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Jamaican reggae vocaliser (1957–1999)

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Dennis Dark-brown performing in 1980
Groundwork data
Birth proper name	Dennis Emmanuel Brown
Likewise known as	The Crown Prince of Reggae
Born	(1957-02-01)1 Feb 1957 Kingston, Jamaica
Died	1 July 1999(1999-07-01) (aged 42) Kingston, Jamaica
Genres	Reggae lovers rock
Occupation(south)	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1968–1999
Labels	Studio 1 Trojan Harry J Joe Gibbs A&M DEB Yvonne's Special Greensleeves Shanachie Heartbeat VP Real Authentic Sound
Associated acts	Gregory Issacs, Peter Bouncer John Holt

Musical artist

Dennis Emmanuel Brown CD (i February 1957 – ane July 1999) was a Jamaican reggae vocalizer. During his prolific career, which began in the belatedly 1960s when he was aged eleven, he recorded more 75 albums and was ane of the major stars of lovers rock, a subgenre of reggae. Bob Marley cited Brown as his favourite singer,^[1] dubbing him "The Crown Prince of Reggae", and Brown would prove influential on hereafter generations of reggae singers.^{[2] [3]}

Biography [edit]

Early life and career [edit]

Dennis Brown was born on 1 February 1957 at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica.^[four] His father Arthur was a scriptwriter, actor, and journalist, and he grew up in a large tenement thou between N Street and King Street in Kingston with his parents, three elderberry brothers and a sister, although his mother died in the 1960s.^{[4] [5]} He began his singing career at the age of ix, while however at junior school, with an finish-of-term concert the first fourth dimension he performed in public, although he had been keen on music from an even earlier historic period, and equally a youngster was a keen fan of American balladeers such every bit Beck Benton, Sam Cooke, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin.^[iv] He cited Nat Male monarch Cole as one of his greatest early influences.^[four] He regularly hung around JJ's record store on Orange Street in the rocksteady era and his relatives and neighbours would oft throw Dark-brown pennies to hear him sing in their yard.^[4] Brown's beginning professional person appearance came at the historic period of eleven, when he visited "Tit for Tat" a local West Kingston Nightclub where his brother Basil was performing a comedy routine, and where he made a invitee appearance with the club's resident group, the Fabulous Falcons (a group that included Cynthia Richards, David "Scotty" Scott, and Noel Dark-brown).^[4] On the forcefulness of this operation he was asked to join the group every bit a featured vocalist.^[iv] When the grouping performed at a JLP conference at the National Arena, Brown sang two songs – Desmond Dekker's "Unity" and Johnnie Taylor'southward "Ain't That Loving You" – and after the audition showered the phase with money, he was able to buy his first suit with the proceeds.^[four] Bandleader Byron Lee performed on the aforementioned neb, and was sufficiently impressed with Brown to book him to perform on package shows featuring visiting The states artists, where he was billed equally the "Boy Wonder".^[iv]

Equally a immature singer Brown was influenced by older contemporaries such equally Delroy Wilson (whom he later cited as the unmarried greatest influence on his style of singing),^[half-dozen] Errol Dunkley, John Holt, Ken Boothe, and Bob Andy.^[four] Brown's get-go recording was an original song chosen "Lips of Vino" for producer Derrick Harriott, simply when this was not released, he recorded for Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Studio One label, and his first session yielded the single "No Human is an Island", recorded when Brown was aged twelve and released in late 1969.^[7] The single received steadily increasing airplay for almost a year earlier becoming a huge hit throughout Jamaica.^[7] Chocolate-brown recorded upwardly to a dozen sessions for Dodd, amounting to around thirty songs, and also worked every bit a bankroll singer on sessions past other artists, including providing harmonies along with Horace Andy and Larry Marshall on Alton Ellis's Sunday Coming album.^{[seven] [8]} Brown was advised past fellow Studio I artist Ellis to larn guitar to help with his songwriting, and afterward convincing Dodd to buy him an instrument, was taught the nuts by Ellis.^[7] These Studio One recordings were collected on two albums, No Man is an Island and If I Follow my Heart (the title rails penned by Alton Ellis), although Brownish had left Studio One earlier either was released.^[9] He went on to record for several producers including Lloyd Daley ("Infant Don't Do It" and "Things in Life"), Prince Buster ("I Day Soon" and "If I Had the Earth"), and Phil Pratt ("Black Magic Woman", "Let Love In", and "What Nigh the One-half"), before returning to work with Derrick Harriott, recording a cord of pop singles including "Silhouettes", "Concentration", "He Tin can't Spell", and "Musical Heatwave", with the pick of these tracks collected on the Super Reggae and Soul Hits album in 1973.^[ten] Brown as well recorded for Vincent "Randy" Mentum ("Cheater"), Dennis Alcapone ("I Was Lone"), and Herman Chin Loy ("It's Too Late" and "Song My Mother Used to Sing") amidst others, with Brown however at school at this stage of his career.^[xi]

