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Chuck Brown
Onstage, October 1, 2005
Onstage, October 1, 2005
Background information
Born 1934
Origin Washington, D.C.
Genre(s) Go-go
Occupation(s) Singer, musician, songwriter, record producer
Instrument(s) Guitar
Years active 1960s-present
Website windmeupchuck.com
Notable instrument(s)
Gibson ES-335 (blonde)
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Brown's musical career began in the 1960s playing guitar with Jerry Butler and The Earls of Rhythm, joining Los Latinos in 1965. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 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 home run celebration 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". Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29 1899 &ndash May 24 1974 was an American Composer, Pianist, and Bandleader. " It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing " is a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Irving Mills, now accepted as a "Moody's Mood for Love" is Jazz saxophonist James Moody 's instrumental solo on the song " I'm in the Mood for Love " composed John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer ( November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American Songwriter and Singer The midnight sun is a phenomenon occurring in Latitudes north and nearby to the south of the Arctic Circle and south and nearby to the north of the Louis Jordan ( July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was a pioneering American Jazz, Blues and Rhythm & blues Aaron Thibeaux Walker or T-Bone Walker or Oak Cliff T-Bone ( May 26 1910 — March 15 1975 Walker's recording " Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad " also known as "Call It Stormy Monday", or just "Stormy Monday", is a

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. Rare Essence, is a Go-go band which grew from a relationship between four childhood friends Quinten "Footz" Davidson Andre "Whiteboy" Johnson Michael Experience Unlimited (or simply EU) is a Washington DC -based Go go band that enjoyed its height of popularity in the 1980s and early 1990s Trouble Funk was an influential and successful R&B and funk band from Washington D

The song "Ashley's Roachclip" from the Soul Searchers' 1974 album Salt of the Earth contains a famous drum break. A roach clip is a Clip, or other form of holder which is employed to hold onto the stub of a Cigarette, usually a joint, that in this context In Popular music a break is an Instrumental or percussion section or interlude during a song derived from or related to Stop-time &ndash being

Brown is considered a local legend in Washington, D. C. , and has appeared in television advertisements for the Washington Post and other area companies. The D.C. Lottery's "Rolling Cash 5" ad campaign features Chuck Brown singing his 2007 song "The Party Roll" in front of various D. This article deals with the lottery for the District of Columbia. Fantasy 5, Cash 5, Pick 5, etc are names of Lottery games in the United States where five regular numbers are drawn from one set of numbers C. city landmarks such as Ben's Chili Bowl. Ben's Chili Bowl is a landmark Restaurant in Washington DC, located at 1213 U Street, next to Lincoln Theatre, in the Shaw neighborhood

Brown resides in Waldorf, Maryland. Waldorf is an Unincorporated community and Census-designated place in Charles County Maryland. His son, Nekos Brown, is a sophomore defensive end for the 2007 Virginia Tech football team.

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NAME Brown, Chuck
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SHORT DESCRIPTION American musician, Godfather of Go go
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