Jocelyn Brown

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Jocelyn Brown
Jocelyn Brown
Background information
Birth name	Jocelyn Lorette Brown
Born	November 25, 1950 (age 56)
Origin	Kinston, North Carolina
Genre(s)	R&B Pop Soul Dance House
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1984 - present
Label(s)	U.L.M.

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, Change (1980; vocalist together with Luther Vandross), Incognito and has sung background vocals for Luther Vandross, George Benson, John Lennon and others. She also joined Luther Vandross as co-lead singer on the legendary dance music album "The Glow of Love" by Change. 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.

In the early 80s she was married Shaw and was credited as that on albums by Change for example. Brown also has a new single, "I Like It Just Like That" to be released via various artist compilation album sometime in 2007.

Since 1990 she has lived in London, England.

[edit] Discography

Below are songs with Jocelyn Brown as the Lead Vocalist or joint Lead.

Year	Song	U.S. HOT 100	U.S. Dance	UK	SWIT	SWED
1984	"Somebody Else's Guy"	75	-	13	-	-
1986	"Love's Gonna Get You"	-	1	-	-	-
1991	"Always There" (with Incognito)	-	-	6	8	19
1991	"Don't Talk Just Kiss" (with Right Said Fred)	-	-	3	-	-
1996	"Keep On Jumping" (with Todd Terry & Martha Wash)	-	1	8	-	56
1997	"Something's Going On" (with Todd Terry & Martha Wash)	-	1	5	-	43
1998	"Fun"	-	1	-	-	-
2002	"I'm A Woman" (Ft. Cassius)	-	-	-	63	-

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).

In 2006 Brown starred in BBC One's celebrity talent show Just The Two Of Us with TV presenter Matt Allwright. In January 2007 she starred in the 2nd series of Just The Two Of Us with actor John Bardon who plays "Jim Branning in BBC1's soap Eastenders.