Joseph Roger "Joe" Brown, MBE (born 13 May 1941) is an English entertainer. He has worked as a rock and roll singer and guitarist for more than five decades. He was a stage and television performer in the late 1950s and a UK recording star in the early 1960s. He has made six films, presented specialist radio series for BBC Radio 2, appeared on the West End stage alongside Dame Anna Neagle and has written an autobiography. In recent years he has again concentrated on recording and performing music, playing two tours of around 100 shows every year and releasing an album almost every year.Described by the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums, as a "chirpy Cockney", Brown was one of the original artists managed by the early rock impresario and manager Larry Parnes.He is highly regarded in the music business as a "musician's musician" who "commands respect and admiration from a wide spectrum of artists".
Susan Miller Dorsey High School, University of California, Los Angeles
Nationality
British
Spouse
Manon Piercey (m. 2000), Vicki Brown (m. 1963–1991)
Children
Sam Brown, Pete Brown
Awards
NME Award for British Vocal Personality
Albums
More of the Truth, Here Comes Joe..., A Picture of You
Nominations
NME Award for World Musical Personality, NME Award for British Male Singer, NME Award for Best Instrumentalist, NME Award for Artist for Poll Concert, Sea Of Heartbreak, I'll See You In My Dreams, That's What Love Will Do
Movies
Mona Lisa, Three Hats for Lisa, In Old Arizona, Servin' It Up
TV Shows
Judge Joe Brown
Star Sign
Taurus
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Fact
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Totteridge, London, England [June 2009]
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He was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Music.
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Used to play Butlins camps and East End of London pubs in a skiffle band called The Spacemen.
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His wife Vicky Haseman was a former member of the Vernons Girls.
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Father of singer Sam Brown and record producer Pete.
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Singer / guitarist who sprang to fame initially on British TV pop shows, such as Wham!
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Give us a Break
1983-1984
TV Series singer - 8 episodes
Cowboys
1980-1981
TV Series performer - 13 episodes
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mona Lisa
1986
Dudley
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
TV Series
Fred Manson
Armchair Theatre
1969
TV Series
Pete
Lionheart
1968
Pvt. Worms
Three Hats for Lisa
1966
Johnny Howjego
The Arthur Haynes Show
1964
TV Series
Contest Girl
1964
Rose of England Judge (uncredited)
What a Crazy World
1963
Alf Hitchens
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jools Holland: London Calling
2012
Documentary performer: "Knocked 'em in the Old Kent Road", "I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am"
Ragdoll
1999
performer: "Wicked" / writer: "Wicked"
Doing Time
1979
performer: "FREE INSIDE"
Three Hats for Lisa
1966
performer: "This is a Special Day", "Something Tells Me I Shouldn't Do This" uncredited, "I'm the King of the Castle" uncredited, "Bermondsey" uncredited, "L O N D O N London Town" uncredited, "Three Hats for Lisa" uncredited, "Two Cockney Kids" uncredited, "That What Makes A Girl A Girl" uncredited, "Covent Garden" uncredited
What a Crazy World
1963
performer: "What A Crazy World We're Living In", "A Lay-About's Lament", "Bruvvers", "Wasn't It A Handsome Punch-Up", "I Feel The Same Way Too", "Just You Wait And See"
Just for Fun
1963
performer: "Let Her Go", "What's The Name Of The Game?"
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Code 8
2016
Short production assistant
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
2014
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Musician Since 1959
Celebrating Jon Lord
2014
Video
Himself
50s Britannia
2013
TV Series documentary
Himself - The Spacemen
Jools Holland: London Calling
2012
Documentary
Himself
Forever Young: How Rock 'n' Roll Grew Up
2010
TV Movie documentary
Himself
This Morning
2008
TV Series
Himself
Kings of Rock 'n' Roll
2008
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The One Show
2008
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Breakfast
2008
TV Series
Himself
Later... With Jools Holland
2008
TV Series
Himself
Girls and Boys: Sex and British Pop
2005
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Timeshift
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
2004
TV Series
Himself
S.O.U.L.--Sounds of Underground London
2003
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Concert for George
2003
Video documentary
Himself
The Trouble with the Fifties
1992
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Guest
Wogan
1990
TV Series
Himself
Blankety Blank
1983-1990
TV Series
Himself
Pebble Mill at One
1985
TV Series
Himself - Singing
A Century of Stars: The Story of the Grand Order of Water Rats
1984
TV Movie documentary
Punchlines!
1981-1984
TV Series
Himself
Bullseye
1984
TV Series
Himself - Special Guest
On Safari
1982
TV Series
Himself
Arena
1982
TV Series documentary
Himself
Square One
1982
TV Series
Himself - Presenter
Let's Rock
1981
TV Series
Himself - Presenter
Summertime Special
1981
TV Series
Himself
London Night Out
1980
TV Series
Himself
Pro-Celebrity Snooker
1979
TV Series
Himself - Player
Juke Box Jury
1964-1979
TV Series
Himself - Panellist
Star Games
1978
TV Series
Himself
Dennis Waterman: With a Little Help from My Friends
1978
TV Movie
Himself
Celebrity Squares
1978
TV Series
Himself
Let's Make a Musical
1977
TV Movie
Himself
Star Turn
1976
TV Series
Himself
This Is Your Life
1970
TV Series documentary
Himself
Junior Showtime
1970
TV Series
Himself
Set 'em Up Joe
1969-1970
TV Series
Himself - Host / Singer / Himself
Maggie's Place
1970
TV Series
Himself
The Golden Shot
1968-1970
TV Series
Himself
Frost on Sunday
1968
TV Series
Himself
Glamour...
1968
TV Series
Himself
Dee Time
1968
TV Series
Himself
Joe & Co
1967
TV Series
Himself-host
The London Palladium Show
1966
TV Series
Himself
Crackerjack!
1965-1966
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Five O'Clock Club
1963-1966
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest / Himself &The Bruvvers
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1961-1966
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest Host / Themselves
The Eamonn Andrews Show
1965
TV Series
Himself
The Arthur Haynes Show
1965
TV Series
Himself
Joe Brown at Clapham
1965
Documentary short
Himself
Big Beat '64
1964
TV Movie
Himself (as Joe Brown and The Bruvvers)
New Musical Express Poll Winners' Concert
1964
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Whole Lotta Shakin
1964
TV Movie
Himself (as Joe Brown and The Bruvvers)
Ready, Steady, Go!
1963-1964
TV Series
Himself
Just for Fun
1963
Himself - The Bruvvers leader (as Joe Brown and The Bruvvers)
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium