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Angie Brown
Born13 June 1963 (1963-06-13) (age 61)
Brixton, London, England[1]
GenresHouse, R&B, Pop, Electronica, dance
Occupation(s)Singer, Songwriter
InstrumentSinging
Years active1990-present
LabelsWEA, Sony Music Entertainment

Angie Brown (born 13 June 1963) is a British singer and songwriter from Brixton, South London.[2]

Brown is most well known as the featured vocalist on Bizarre Inc's two hits "I'm Gonna Get You" (1992) and "Took My Love" (1993)[3], and as the featured vocalist on Motiv8's top twenty UK track from 1994, "Rockin' for Myself". Before this, she was a brief member of the group Thrashing Doves (known at that stage of their career as The Doves), and performed lead vocals on their single "Beaten Up in Love Again". She is the backing vocalist[4] on the BPI 2 x Platinum Certified hit Return of the Mack by UK artist Mark Morrison as well as a featured performance as the voice of the girlfriend in both the official single release and official music video which as of August 2020 has attracted in excess of 110,000,000 streams on YouTube.

Brown has also performed backing vocals for Grace Jones[5], Beverley Knight, Mark Morrison, The Rolling Stones[6], The Dirty Strangers, Kate Bush, Chaka Khan, Heaven 17, Neneh Cherry, Lisa Stansfield[7], Mola Mola, The Stereophonics and Fat Boy Slim [8]in the 1990's.

In 2014, she appeared on an episode of the third series of The Voice UK, singing her past hit, "I'm Gonna Get You"[9], but was not selected by any of the four judges.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ruane, Michelle (November 9, 2007). "Gazette Live - News - Local News - All coming up Rose's". Evening Gazette. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  2. ^ Ruane, Michelle (November 9, 2007). "Gazette Live - News - Local News - All coming up Rose's". Evening Gazette. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  3. ^ "The Voice UK: famous faces who have auditioned". The Telegraph. 2016-01-29. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  4. ^ "Mark Morrison - Return Of The Mack". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  5. ^ "The Voice UK: famous faces who have auditioned". The Telegraph. 2016-01-29. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  6. ^ Jones, Lindsay. "Interview with singer Angie Brown ahead of her Havering Show concert". Romford Recorder. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  7. ^ "The Voice UK: famous faces who have auditioned". The Telegraph. 2016-01-29. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  8. ^ Jones, Lindsay. "Interview with singer Angie Brown ahead of her Havering Show concert". Romford Recorder. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  9. ^ "The Voice UK: famous faces who have auditioned". The Telegraph. 2016-01-29. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  10. ^ The Voice UK, BBC One, 22 February 2014.


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