International success [edit]

In 1972, Dark-brown began an association that would result in his breakthrough equally an internationally successful artist; He was asked past Joe Gibbs to tape an album for him, and 1 of the tracks recorded as a result, "Money in my Pocket", was a hit with UK reggae audiences and apace became a favourite of his alive performances. This original version of "Coin in my Pocket" was in fact produced by Winston "Niney" Holness on behalf of Gibbs, with musical bankroll from the Soul Syndicate.^[12] In the same year, Chocolate-brown performed as office of a Christmas morning showcase in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, forth with Delroy Wilson, Scotty, Errol Dunkley, and the Fabulous Flames, where he was billed every bit the "Boy Wonder of Jamaica" and was considered the star of the show in a local newspaper review.^[12] The song's popularity in the UK was farther cemented with the release of a deejay version, "A-So We Stay (Money in Manus)", credited to Big Youth and Dennis Brown, which outsold the original single and topped the Jamaican singles chart.^[12] Brown and Holness became close, fifty-fifty sharing a firm in Pembroke Hall.^[viii] Chocolate-brown followed this with another collaboration with Holness on "Westbound Train", which was the biggest Jamaican hitting of summer 1973,^[thirteen] and Brown's star status was confirmed when he was voted Jamaica'due south top male vocalist in a poll by Swing magazine the same twelvemonth.^[13] Brown followed this success with "Cassandra" and "No More Will I Roam", and tracks such as "Africa" and "Love Jah", displaying Brown'southward Rastafari behavior, became staples on London'due south audio organization scene.^[13] In 1973, Brown was hospitalized due to fatigue caused past overwork, although at the time rumours spread that he only had i lung and had merely a week to live, or had contracted tuberculosis.^[thirteen] He was advised to accept an extended break from performing and concentrated instead on his college studies.^[13]

Brown returned to music and toured the U.k. for the first time in late summer 1974 as function of a Jamaican showcase, forth with Cynthia Richards, Al Brown, Sharon Forrester, and The Maytals, after which he was invited to stay on for further dates (where he was backed by The Cimarons, staying in the UK for another three months.^[14] While in the UK, he recorded for the outset time since his hospitalization, working with producer Sydney Crooks, and again backed by the Cimarons.^[14] While Brown was in the UK, Gibbs released an album collecting recordings made earlier in Jamaica, released as The All-time of Dennis Brownish, and Brownish'south first single to get a proper Uk release was issued on the Synda label – "No More than Volition I Roam".^[15] He returned to Jamaica for Christmas, only 6 weeks later was dorsum in the UK, at present with Holness in tow as his business concern manager, to negotiate a tape deal with Trojan Records, the first Brown album to be released as a result being Just Dennis, although the pair would be left out of pocket afterward Trojan'southward collapse and subsequent buyout by Saga Records.^[sixteen] On their return to Jamaica, Brown and Holness resumed recording in earnest with tracks for a new album, including "So Long Rastafari", "Boasting", and "Open the Gate".^[17] During 1975, Brown also recorded ane-off sessions for Sonia Pottinger ("If You leave Me") and Bunny Lee ("Then Much Hurting", a duet with Johnny Clarke), and the first recordings began to appear on Brownish's new DEB Music characterization.^[eighteen] In the wake of the Trojan collapse, Brown and Holness arranged a bargain with local independent characterization owners Castro Brown (who ran Morpheus Records) and Larry Lawrence (Ethnic Fight) to distribute their releases in the UK.^[19] Brown saw the Uk every bit the most of import market to target and performed for five consecutive nights at the Georgian Gild in Croydon to raise funds to start his new DEB Music label with Castro Dark-brown.^[20] In early 1976, Castro secured a deal with Radio London disc jockey Charlie Gillett for Morpheus (and hence DEB) output to be issued through the latter's Oval Records, which had a distribution deal with Virgin Records, merely after a dispute over Castro'southward split supply of these records to London record shops, the deal was scrapped and the early DEB releases suffered from a lack of promotion.^[21] Later that yr, Brown voiced two tracks at Lee "Scratch" Perry'due south Black Ark studio, "Take a Trip to Zion" and "Wolf and Leopard", the latter of which was a hit in Jamaica and would prove to be one of Brownish's most pop songs, with a lyric criticizing those criminals who "rode the natty dread bandwagon".^[22] Brown confirmed in an interview in Black Echoes that he had parted visitor with Holness, stating: "I was going along with one homo's ideas for too long. Niney was trying to detect a new beat at all times, which was disconcerting, so I hadn't been working with my true abilities. Now I know that I can produce myself."^[23]

