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8800 Newcastle Ave. Northridge, CA 91325 - Listed by Ollie E. Brown - (818) 363-7945This Charming & Unique 2310 sq. ft. Home has 3 Bedroom and 3 Bath, Newer Kitchen, Large Master Bedroom, Hard Wood Floors, New Paint, Covered Patio off of Living Room with Fireplace, Central Air, Ceiling Fans, Lush Landscaping with Fruit Trees. Cozy Seperate Guest Unit. Two Car Garage with RV Access and Hookups. So Much More, A Must See!!!
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Ollie Baba: Ollie BabaHowsabout some funk from super drummer, producer, writer and lead vocalist Ollie E. Brown's band Ollie Baba? From the the groups one and only self-titled LP (Polydor, 1978). Ollie was part of Raydio with Ray Parker Jr., and also became a very successful with ex-Raydio member Jerry Knight in 1984 as Ollie & Jerry with "Breakin'...There's No Stopping Us". Ollie was prolific producer and writer, working with among others, Patrice Rushen, Switch, Temptations, Michael Henderson, Lamont Dozier, Paul Jackson Jr., Jermaine Jackson, Lenny Williams and René And Angela (René was in Ollie Baba too). Here's Ollie Baba's line-up: Ollie E. Brown - lead & background vocals, drums arid percussion, syndrums Debra Thomas - lead and background vocals Michael McGloiry - guitar, and back round vocals Greg Beck - guitar, slide guitar and background vocals Rene Moore - keyboards and background vocals Alum Taylor- drums and background vocals Special Thanks To: Ray Parker, Jr. - Guitar Nathan Watts - Bass Billy Preston - Organ and Arp Michael Boddicker - Synthesizers and Arp Wah 'Wah Watson - Guitar Bruce Gordon - Arp Orion Crawford - Copyist Horns: George Bohannon - Trombone and Contractor Oscar Brashear - Trumpet Herman Riles - Alto Sax Ernie Fields, Jr. - Baritone Sax Carl Randall - Tenor Sax Background Vocals: Anita Sherman and Angela Winbush Engineer: Michael Shuman Mixed by: Ollie E. Brown and Michael Shuman Mastered by : Bernie Grundman (A & M Studios)
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Ollie & Jerry - ShowdownProduced by Ollie E. Brown for Brown Sugar Productions. Written & arranged by Ollie E. Brown & Joe Curiale. From the original motion picture soundtrack to Breakdance, released in 1984. Also available on the B-side of the 7" single Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us. Played in zyron.c64.org www.facebook.com | www.facebook.com
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Stevie Wonder 1974 concert on German TV show Musikladen/Beat ClubStevie Wonder 1974 concert on German TV show Musikladen/Beat Club. I recorded from the European TV channel VH1 in 2003. I wish this would be released on DVD! If someone can help me identify the musicians, it would be great. One of the ladies, Afro and a polo shirt, singing backing vocals is Denice Williams. She was part of Wonder's female background singing group Wonderlove. I think this is the partial lineup, based on what Stevie says at 23.15: Reggie McBride plays bass. Michael "Mike" Sembello on guitar and keys, Ollie E. Brown on drums. Song list: 1. Jam 2. Contusion 3. Higher Ground 4. Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing 5. I Can See The Sun In Late December 6. He's Misstra Know-It-All 7. Living For The City 8. Superstition
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Billy Preston & Syreeta - Hey You (1981)**If you copy&paste &fmt=18 to the end of your URL/link, then hit enter again...you'll get HD stereo!!! Produced by Ollie E. Brown for Brown Sugar Productions, this stereo vinyl track is from the OOP 1981 Motown LP "Billy Preston & Syreeta". Song co-written by Billy Preston & Keith Boyd Jr.
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Stevie Wonder - Live Instrumental Jam( part 1)Upbeat and funky instrumental jam from Stevie Wonder's golden era of creativity! The band is: Stevie Wonder - keyboards, Michael Sembello - guitar, Reggie McBride - bass, Ollie E. Brown - drums. From a concert that took place in London on January the 31st in 1974. The tune exceed's youtube's limit, so I have split it into two parts( be sure to check out part 2 as well, which segues into a raw version of "Contusion".)
