Jocelyn Brown

Jocelyn Lorette Brown (born November 25, 1950)—sometimes credited as Jocelyn Shaw—is an R&B and dance music singer. Although she has only one Billboard Hot 100 chart entry in her name, she has an extensive background in the music industry and is well-known in the world of dance music.

Jocelyn Brown started out in the late 1970s/early 1980s singing on records by studio-created bands like Musique, Inner Life, Bad Girls, Salsoul Orchestra, Disco Tex and His Sex-O-Lettes, Cerrone, and Change. In 1984, Brown released a number of singles in her own name, including "Somebody Else's Guy," which made it #2 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart (#75 on the Hot 100). Her solo career never really took off and she continued to sing on other people's records.

She has over twenty hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, four of which have hit number one. She continues to record house music and have chart hits in the 21st century.

She did work some years with Boy George, as a backing singer, touring worldwide with Culture Club in 1985 and appearing with many solos on their 1986 album, From Luxury To Heartache. In 1987, she co-wrote with Boy George his top 30 UK hit, "Keep Me In Mind".

Since 1990, she has lived in London, England.

Brown appeared on both seasons of BBC One's celebrity singing talent show Just the Two of Us; first with TV presenter Matt Allwright (placing 6th), then with actor John Bardon from Eastenders (placing fourth). In 2006 Jocelyn released a CD entitled Unreleased. Her cousin Shaun Gaskins says "she took it back to what she knows best, real singing. A lot people should take note and watch how a real diva gets down".

In 2007 Jocelyn has collaborated with The AllStars both live, at a series of festivals in the UK, and in the studio recording the new album All About the Music.

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