Brown began working again with Joe Gibbs, with an understanding that in return for studio time for his own productions, Dark-brown would allow Gibbs use of any rhythm recorded in the process.^[24] The commencement anthology from this organization, the 1977 release Visions of Dennis Dark-brown, gave him his biggest success and so far, blending conscious themes and dearest songs, and confirming Brown'southward transformation from child star to grown up artist.^[25] The biblical-themed sleeve and portrait of Haile Selassie on the back complemented the roots reggae tracks on the album, including "Repatriation", "Jah Tin can Practice it", and cover versions of Earl 16'south "Malcolm 10" and Clive Chase's "Milk and Honey". The album immediately entered the Blackness Echoes chart and stayed there well into the following twelvemonth, although it was but available in the UK every bit an expensive import.^[26] Visions... was voted reggae anthology of the twelvemonth past Melody Maker writers and was given the same award by readers of Blackness Echoes.^[26] A reissued "Wolf and Leopard" single, and the eventual album release of the same name also sold well in the UK, both topping the Black Echoes chart.^[27]

Brown toured the UK in Autumn 1977 with Big Youth, and described the tour: "It'due south similar I was appointed to deliver certain messages and now is the time to deliver them".^[28] He had also begun producing recordings past his protege, Junior Delgado. In 1978, Brown moved to alive in London, and set upwards premises in Battersea Rise, almost Clapham Junction to relaunch the DEB Music label with Castro Brown, with artists featured on the label including Junior Delgado, 15.16.17, Bob Andy, Lennox Brown, and afterwards, Gregory Isaacs.^[29] Brown had further success himself with a discomix of "How Could I Leave Y'all", a version of The Sharks' rocksteady standard "How Could I Alive" with accompanying toast by Prince Mohamed. In March 1978, Brown flew to Jamaica, where he was booked at the last minute to perform at the One Love Peace Concert at the National Arena, backed past Lloyd Parks' We The People Band.^[30] Visions of Dennis Brown was given a wider distribution via a deal between Lightning Records and WEA and topped the UK reggae album chart in September 1978, this nautical chart run lasting for five months.^[31] In Baronial 1978, Brown returned to the Uk, bringing Junior Delgado with him, and DEB Music released a series of singles, although they sold moderately compared to the characterization's earlier successes, just in the aforementioned month, Brown'southward breakthrough single was first released. Initially released equally a discomix featuring a new version of "Money in my Pocket" and the disk version "Cool Runnings" past Cost Mohamed, which became unavailable for a time subsequently quickly selling out its first pressing, this single gave Dark-brown his first UK Top 40 hit, reaching number 14 the following year and becoming 1 of the biggest international hits in Jamaica's history,^{[32] [33]} after crossing over beginning into soul clubs and so rock clubs.^[34] This success led to Brown featuring on the cover of the NME in February 1979.

Brown's adjacent two albums were both released on DEB – So Long Rastafari and Joseph's Coat of Many Colours, although the label was closed down in 1979, afterwards which Brown again did the rounds of Jamaica's meridian producers, as well as continuing self-productions with singles such every bit "The Little Hamlet" and "Practise I Worry?" in 1981.^[35]

A&One thousand and the dancehall era [edit]

With standing commercial success, Brown signed an international deal with A&Grand Records in 1981, and at present based permanently in the UK, his first album release for the label was the Gibbs-produced Foul Play, which while not wholly a success included the roots tracks "The Existence of Jah" and "The World is Troubled".^[36] This was followed in 1982 by Dear Has Found its Fashion, a Gibbs/Brownish/Willie Lindo production that composite lovers rock with a more pop sound, and again was not a smashing success.^[36] His final anthology with the label, 1983's The Prophet Rides Again, again mixed roots themes with commercial R&B mode tracks, and proved to be his swansong with the label.^[36] While his association with A&M had taken him in a more commercial popular direction, Kingston's music scene had shifted towards the new dancehall era, and Chocolate-brown enthusiastically adapted to the new sound, recording for some of the genre's major producers including Prince Jammy and Gussie Clarke. In the early on 1980s he too started a new label, Yvonne's Special, dedicated to his wife.^[37] In 1984, he collaborated with Gregory Isaacs on the album Ii Bad Superstars Meet and the hit single "Let aaf Sum'n", recorded with Sly & Robbie and Jammy, which was followed by a second album featuring the two stars, Guess Not, in 1985.^[38] Brown released a huge corporeality of work through the 1980s, including the 1986 Jammy-produced album The Exit, only his biggest success of the decade came in 1989 with the Gussie Clarke-produced duet with Isaacs "Big All Circular", and the album Unchallenged.^[38] He continued to record prolifically in the 1990s, notably on the 3 Against War album in 1995 with Beenie Human and Triston Palma, and on albums produced past Mikey Bennett, and his profile in the United states was raised by a series of album releases on RAS Records.^[38] In the tardily 1990s he was managed by Tommy Cowan, who contrasted Chocolate-brown to Bob Marley, who he had also managed, stating "Bob Marley was a serious man of affairs, I don't retrieve Dennis was as serious when it came to investment. Dennis was like a community person, he would earn coin and in i hr he would give it away."^[39] Brown said of his arroyo to songwriting in the tardily 1990s:

