Joe Brown

In 1958 Joe was hired by TV producer Jack Good to be the lead guitarist for his new series Boy Meets Girls and he was also in demand to play on the road with touring artists such as Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran.

In the spring of 1960 Joe played lead guitar on Billy Fury’s debut LP, The Sound of Fury,’ which would later be recognised as the first real British rock & roll/rockabilly album. Signing with manager Larry Parnes who secured him a record deal, Joe began to have hit singles under his own name, including, Darktown Strutter’s Ball, A Picture of You, It Only Took a Minute and That’s What Love Will Do. Joe was voted Top UK Vocal Personality in the prestigious NME poll in 1962. Only a few years earlier he’d been one of many young boys excited by music.

As well as being a highly-respected guitarist, he has also championed the ukulele and mention must be made of his incredibly moving version of See You in My Dreams, performed for his close friend George Harrison in ‘A Concert for George.’ Joe has also been in six films, many stage shows, starred in the West End, presented TV and radio shows, continues to write songs and undertakes some hundred gigs a year. He remains a Buddy Holly fan and is very aware what the music world lost.