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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. At the time of his death he was still performing music today and was well known in the Washington, DC area. Brown’s early hits include “I Need Some Money” and “Bustin’ Loose“. “Bustin’ […]
The Godfather of Go-Go has left the building: Chuck Brown, icon of the District’s most beloved indigenous art form, is dead at 75. Take a trip down memory lane and listen to a tribute to our beloved Chuck! LIKE WZAK On Facebook To Keep Up With Your Fave Black Celebs! Recent Updates Jennifer Lopez Tops […]
http://www.blackamericaweb.com/ A vigil was held on Chuck Brown Way in front of the legendary Howard Theatre Wednesday night to honor go-go legend Chuck Brown, who died at Johns Hopkins University Hospital earlier in the day after a battle with pneumonia. He was 75. As unconfirmed rumors started in the afternoon that Brown had died, an […]
*Chuck Brown, the legendary Washington D.C. musician known as the “Godfather of Go-Go,” has died, his daughter confirmed to DC’s ABC7. Brown’s passing comes about a week after the Washington Post confirmed that the musician had been hospitalized with pneumonia. According to Brown’s manager, he died between 2 and 2:30 p.m. today in the intensive […]
Chuck Brown talks about the year the DC music genre go-go caught on.