"When I write a vocal I effort to follow Joseph'south way – deliverance through vision from all – true vibration. I want to be a shepherd in my work, education and learning, really singing so much. I don't want to sing and not live it. I must live it. If I can sing songs that people can watch me living, and then they can have my work"^[twoscore]

Brown'due south 1994 anthology Light My Fire was nominated for a Grammy Award, as was the last album recorded by Brown, Let Me Be the Ane (in 2001).^{[41] [42]}

Death [edit]

In the belatedly 1990s, Brown's health began to deteriorate. He had developed respiratory issues, probably exacerbated past longstanding problems with drug habit, mainly cocaine,^[43] leading to him beingness taken sick in May 1999 after touring in Brazil with other reggae singers, where he was diagnosed with pneumonia.^[41] Later on returning to Kingston, Jamaica, on the evening of xxx June 1999, he was rushed to Kingston'south Academy Hospital, suffering from cardiac arrest.^[44] Chocolate-brown died the next twenty-four hours, the official cause of his decease was a collapsed lung.^{[38] [44] [45] [46] [47]} Sitting Jamaican Prime Minister P. J. Patterson and old prime number minister, serving at the fourth dimension as opposition leader, Edward Seaga of the Jamaica Labour Party both spoke at Brown's funeral, which was held on 17 July 1999 in Kingston. The service, which lasted for three hours, too featured alive performances by Maxi Priest, Shaggy, and three of Brown's sons. Brown was then buried at Kingston'southward National Heroes Park.^[48] Brown was survived by his wife Yvonne and ten children.^[three] Prime Minister Patterson paid tribute to Chocolate-brown, maxim: "Over the years, Dennis Brownish has distinguished himself equally one of the finest and most talented musicians of our time. The Crown Prince of Reggae as he was commonly chosen. He has left united states of america with a vast repertoire of songs which will keep to satisfy the hearts and minds of us all for generations to come."^[49]

Dennis Brown'due south brother Leroy Clarke spoke about his blood brother equally follows; "I only give Jah cheers and praise for Dennis' life and what he has contributed to the globe through the root of music, regardless of the rumors out there most him, he has done a lot. He has paid his dues. You want to know the true Dennis? Heed to his lyrics. He was singing from the centre" (The Beat, Book 18, #5/6).

Legacy [edit]

Dennis Brown was an inspiration and influence for many reggae singers from the belatedly 1970s through to the 2000s, including Barrington Levy, Junior Reid, Frankie Paul, Luciano, Bushman, and Richie Stephens.^[39] In July 1999, a group of United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland-based musicians and more than fifty vocalists working under the collective name The British Reggae All Stars (including Mafia & Fluxy, Carlton "Bubblers" Ogilvie, Peter Hunnigale, Louisa Marker, Nerious Joseph, and Sylvia Tella) recorded "Tribute Song", a medley of six of Chocolate-brown's best-known songs, in retention of Brown.

He was honoured on the outset anniversary of his death past a memorial concert in Brooklyn, which featured performances from Johnny Osbourne, Micky Jarrett, Delano Tucker, and One-half Pint.^[38] In 2001, a charitable trust was fix in Dark-brown's name. The Dennis Emanuel Brown Trust works to educate youngsters, maintain and advance the memory of Dennis Brown, and help to provide youngsters with musical instruments. The trust awards the Dennis Emanuel Brown (DEB) bursary for educational achievement each yr to students between the ages of 10 and 12 years.^[50] In 2005, George Nooks, who had worked with Chocolate-brown in the mid-1970s in his deejay guise as Prince Mohamed, released an anthology of Brown covers, George Nooks Sings Dennis Chocolate-brown: The Vocalization Lives On, with Nooks stating: "I was always inspired by his talent and I used to sing similar him. Dennis had a big influence on me. To me he was the greatest. He was my number one singer."^[51] In the aforementioned twelvemonth, Gregory Isaacs paid a similar tribute with the anthology Gregory Isaacs Sings Dennis Dark-brown. In February 2007, a series of events were staged in Jamaica in commemoration of the lives of both Brown and Marley (both would have had birthdays that month).^[52] In 2008, the Dennis Chocolate-brown Trust announced a new internet radio station, dedicated solely to the music of Dennis Brown,^[53] and in the same month a tribute concert was staged by the Jamaican Association of Vintage Artistes and Affiliates (JAVAA) featuring Dwight Pinkney, Derrick Harriott, Sugar Minott, George Nooks, and John Holt.^[54]

Songs about or dedicated to Chocolate-brown include "Song for Dennis Chocolate-brown" by The Mountain Goats, "If This Globe Were Mine" by Slightly Stoopid, "Drive" past Pepper (band), and Whitney Houston's "Whitney Houston Dub Plate" on The Ecleftic: 2 Sides Two a Volume anthology by Wyclef Jean.

