (Jocelyn Brown) | - | - | - | 82 | - | - |
| 1990 | "Freedom" (Jocelyn Brown) | - | - | - | 83 | - | - |
| 1991 | "Always There" (Incognito Incognito (band) Incognito is a British band, as well as one of the members of the United Kingdom's acid jazz movement. Their debut album, Jazz Funk, was released in 1981, with thirteen more albums following, the last of which, Transatlantic RPM, was released in 2010.... ) |
- | - | 33 | 6 | 8 | 19 |
| 1991 | "Don't Talk Just Kiss" (Right Said Fred Right Said Fred Right Said Fred is an English pop band, formed in 1989 by brothers Richard Fairbrass and Fred Fairbrass, later joined by their friend Rob Manzoli. The group is named after a song of the same name which was a hit for Bernard Cribbins in 1962... ) |
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| 1991 | "She Got Soul" (Jamestown Jamestown -Saint Kitts and Nevis:*Jamestown, the name of a former town on the edge of Morton Bay on Nevis in the late 17th century-United Kingdom:*Jamestown, Rossshire, Scotland*Jamestown, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland*Jamestown, Fife, Scotland... ) |
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| 1993 | "Take Me Up" (Sonic Surfers) | - | - | - | 61 | - | - |
| 1994 | "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) No More Tears (Enough is Enough) "No More Tears " is a duet from 1979 by Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand. While Summer was famous for her disco material and Streisand for her more easy listening and soundtrack work , this song fused both sounds with a slow beginning which then develops into a disco song... " (with Kym Mazelle Kym Mazelle Kym Mazelle is an American dance-pop, Hi-NRG, soul, and house singer. She was brought up and lived on the same street as the Jackson family and knew Michael Jackson's mother and uncle.-Career:... ) |
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| 1994 | "Gimme All Your Lovin' Gimme All Your Lovin' "Gimme All Your Lovin" is a song by ZZ Top from their 1983 album Eliminator. The song was released as the album's first single in 1983 .... " (with Kym Mazelle Kym Mazelle Kym Mazelle is an American dance-pop, Hi-NRG, soul, and house singer. She was brought up and lived on the same street as the Jackson family and knew Michael Jackson's mother and uncle.-Career:... ) |
- | - | - | 22 | - | - |
| 1996 | "Keep On Jumpin' Keep on Jumpin' "Keep on Jumpin" is the name of a popular 1970s disco song and 1990s dance classic that was written by musician Patrick Adams and Ken Morris. This track has been remade, remixed, and sampled numerous times, but only the 1978 original by Adams's group Musique and Todd Terry's 1996 updated version... " (Todd Terry Todd Terry Todd N. Terry is an American DJ, producer, and remixer.-Career:Terry's productions extensively used samples blending the sounds of classic disco, the Chicago sound, and elements of hip-hop.... feat. Martha Wash Martha Wash Martha Wash is an American R&B, Pop, Soul, House singer/songwriter known for her distinctive and powerful voice.-Early career:... & Jocelyn Brown) |
- | 1 | - | 8 | 17 | 56 |
| 1997 | "Somethin' Going On Something Goin' On (In Your Soul) "Something Goin' On " is the name of a House/Garage single recorded by Todd Terry featuring Martha Wash & Jocelyn Brown in 1996, released the following year... " (Todd Terry feat. Martha Wash & Jocelyn Brown) |
- | 1 | - | 5 | 28 | 43 |
| 1997 | "I Am the Black Gold of the Sun" (Nuyorican Soul Masters At Work Masters at Work is the house/garage production and remix team of "Little" Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez. They first worked together using the name, which had been given to them by mutual friend Todd Terry , in 1990... feat. Jocelyn Brown) |
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| 1997 | "It's Alright, I Feel It!" (Nuyorican Soul feat. Jocelyn Brown) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1997 | "Special Love" (Jestofunk Jestofunk Jestofunk are an Italian acid jazz musical group, formed in 1992 by DJ MozArt and DJ Blade. They collaborated with American musician CeCe Rogers on their 1997 début album, Love in a Black Dimension, as well as later projects. The album sold 50,000 copies in Italy... feat. Jocelyn Brown) |
