Jocelyn_Brown

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Jocelyn Brown

Jocelyn Brown (born Jocelyn Lorette Brown, November 25 1950, Kinston, North Carolina) — sometimes credited as Jocelyn Shaw — is an 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.

Career

Brown started out in the late 1970s singing on records by studio created bands like Musique, Inner Life, Bad Girls, Salsoul Orchestra, Disco Tex and The Sex-O-Lettes, Cerrone, Chic and Change. In 1984, Brown released a number of singles in her own name, including "Somebody Else's Guy," which made it #2 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart (#75 on the Hot 100). Her solo career never really took off and she continued to sing on other people's records.

She has over twenty hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, four of which have hit number one. She continues to record house music and have chart hits in the 21st century.

She did work with Boy George, as a backing vocalist, touring 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. Also, in 1990, Brown became a victim of the sampling craze when 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.

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.

Discography

Below are songs with Jocelyn Brown as featured vocalist.

Year	Song	U.S. HOT 100	U.S. Dance	U.S. R&B	UK	SWIT	SWED
1978	"Keep On Jumpin'" (guest vocalist for Musique (Patrick Adams))	-	1	-	-	-	-
1978	"In the Bush" (guest vocalist for Musique (Patrick Adams))	58	1	-	16	-	-
1979	"I'm Caught Up (In a One Night Love Affair" (guest vocalist for Inner Life)	-	7	22	-	-	-
1981	"You Are the One" (guest vocalist for Cerrone)	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	"My Look" (guest vocalist for Cerrone)	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	"Letter to My Mother" (guest vocalist for Cerrone)	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	"Someone to Love" (guest vocalist for Cerrone)	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	"Hooked on You" (guest vocalist for Cerrone)	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	"Cherry Tree" (guest vocalist for Cerrone)	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	"Took Me So Long" (guest vocalist for Cerrone)	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	"It's a Girl's Affair" (vocalist for Change)	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	"Ain't No Mountain High Enough'" (guest vocalist for Inner Life)	-	20	-	-	-	-
1984	"Somebody Else's Guy" (Jocelyn Brown)	75	13	2	13	-	-
1984	"I Wish You Would" (Jocelyn Brown)	-	-	49	51	-	-
1986	"Love's Gonna Get You" (Jocelyn Brown)	-	1	38	70	-	-
1991	"Always There" (Incognito)	-	-	33	6	8	19
1991	"Don't Talk Just Kiss" (Right Said Fred)	-	3	-	3	-	-
1993	"Take Me Up" (Sonic Surfers)	-	-	-	61	-	-
1996	"Keep On Jumpin'" (Todd Terry feat. Martha Wash & Jocelyn Brown)	-	1	-	8	17	56
1997	"Somethin' Going On" (Todd Terry feat. Martha Wash & Jocelyn Brown)	-	1	-	5	28	43
1998	"Fun" (Da Mob)	-	1	-	-	-	-
1998	"Show You Love" (A.K. Soul)	-	21	-	-	-	-
2002	"I'm a Woman" (Cassius and Jocelyn Brown)	-	-	-	-	63	-
2002	"Monday, Tuesday... Laissez-moi danser" (2005 remix of Dalida song by Cerrone, samples Jocelyn Brown vocal from 1981 track "Took Me So Long")	-	-	-	-	-	-