On 26 Apr 2010, Brown was featured on NPR Morning Edition news program every bit 1 of the "50 cracking voices – The stories of awe-inspiring voices from around the world and across time". The NPR "50 Great Voices" listing includes Nat Male monarch Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Mahalia Jackson and Jackie Wilson amongst others.^[55]

On 6 Baronial 2011, being the 49th anniversary of the country's independence, the Governor-General of Jamaica posthumously conferred the Society of Distinction in the rank of Commander (CD) upon Brown, for his contribution to the Jamaican music manufacture.^[56]

In April 2012, a commemorative blue plaque was placed on Brown's dwelling in Harlesden by the Nubian Jak Community Trust.^{[57] [58]}

Discography [edit]

Studio albums [edit]

• 1970 – No Man is an Island (Studio One)
• 1971 – If I Follow My Heart (Studio One)
• 1972 – Super Reggae & Soul Hits (Crystal/Trojan)
• 1974 – The All-time of Dennis Brownish (Joe Gibbs) aka Best of Part one (1979, Joe Gibbs)
• 1975 – Deep Downwards (Observer), reissued in 1979 as Then Long Rastafari (Harry J)
• 1975 – Just Dennis (Observer/Trojan)
• 1977 – Superstar (Micron)
• 1977 – Wolf & Leopards (DEB/Weed Beat)
• 1977 – Dennis Brown Meets Harry Hippy (Pioneer)(with Harry Hippy)
• 1978 – Westbound Train (Third World), aka Africa (Celluloid)
• 1978 – Visions of Dennis Brown (Joe Gibbs)
• 1979 – Joseph'south Glaze Of Many Colors (DEB)
• 1979 – Words of Wisdom (Joe Gibbs/Atlantic)
• 1980 – Spellbound (Joe Gibbs/Laser)
• 1981 – Money in My Pocket (Trojan)
• 1981 – Foul Play (Joe Gibbs/A&1000)
• 1982 – Best Of Part 2 (Joe Gibbs)
• 1982 – Love Has Found Its Way (Joe Gibbs/A&1000) (United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland No. 72,^[59] US R&B #36)^[threescore]
• 1982 – More than (Yvonne's Special)
• 1982 – Stage Motorcoach Showcase (Yvonne'southward Special)
• 1982 – Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow (Joe Gibbs)
• 1983 – Satisfaction Feeling (Yvonne's Special/Tad's)
• 1983 – The Prophet Rides Once more (A&M)
• 1984 – Judge Not (with Gregory Isaacs) (Music Works/Greensleeves)
• 1984 – Ii Bad Superstars (with Gregory Isaacs) (Burning Sounds)
• 1984 – Love's Got A Hold On Me (Joe Gibbs)
• 1984 – Revolution (Taxi/Yvonne'south Special)
• 1984 – Reggae Super Stars Meet (with Horace Andy) (Striker Lee)
• 1985 – Slow Downward (Jammy's/Greensleeves)
• 1985 – Wake Upwardly (Natty Congo)
• 1985 – Wild Fire (with John Holt) (Natty Congo)
• 1986 – Brown Sugar (Taxi)
• 1986 – Baalgad (with Enos McLeod) (Goodies)
• 1986 – History (Alive & Love)
• 1986 – Concord Tight (Live & learn)
• 1986 – The Leave (Jammy's)
• 1987 – Then Amazing (with Janet Kay) (Trojan)
• 1987 – Visions (Shanachie)
• 1988 – Inseparable (WKS)
• 1989 – No Contest (with Gregory Isaacs) (Music Works/Greensleeves)
• 1989 – Decease Before Dishonour (Tappa)
• 1989 – Adept Vibrations (Yvonne's Special)
• 1990 – Over Proof (Two Friends/Greensleeves)
• 1990 – Unchallenged (Music Works/Greensleeves)
• 1990 – Reggae Giants (with Freddie McGregor) (Rocky One)
• 1990 – Sarge (Yvonne's Special)
• 1991 – Victory is Mine (Legga/RAS)
• 1992 – Some other Twenty-four hours in Paradise (Trojan)
• 1992 – Beautiful Morn (World Record)
• 1992 – Blazing (2 Friends/Shanachie/Greensleeves)
• 1992 – Friends For Life (Black Scorpio/Shanachie)
• 1992 – Limited Edition (Artistic/VP/Greensleeves)
• 1992 – If I Didn't Dear Y'all
• 1992 – Cosmic (Observer)
• 1993 – Cosmic Force (Heartbeat)
• 1993 – The General (VP)
• 1993 – Legit (with Freddie McGregor & Cocoa Tea) (Greensleeves/Shanachie)
• 1993 – Rare Grooves Reggae Rhythm & Dejection (Body Music/Yvonne'due south Special)
• 199? – Rare Grooves Reggae Rhythm & Blues vol. two (Yvonne'south Special)
• 1993 – Songs of Emanuel (Yvonne's Special/Sonic Sounds)
• 1993 – Unforgettable (Jammy's)
• 1993 – Hotter Flames (with Frankie Paul) (VP)
• 1993 – Give Praises (Tappa)
• 1993 – It'due south The Right Time
• 1994 – three Against War (with Triston Palma & Beenie Human) (VP)
• 1994 – Blood Brothers (with Gregory Isaacs) (RAS)
• 1994 – Lite My Fire (Heartbeat)
• 1994 – Naught Like This (Greensleeves/RAS)
• 1994 – Party Fourth dimension (with John Holt) (Sonic Sounds)
• 1994 – Vision of the Reggae King (Gold Mine/VP)
• 1995 – I Don't Know (Grapevine/Dynamite)
• 1995 – Temperature Rise (Trojan)
• 1995 – Dennis Brown and Friends (with Carbohydrate Minott & Justin Hinds) (Jamaican Authentic Classics)
• 1995 – The Facts of Life (Diamond Rush)
• 1995 – You Got the Best of Me (Saxon)
• 1996 – Could It Be (VP)
• 1996 – Lovers Paradise (House of Reggae)
• 1996 – Milk & Dear (RAS)
• 1997 – Come across at the Penthouse (with Leroy Smart) (Rhinoceros)
• 1998 – One of a Kind (Imaj)
• 1999 – Believe in Yourself (Don One/TP)
• 1999 – Bless Me Jah (RAS/Charm)
• 1999 – Generosity (Gator)

