Gerry Brown

Not to be confused with Gerry Brown (drummer).
For other people named Gerry Brown, see Gerry Brown (disambiguation).
Gerry Brown
Birth nameGerald E. Brown
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
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Gerald E. "The Gov" Brown (also known as Gerry Brown; born 1958) is a recording engineer, mixer and music producer based in Los Angeles, best known for his work with artists including Whitney Houston, John Legend, Earth, Wind & Fire, Madonna, Sting, Prince, Phil Collins, Marcus Miller, Wayne Shorter and Victor Wooten.[1][2] He is credited on multiple RIAA Gold and Platinum certified albums.[3][4][5]

Brown has won 3 Grammy awards, one in the Best Contemporary Jazz Album category for his work as a producer and engineer on Stanley Clarke's 2010 album The Stanley Clarke Band[6][7] and another one in the Best R&B Album category for his work as an engineer on John Legend's 2020 album Bigger Love.[8] He also won a Billboard Award for his work as a producer on the 1993 single “Love Is” by Vanessa Williams and Brian McKnight.[9][10]

  1. ^ "Gerry Brown | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  2. ^ Andy Jones21 July 2020 (21 July 2020). "Mixed by Humanz on mixing John Legend's new album in lockdown: "Mixing at really low levels in the bedroom, you discover a different style"". MusicRadar. Retrieved 2020-07-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "RIAA Gold & Platinum". www.riaa.com.
  4. ^ "Audio Track". Billboard. 1992-07-18.
  5. ^ "Evening at Pops 2004: Vanessa Williams". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  6. ^ "Gerry "The Gov" Brown". GRAMMY.com. 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  7. ^ "53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards". Grammy.com.
  8. ^ "63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards". GRAMMY.com. 2020-12-15. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  9. ^ "Whitney Houston big winner at Billboard Music Awards". UPI. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  10. ^ "Billboard Charts Archive". Billboard.