Sugar Babe - Music

Buster Brown Is A Name Of At Least Two Acts 1 A Blues And R&B Singer B. 15 Aug 1911 Cordele GA USA - D. 31 Jan 1976 New York Best Known For His Hit Fannie Mae Aka Fanny Mae . Album Releases Include "The New King Of The Blues". In The 1930s And 1940s He Played Harmonica At Local Clubs And Made A Few Non-Commercial Recordings. These Included "I'm Gonna Make You Happy" 1943 Which Was Recorded When He Played At The Folk Festival At Fort Valley GA State Teachers College And Was Recorded By The Library Of Congress' Folk Music Archive. He Moved To New York In 1956 Where He Was Discovered By Fire Records Owner Bobby Robinson. In 1959 At Almost Fifty Years Of Age He Recorded The Rustic Blues "Fannie Mae" Which Featured Brown's Harmonica Playing And Whoops - This Went To #38 In The U.S. Top 40 And #1 On The R&B Chart In April 1960. His Remake Of Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five's "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?" Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby? Reached #81 On The Pop Charts Later In 1960. Sugar Babe Was His Only Other 1962 Hit Reaching #19 On The R&B Chart And #99 On The Pop Chart. In Later Years He Recorded For Checker Records And For Numerous Small Record Labels. He Also Co-Wrote The Song Doctor Brown With John Thomas Brown Aka J.T. Brown Which Was Covered By Fleetwood Mac "Mr. Wonderful" 1968 . Sites Discogs And Wikipedia 2 An Australian Rock Band With Gary Anderson Aka Angry Anderson And Phillip Hugh Rudd Aka Phil Rudd . A Root Of Rose Tattoo AC/DC And Much That's Good About Working Class Aussie Rock. Buster Brown Was An Australian Rock And Roll Band Which Featured Vocalist Angry Anderson And Drummer Phil Rudd That Was Formed In Melbourne In 1973. Their Sound Was Hard Rock Mixed With Blues Rock Influences. Their First Album Something To Say Was Produced By Lobby Loyde And Released In 1974. Rudd Left To Join An Early Version Of AC/DC While Anderson Continued With New Line-Ups And Eventually Disbanded The Group In November 1975. Anderson Joined Rose Tattoo Which Later Included Former Buster Brown Band Mates Geordie Leach On Bass Guitar And Dallas 'Digger' Royall On Drums. Buster Brown Was Formed In Melbourne In 1973 With Gary 'Angry' Anderson On Lead Vocals Ex-Peace Power And Purity John Moon On Guitar Paul Grant On Guitar Phil Rudd On Drums Ian Ryan On Bass Guitar Ex-Ash Chook And Chris Wilson On Keyboards. 1 2 They Enjoyed Local Notoriety And Played At The 1974 Sunbury Festival In January. 3 Later That Year Mushroom Records Released A Various Artists Live Album Highlights Of Sunbury '74 Part 1 Which Included The Group's Tracks "Roll Over Beethoven" And "Buster Brown". 1 Early In The Year Geordie Leach Replaced Ryan On Bass Guitar. Along With Coloured Balls Billy Thorpe Madder Lake And Chain They Were Supported By Suburban-Based Sharpie Gangs. 4 The Band's First Single "Buster Brown" Was Issued In July 1974 By Mushroom Records. Veteran Rocker Lobby Loyde Lead Guitarist Of Coloured Balls Produced Their Debut Album Something To Say Which Was Also Released In December But By The End Of The Year The Group Had Split With Rudd Joining An Early Version Of AC/DC. 1 A Second Single "Something To Say" Was Subsequently In January 1975. From April To June 1975 The Line-Up Resumed As Anderson Leach And Wilson With Dennis Miller On Guitar And Trevor Young On Drums Ex-Coloured Balls . 1 2 In July Anderson Formed A Third Version Of The Band With Ken Firth On Bass Guitar Ex-Tully Billy Miller On Guitar And Vocals Dave Springfield On Guitar And Drummer Dallas 'Digger' Royal Ex-Band Of Talabene . 1 2 The Group Disbanded In November 1975 Anderson Initially Tried To Form A Band With Loyde. 1 Firth Miller And Springfield Regrouped As The Ferrets. 5 In Late 1976 Anderson Joined Sydney-Based Rockers Rose Tattoo Which Later Included Former Buster Brown Band Mates Geordie Leach On Bass Guitar And Dallas 'Digger' Royall On Drums. 6 7 8 According To Australian Rock Music Historian Ian McFarlane Buster Brown Were "one Of The Most Notorious Streetlevel/ Boogie Outfits Of Its Day ... They Built Up A Solid Following Around The Pubs And Among The Skinheads On The Suburban Dance Circuit". 1 In 2005 Aztec Music Remastered Something To Say On CD With Six Bonus Tracks. 2 Members Angry Anderson – Vocals 1973–1975 Ken Firth – Bass Guitar 1975 Paul Grant – Guitar 1973–1974 Geordie Leach – Bass Guitar 1973–1975 Tony Lunt – Drums 1974 Dennis Millar – Guitar 1975 Billy Miller – Guitar Vocals 1975 John Moon – Guitar 1973–1974 Dallas Royal – Drums 1975 Phil Rudd – Drums 1973–1974 Ian Ryan – Bass Guitar 1973 Dave Springfield – Guitar 1975 Chris Wilson – Keyboards 1973–1975 Trevor Young – Drums 1975 Sites Discogs read less