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Charles Louis Brown (August 22, 1936 – May 16, 2012) was an American guitarist, bandleader and singer known as "The Godfather of Go-Go". [1] Go-go is a subgenre of funk music developed around the Washington, D.C., area in the mid-1970s.
We're About the Business is a studio album released on April 24, 2007 [4] by the Washington, D.C.–based go-go musician Chuck Brown. We're About the Business was Chuck Brown's highest-charting album ever, which peaked on May 12, 2007, at No. 2 on the "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums" and No. 37 on the "Billboard Pop Albums".
Guitarist and bandleader Chuck Brown is widely regarded as "the Godfather of Go-Go". Chuck Brown was a fixture on Washington and Maryland music scene with his band Los Lotinos as far back as 1966. By the mid-1970s, he had changed the group's name to The Soul Searchers, and developed a laid-back, rhythm-heavy style of funk performed with one ...
"Bustin' Loose (Part 1)" is a hit song for Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers. [1] Released from the album of the same name, it spent four weeks at the top of the R&B singles chart in early 1979 and peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
The Washington Post (favorable) [ 1 ] Timeless is a studio album released on April 7, 1998, by the Washington, D.C. -based go-go musician Chuck Brown with The Second Chapter Band. [ 2 ]
The "Go Go Posse" was a supergroup consisting of D.C. Scorpio, Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers, Rare Essence, Little Benny & the Masters, and E.U. [4] [5] The song "D.C. Don't Stand for Dodge City" was an anti-violence song recorded and released as a single in 1988.
"We Need Some Money" is a single by the Washington, D.C.–based go-go band Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers, which was released as a single in 1984. [1] The song has been sampled by many hip-hop artists, including songs by Kid 'n Play and Wreckx-n-Effect, [2] and is currently used in many promotional advertisements for the D.C. Lottery. [3]
Hah Man is a studio album released in 1994 by the Washington, D.C.–based go-go musician Chuck Brown. [3] The album consists go-go renditions of classic jazz and swing songs performed with a go-go beat. The album's title track "Hah Man" was used as the theme song to the television show The Sinbad Show, a 1993 to 1994 black sitcom starring ...