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| 1998 | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Jocelyn Brown) | - | - | - | 35 | - | - |
| 1998 | "Fun Fun (Da Mob song) "Fun" is the name of a House/Garage single recorded by Da Mob, an American House music collective that featured producers Erick Morillo, José Nunez, Carlos "DJ Sneak" Sosa, singer/songwriter Karen "Dajae" Gordon and lead vocalist Jocelyn Brown, who chanted the song's main lyrics, "We're gonna... " (Da Mob Da Mob Da Mob was an American house collaboration between producers and DJs Erick Morillo, José Nunez, and Carlos Sosa , featuring vocals by Jocelyn Brown... ) |
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| 1998 | "Show You Love" (A.K. Soul Euphoria (Australian band) Euphoria was a popular Australian Pop/Dance music trio from the early 1990s based in Sydney, NSW. The group was founded by producer Andrew Klippel and featured the vocals of Keren Minshull and Holly Garnett... ) |
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| 1999 | "I Believe" (Jamestown feat. Jocelyn Brown) | - | - | - | 62 | - | - |
| 1999 | "It's All Good" (Da Mob feat.Jocelyn Brown) | - | - | - | 54 | - | - |
| 1999 | "Nights Over Egypt" (Incognito feat. Maysa Leak Maysa Leak Maysa Leak is an American jazz singer better known by her mononym Maysa. She is well known by fans of smooth jazz both for her solo work and for her work with the British band Incognito.-Biographical sketch:... & Jocelyn Brown) |
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| 2002 | "I'm a Woman" (Cassius Cassius (band) Cassius is a French house music duo, consisting of producers Philippe Cerboneschi and Hubert Blanc-Francart, better known as Philippe Zdar and Boom Bass.-History:... and Jocelyn Brown) |
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| 2002 | "Monday, Tuesday... Laissez-moi danser Monday, Tuesday... Laissez-moi danser "Monday, Tuesday... Laissez-moi danser" is a 1979-released disco single by French recording-artist Dalida.-Song information:It topped the French chart in 1979, and had considerable success throughout Europe. The song was written, and originally recorded in, Italian, by Toto Cutugno in 1978, under... " (2005 remix of Dalida Dalida Dalida , born with Italian name of Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was a world-famous singer and actress born in Egypt with Italian origins but naturalised French with the name Yolanda Gigliotti. She spent her early years in Egypt amongst the Italian Egyptian community, but she lived most of her adult... song by Cerrone Cerrone Marc Cerrone is a French disco drummer, singer-songwriter and record producer.Marc Cerrone has sold over thirty million albums and has often performed in front of hundreds of thousands of people at huge concerts and events such as The 2005 Dance Party Live in Versailles and The 2000 Los Angeles... , samples Jocelyn Brown vocal from 1981 track "Took Me So Long") |
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| 2007 | "All About the Music" (The AllStars Collective The AllStars The AllStars is a collective of session musicians based in London, England, who between them have worked with international music artists such as George Michael, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, Massive Attack, Jennifer Lopez and Amy Winehouse.... ) |
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| 2010 | "Set Me Free" (guest vocalist for Blame Blame Blame is the act of censuring, holding responsible, making negative statements about an individual or group that their action or actions are socially or morally irresponsible, the opposite of praise. When someone is morally responsible for doing something wrong their action is blameworthy... ) |
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See also
- List of Number 1 Dance Hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
- List of disco artists
- List of house music artists
- One-hit wonders in the UKOne-hit wonders in the UKThis is a list of artists who have achieved one #1 hit on the UK Singles Chart and no other entry whatsoever on the chart. The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles uses this definition of "one-hit wonder", which is a controversial term with various other proposed definitions.-Methodology:A hit is...
External links
- Artist page at Digisoul Records
- MySpace page
- Allmusic [ entry]