Eddie "Bongo" Brown

Eddie "Bongo" Brown (September 13, 1932 – December 28, 1984) was an American musician born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. Brown played congas, bongos, the gourd and claves for Motown Records' in-house Funk Brothers band. One of his musical influences was Chano Pozo.

Eddie "Bongo" Brown

Motown recordings on which Brown played include "(I Know) I'm Losing You" by The Temptations, "I Second That Emotion" by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye, and "If I Were Your Woman" by Gladys Knight & the Pips.

He died in Los Angeles, California in 1984, aged 52. He was survived by his wife, Geraldine Brown, and his children, Larry Cole, Larnetta Porter, Damita Brown-Haynie, Curtis Brown, and Edward Brown III.

Discography

As sideman

With Gloria Jones

With Carly Simon

With Brass Fever

With Thelma Houston

  • Ready to Roll (Motown Records, 1978)
  • Ride to the Rainbow (Motown Records, 1979)

With Michael Wycoff

With Marvin Gaye

With Billy Preston and Syreeta Wright

With Gloria Gaynor

With Deniece Williams

With Ben E. King

With Candi Staton

  • Young Hearts Run Free (Warner Bros. Records, 1976)
  • House of Love (Warner Bros. Records, 1978)

With Chuck Jackson

  • I Wanna Give You Some Love (EMI, 1980)

With Marlena Shaw

  • Sweet Beginnings (Columbia, 1977)

With Wilson Pickett

  • Don't Knock My Love (Atlantic Records, 1971)

With Smokey Robinson

With Martha Reeves

  • Gotta Keep Moving (Fantasy Records, 1980)

With Eddie Kendricks

With Bob Seger

With Helen Reddy

With Stevie Wonder

With Thelma Houston and Jerry Butler

With Patrice Rushen

  • Posh (Elektra Records, 1980)

With B.B. King

With Kenny Rogers

With Peabo Bryson and Natalie Cole

With John Handy

With Syreeta Wright

  • One to One (Motown Records, 1977)
  • The Spell (Tamla Records, 1983)

With Ray Parker Jr.

With Randy Crawford

References
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.