Jocelyn Brown

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Jocelyn Brown (born Jocelyn Lorette Brown, November 25, 1950, in Kinston, North Carolina) is an R&B and dance music singer. Although she has only one Billboard Hot 100 chart entry to her credit ("Somebody Else's Guy," #75 in 1984), she has an extensive background in the music industry and is considered legendary in the dance club music world. She has been a member of the groups Bad Girls, Inner Life, Salsoul Orchestra and Incognito and has sung background vocals for Luther Vandross, George Benson, John Lennon and others. She has over twenty hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, four of which have hit number one ("Love's Gonna Get You" in 1986, "Keep On Jumpin'" in 1996, "Something Goin' On" in 1997 and "Fun" in 1998). She continues to record house music and has had chart hits in the 21st century, including providing vocals to the track "I'm A Woman" for Cassius in 2002. Ms. Brown featured prominently on the Masters at Work project Nuyorican Soul in the late 1990's, a vinyl reunion with former Salsoul labelmate Vince Montana.

Her notable UK Singles Chart appearances are as follows (predominantly as the featured vocalist):

1984, "Somebody Else's Guy" (#13)
1991, "Always There" (with Incognito) (#6)
1991, "Don't Talk Just Kiss" (with Right Said Fred) (#3)
1996, "Keep on Jumpin'" (with Todd Terry and Martha Wash) (#8)
1997, "Somethings Going On" (with Todd Terry and Martha Wash) (#5)

Still active in music, she is a sought-after session vocalist and "vocalist at large", and has been involved in recent releases by other artists (Ultra Nate for one).

Brown recently starred in BBC One's celebrity talent show Just The Two Of Us with TV presenter Matt Allwright.