Sam Brown (singer)

Sam Brown
Brown singing into a microphone onstage
Brown (with drummer Gilson Lavis) performing live with Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, 2006
Background information
Birth nameSamantha Brown
Born (1964-10-07) 7 October 1964 (age 60)
Stratford, London, England
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • keyboards
  • bass guitar
  • ukulele
Years active1978–present
Labels
Websitemisssambrown.com

Samantha Brown (born 7 October 1964)[1] is an English singer, songwriter and musician.

Brown is a blue-eyed soul and jazz singer, and ukulele and piano player. She came to prominence in the late 1980s as a solo artist and released eight singles that entered the UK Singles Chart during the 1980s and 1990s. Her solo singles, sometimes dealing with lost love, include "Stop!", "This Feeling", "Can I Get a Witness", "Kissing Gate", "With a Little Love" and "Just Good Friends". She worked as a session backing vocalist, working with artists such as Gary Moore, George Harrison, Small Faces, Spandau Ballet, Adam Ant, Jon Lord (of Deep Purple), Pink Floyd, David Gilmour, The Firm, Dodgy and Nick Cave.

Brown released her debut album Stop! in 1988 and in total has released seven studio albums, one live album, one EP, and three compilation albums, as well as three albums as part of the group Homespun. She developed serious problems with her singing voice in 2007 after which she stopped recording and singing live until 2023 when she released the album Number 8.

  1. ^ "Mini-biography". NME. Archived from the original on 10 March 2009.