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Chuck Brown (August 22, 1936 – May 16, 2012) was a guitarist and singer who is affectionately called "the Godfather of Go-go". Go-go is a subgenre of funk music developed in and around Washington, D.C. in the mid and late 1970s. While its musical classification, influences, and origins are debated, Brown is regarded as the fundamental force behind the creation of go-go music.
Brown's musical career began in the 1960s playing guitar with Jerry Butler and The Earls of Rhythm, joining Los Latinos in 1965. At the time of his death he was still performing music and was well 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, and was interpolated by Nelly for his 2002 number one hit "Hot in Herre." 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".
Chuck Brown Performs 'Wind Me Up!'
Chuck Brown Chuck Baby
GO GO SWING LIVE-CHUCK BROWN
CHUCK BROWN @ STONE SOUL PICNIC, AUGUST 15,2009
Chuck Brown, Lil Benny, and White Boy
Go Go Swing - Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers.
Chuck Brown Beautiful Life (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
"Block Party" by Chuck Brown feat. DJ Kool
Chuck Brown - Run Joe
Chuck Brown: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
GEORGE CLINTON WITH THE CHUCK BROWN TRIB. BAND@ HOWARD THEATER N DC.
CHUCK BROWN & THE SOUL SEARCHERS, BUSTIN' LOOSE
Chuck Brown Tribute (Family Affair)
chuck brown stormy monday
Actors: Jeff Sinasac (actor), Kelly-Marie Murtha (actress), Rick Gomes (producer), Rick Gomes (editor), Rick Gomes (actor), Dave Vaughan (editor), Dave Vaughan (actor), Dave Vaughan (producer), Dave Vaughan (writer), Dave Vaughan (director), Dana Tartau (actress), Yair Karlberger (writer), Yair Karlberger (actor), Yair Karlberger (producer), Terry Sulley (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short, Thriller,Actors: Mark Margolis (actor), Jonathan Gray (miscellaneous crew), Larry Pine (actor), Leslie Lyles (actress), Dennis Albanese (actor), Terry Leonard (producer), Jennifer Elster (actress), Jennifer Elster (director), Jennifer Elster (producer), Jennifer Elster (writer), Courtney S. Bunbury (miscellaneous crew), Courtney S. Bunbury (actor), John Miller (actor), Gregor Manns (actor), Gale Harold (actor),
Plot: Life, love, and the fear of failing... Lilli Black, battling her painful memories and the secrets surrounding her dying father, collides into the complicated and obsessive life of Morrison Wiley on the streets of New York City. This peculiar love story exposes Lilli's internal bouts and her nightmarish "bad luck". We weave in and out of eight defective lives and go for a turbulent mental ride where Lilli's reality spirals out of control and we're lead to an unforgettable climax where some fall apart and some piece themselves together.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Richard Bartell (actor), Don Beddoe (actor), Bruce Bennett (actor), Sidney Blackmer (actor), Stanley Brown (actor), Eddie Bruce (actor), Edmund Cobb (actor), John Dilson (actor), Lester Dorr (actor), Byron Foulger (actor), Jack Gardner (actor), Edward Hearn (actor), Al Herman (actor), Al Hill (actor), Ernie Adams (actor),
Genres: Drama, Romance, War,Actors: Hooper Atchley (actor), Stanley Andrews (actor), Stanley Brown (actor), Bruce Cabot (actor), Dick Curtis (actor), Harry Bernard (actor), George DeNormand (actor), Lester Dorr (actor), Frank Fanning (actor), Eddie Fetherston (actor), Richard Fiske (actor), Kit Guard (actor), Marc Lawrence (actor), George Lloyd (actor), Pat McKee (actor),
Plot: After being criticized by the Citizens' League for his inability to cope with a crime wave, Police Captain Haines orders his men in the Homicide Bureau to clean up all their cases, but without violating the constitutional rights of any suspect. Detective Jim Logan is ordered to meet the incoming new-head of the Police Department lab and internal affairs, J.G. Bliss, and takes an instant dislike to her over her attitude toward criminal's rights. A murder case is turned over to Jim. Chuck Brown, the killer, informs his gang boss, Briggs, that their blackmailer has been killed and Briggs continues with his preparations to ship a cargo of scrap metal metal to foreign war lords to be used for munitions manufacture. Jim arrests Chuck, but if forced by Miss Bliss to release him on grounds of insufficient evidence. In an attempt to force a confession from Chuck, Jim goes to his apartment and, in a scuffle, causes him to fall through a window. The aroused Citizens' League, through its spokesman Henley, press charges against Jim and he is demoted. He continues to investigate and learns of Chuck's connection with a junk dealer's racket. Jamison, a honest junk dealer, is murdered for refusing to ship scrap metal abroad for war purposes and an eye-witness is killed in a supposed hit-and-run accident.
Keywords: 1930s, airport, alibi, automobile-accident, b-movie, big-city, blackmail, blackmailer, chemist, cigar-smoking