Posthumous releases and compilations [edit]

• 1983 – The Best of Dennis Brown (Blue Moon)
• 1987 – Greatest Hits (Rohit)
• 1987 – My Time (Rohit)
• 1990 – Become Now (Rohit)
• 1991 – Classic Gold (Rocky I)
• 1992 – Kollection (Gong Sounds)
• 1992 – Some Like Information technology Hot (Heartbeat)
• 1992 – Classic Hits (Sonic Sounds)
• 1993 – Best Of – Musical Heatwave 1972–75 (Trojan)
• 1993 – 20 Magnificent Hits (Thunderbolt)
• 1993 – It's the Right Time (Rhino)
• 1994 – The Prime of Dennis Brown (Music Social club)
• 1994 – Early Days (Sonic Sounds)
• 1995 – Africa – the Best of Dennis Brown vol. ane (Esoldun)
• 1995 – Travelling Man – the All-time of Dennis Chocolate-brown vol. ii (Esoldun)
• 1995 – Open up The Gate – Greatest Hits Volume II (Heartbeat)
• 1995 – Joy in the Morn (Lagoon)
• 1996 – Hit Subsequently Hit (Rocky One)
• 1996 – The Very All-time of Dennis Brown (Rhinoceros)
• 1996 – Love & Hate: The Best of Dennis Chocolate-brown (VP)
• 1996 – The Crown Prince (Earth Records)
• 1997 – Money in My Pocket (Delta Music)
• 1997 – Maximum Replay (Gone Clear)
• 1997 – Ras Portraits (RAS)
• 1997 – Reggae Max (Jet Star)
• 1998 – The Prime of Dennis Brown (Music Club)
• 1998 – Sentry This Sound (Jamaican Gold)
• 1998 – Lovers Paradise (Fourth dimension Music)
• 1998 – Tracks of Life (Snapper)
• 1999 – The Godlike Genius of Dennis Brown (Dressed to Kill)
• 1999 – Reggae Legends vol. two (Artists But)
• 1999 – In the Mood (Charly)
• 1999 – Greatest Hits (Charly)
• 1999 – Love is So Truthful (Prism)
• 1999 – Stone Cold Globe (VP)
• 1999 – Set Nosotros Set (Super Ability)
• 1999 – Tribulation (PDG/Heartbeat)
• 1999 – The Great Mr Chocolate-brown
• 2000 – May Your Nutrient Basket Never Empty (RAS)
• 2000 – Reggae Trilogy (with Glen Washington & Gregory Isaacs) (J&D)
• 2000 – We are all One (J&D)
• 2000 – The Crown Prince (Metro)
• 2000 – Let Me be the 1 (VP)
• 2001 – Cassandra (Starburst)
• 2001 – Dear's Got a Hold on You lot (Artists Only)
• 2001 – Money in My Pocket: Album (Trojan)
• 2001 – Any Twenty-four hours Now (Heartbeat)
• 2001 – Essential (Adjacent Music)
• 2001 – Archives (Trojan)
• 2001 – The Prime of Dennis Brown (Music Gild)
• 2002 – Dennis Brown In Dub (with Niney the Observer) (Rounder/Heartbeat)
• 2002 – You Satisfy My Soul (Fatty Man)
• 2002 – Memorial: Featuring John Holt (Jetstar)
• 2002 – The Promised Land 1977–79 (Blood & Burn down)
• 2002 – Winning Combinations (with Bunny Wailer) (Universal)
• 2002 – Memorial (Jetstar)
• 2002 – Forever Dennis (Jetstar/Reggae Road)
• 2003 – The Consummate A&Thousand Years (A&M)
• 2003 – Dennis Brown Sings Gregory Isaacs (RAS)
• 2003 – Crown Prince (Trojan)
• 2004 – Dennis Chocolate-brown Conqueror: An Essential Collection (Called-for Bush)
• 2005 – Money in My Pocket: The Definitive Collection (Trojan)
• 2005 – Sings Revival Classics (Cousins)
• 2005 – At the Pes of the Mount (Charm)
• 2006 – Sledgehammer Special (with King Tubby)
• 2006 – Taxi 3 Trio (with Gregory Isaacs & Sugar Minott) (Taxi)
• 2008 – A Picayune Scrap More: Joe Gibbs 12" Option 1978–1983 (VP)
• 2010 – The Crown Prince Of Reggae: Singles (1972–1985) Reggae Anthology (#10 U.s. Reggae)^[61]
• 2020 – Dennis (Burning Sounds) . Vinyl - Originally released in 1983

Live albums [edit]

• 1979 – Live in Montreux (Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation/Joe Gibbs)
• 1987 – In Concert (Ayeola)
• 1992 – Live in Montego Bay (Sonic Sounds)
• 2000 – Academy (Orange Street)
• 2001 – All-time of Reggae Live (Innerbeat)
• 2001 – Best of Reggae Live vol. two (Innerbeat)
• 2003 – Live in New York (Ital International)

DVD and Video [edit]

• The Living Legend (VHS; Keeling Videos)
• Rock Steady Roll Call (VHS; Ruff Neck)
• Stars in the Eastward (with John Holt) (VHS/DVD; Ruff Cervix)
• Inseparable volumes 1–4 (4 VHS volumes (199?)/2 DVD volumes (2004); Ruff Neck)
• Live at Montreux (1996; DVD; Synergie)
• Hits After Hits (2001; DVD; Keeling Videos)
• Live at Reggae Ganfest (2003; DVD; Contreband)

Productions of other artists [edit]

• 1977 – Various Artists – Black Echoes
• 1978 – The DEB Music Players – Umoja
• 1978 – The DEB Music Players – 20th Century DEB-Wise
• 1979 – The DEB Music Players – DJ Tracking
• 1979 – Inferior Delgado – Endeavor
• 1979 – Junior Delgado – Taste of the Young Heart
• 1981 – Junior Delgado – More She Love It
• 1982 – Junior Delgado – Bush Primary Revolution
• 1985 – Various Artists – 4 Star Showcase
• 1996 – Various Artists – Return to Umoja

International hit singles [edit]

• "Money In My Pocket" (1979) – UK No. 14
• "Dear Has Found Its Way" (1982) – United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland No. 47, United states of america R&B No. 42^[60]
• "Senorita" (1988) – UK No. 95^{[32] [59]}

Notes [edit]

1. ^ Dennis Brown Archived 21 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine ReggaeTrain.com, accessed iii December 2007.
2. ^ Thompson (2002), p. 43.
3. ^ ^{a b} Adebayo (1999).
4. ^ ^{a b c d e f m h i j} Reel (2000), p. 9.
5. ^ Simmonds (2008), p. 416.
6. ^ Walker (2006), p. 214.
7. ^ ^{a b c d} Reel (2000), p. 10.
8. ^ ^{a b} Foster (1999), p. 244.
9. ^ Reel, p. 12.
10. ^ Reel, p. 13.
11. ^ Reel, p. 17.
12. ^ ^{a b c} Reel, p. 19.
13. ^ ^{a b c d east} Reel, p. 20.
14. ^ ^{a b} Reel, p. 23.
15. ^ Reel, p. 25.
16. ^ Reel, p. 27.
17. ^ Reel, p. 28.
18. ^ Reel, p. thirty.
19. ^ Reel, p. 31.
20. ^ Reel, p. 33.
21. ^ Reel, p. 35
22. ^ Reel, p. 39
23. ^ Reel, p. 44.
24. ^ Reel, p. 45
25. ^ Reel, p. 55.
26. ^ ^{a b} Reel, p. 57.
27. ^ Reel, p. threescore.
28. ^ Reel, p. 66.
29. ^ Reel, p. 69.
30. ^ Reel, p. 81.
31. ^ Reel, p. 84.
32. ^ ^{a b} Roberts (2006), p. 81.
33. ^ Thompson, p. 44.
34. ^ Reel, p. 88.
35. ^ Thompson, p. 45.
36. ^ ^{a b c} Thompson, p. 47.
37. ^ Foster, p. 246.
38. ^ ^{a b c d eastward} Thompson, p. 46.
39. ^ ^{a b} Campbell, 2009.
40. ^ Chang & Chen (1998), p. 152.
41. ^ ^{a b} Moskowitz (2006), p. 43.
42. ^ Kenner (2001).
43. ^ Salewicz (1999)
44. ^ ^{a b} Cooksey, MusicianGuide.
45. ^ Greene, Allmusic.
46. ^ Salewicz (1999).
47. ^ Doran (1999).
48. ^ VH1
49. ^ Jamaica Gleaner, 2 July 1999.
50. ^ Walters (2005).
51. ^ Jackson (2005).
52. ^ Evans (2007).
53. ^ Walters (2008)
54. ^ Cooke (2008).
55. ^ Johnson, 2010.
56. ^ "Dennis Brown, Millie Minor & Dobby Dobson Become National Awards". Dancehall.mobi. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
57. ^ Campbell, Howard (2012), "D Dark-brown's UK domicile gets blue plaque", Jamaica Observer, 25 April 2012, retrieved 29 Apr 2012.
58. ^ "Blue plaque erected in Harlesden in honour of reggae singer Dennis Chocolate-brown", Brent & Kilburn Times, 10 April 2012.
59. ^ ^{a b} Dennis Brownish, Chart Stats
60. ^ ^{a b} "Dennis Brown Love Has Constitute It's [sic] Way Chart History". Elevation R&B/Hip-Hop Albums . Retrieved 25 February 2018.
61. ^ "Dennis Brown The Crown Prince Of Reggae: Singles (1972–1985) Reggae Anthology Nautical chart History". Reggae Albums . Retrieved 25 February 2018.

References [edit]

• Adebayo, Dotun (1999), "Dennis Brownish: Child prodigy of Jamaican music and Bob Marley's chosen successor, he was brought low by drugs", The Guardian, iii July 1999
• Campbell. Howard (2009), "Remembering the Crown Prince", Jamaica Gleaner, 25 June 2009
• Chang, Kevin O'Brien, & Chen, Wayne (1998), Reggae Routes: The Story of Jamaican Music, Ian Randle Publishers, ISBN 976-8100-67-two
• Cooke, Mel (2008), "Dennis Dark-brown honoured in song", Jamaica Gleaner, 25 February 2008
• Cooksey, Gloria, "Dennis Brown Biography" MusicianGuide.com, accessed 10 December 2007
• Doran, D'Arcy (1999), "Toronto Fans Mourn Reggae Star'south Death", Toronto Star, 6 July 1999
• Evans, Tanio (2007), "Artistes pay tribute to Marley, Brown", Jamaica Gleaner, 12 February 2007
• Foster, Chuck (1999), Roots Stone Reggae: an Oral History of Reggae Music from Ska to Dancehall, Billboard Books, ISBN 0-8230-7831-0
• Greene, Jo-Ann, "Dennis Brown: Biography", Allmusic, accessed 22 November 2007
• Jackson, Kevin (2005), "Catch the Riddim: George Nooks pays tribute to Dennis Brown", Jamaica Observer, 22 August 2005
• Johnson, Christopher (2010), "Dennis Brown: The 'Crown Prince' Of Reggae", NPR, 26 April 2010
• Kenner, Rob (2001), "Boom Shots", Vibe, Apr 2001, p. 171
• Moskowitz, David V. (2006), Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall, Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-33158-8
• Reel, Penny (2000), Deep Down with Dennis Brown, Drake Bros, ISBN 0-9541959-0-vi
• Roberts, David (2006), British Hitting Singles & Albums, 19th edn., Guinness World Records Limited, London, ISBN 1-904994-10-five
• Salewicz, Chris (1999), "Obituary: Dennis Brown", The Independent, 3 July 1999
• Simmonds, Jeremy (2008), The Encyclopedia of Expressionless Rock Stars: Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches, Chicago Review Press, ISBN 978-1-55652-754-8
• Thompson, Dave (2002), Reggae & Caribbean Music, Backbeat Books, ISBN 0-87930-655-six
• Walker, Klive (2006), Dubwise: Reasoning from the Reggae Secret, Insomniac Printing, ISBN 978-one-894663-96-0
• Walters, Basil (2005), "19 students receive Dennis Brown scholarships ^{[ permanent dead link ]} ", Jamaica Observer, xviii February 2005
• Walters, Basil (2008), "Dennis Brown 24-hour Cyberspace radio coming on stream", Jamaica Observer, 1 February 2008
• "Dennis Brown: a pioneer and cultural icon", Jamaica Gleaner, 2 July 1999
• "VH1.com : Dennis Chocolate-brown: Reggae Fans Honor Dennis Dark-brown", VH1

External links [edit]

• Discography at Roots Archives
• Discography of 1970s recordings & dub sources at Ten Ray Music
• Interview by Roger Steffens
• Dennis Brownish at Discogs
• The Dennis Emanuel Chocolate-brown Trust
• 45cat discography

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Brown

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