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Ollie And Jerry - Breakin' ...There's No Stopping Us (Club Mix)Break Dance!!! Engineer [Mix] -- John Dougherty Mixed By -- John "Jellybean" Benitez Producer -- Ollie E. Brown Written-By -- Jerry Knight, Ollie E. Brown copyright Polydor 1984.
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Billy Preston & Syreeta - Someone SpecialFrom "Billy Preston & Syreeta" (Motown 1981) Producer -- Ollie E. Brown Written-By -- Greg Beck, Ollie E. Brown, Renee Moore
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Ollie & Jerry- There's No Stopping Us (INSTRUMENTAL)1984 Polydor Records. Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us (Instrumental) Mixed By -- John "Jellybean" Benitez Producer -- Ollie E. Brown An Electro Classic!
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The Rolling Stones - Fingerprint File - LA Forum Live 1975 OFFICIALFrom the album LA Friday (Live 1975) available from www.StonesArchive.com. The Rolling Stones performing "Fingerprint File" at the Los Angeles Forum, California, USA on Sunday 13th July 1975, part of the legendary Tour of the Americas (TOTA). The track is from the album It's Only Rock and Roll (1974). Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and produced by the Glimmer Twins.
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The Rolling Stones - Happy - LA Forum Live 1975 OFFICIALFrom the album LA Friday (Live 1975) available from www.StonesArchive.com. The Rolling Stones performing "Happy" at the Los Angeles Forum, California, USA on Sunday 13th July 1975, part of the legendary Tour of the Americas (TOTA). The track is from the album Exile On Main Street (1972), and features Keith Richards on lead vocals. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and produced by the Glimmer Twins.
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The Rolling Stones - Angie - LA Forum Live 1975 OFFICIALFrom the album LA Friday (Live 1975) available from www.StonesArchive.com. The Rolling Stones performing "Angie" at the Los Angeles Forum, California, USA on Sunday 13th July 1975, part of the legendary Tour of the Americas (TOTA). The track is from the album Goats Head Soup (1973). Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and produced by the Glimmer Twins, the song went straight to number one in the US charts when it was released.
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The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want - LA Forum Live 1975 OFFICIALFrom the album LA Friday (Live 1975) available from www.StonesArchive.com. The Rolling Stones performing "You Can't Always Get What You Want" at the Los Angeles Forum, California, USA on Sunday 13th July 1975, part of the legendary Tour of the Americas (TOTA). The track is from the album Let It Bleed (1969), and was released as the B-side for Honky Tonk Women. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and produced by Jimmy Miller.
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The Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock 'n' Roll - LA Forum Live 1975 OFFICIALFrom the album LA Friday (Live 1975) available from www.StonesArchive.com. The Rolling Stones performing "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll" at the Los Angeles Forum, California, USA on Sunday 13th July 1975, part of the legendary Tour of the Americas (TOTA). The track is from the album It's Only Rock and Roll (1973). Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and produced by the Glimmer Twins, the song went straight to number one in the US charts when it was released.
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Believe In The Beat (Disconet) - Carol Lynn TownesThe "Breakin' 2" soundtrack LP on Polydor is following in the footsteps of "Breakin"', last season's really successful breakdance movie. Carol Lynn Townes, who did "99 ½" on the last album, is back with a great dance number entitled "Believe In The Beat." Ollie E. Brown produced, and arranged with Sylvester L. Rivers. We've extended the LP version for you.
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La Toya Jackson - Special Love (1981)The title track from La Toya's sophomore album, My Special Love, was entirely a family affair. While the rest of the album was produced by Ollie E. Brown, this classic song was written by her brothers Marlon, Jackie, Randy and Tito, and produced and arranged by Randy. Come on Polydor, re-issue this album on CD already!!!!!
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Tyren Perry - You Are My Everything (1989 R&B Slow-Jam)This was a single released from singer/actress Tyren Perry's first album. The song was written by T. Shaddick/E. Chacon, and produced by Ollie E. Brown. The album came out shortly after her role on the TV show 'Bustin' Loose.'
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Bonnie Pointer - Nowhere To Run (Nowhere To Hide) - 1979Stereo vinyl track - great cover version of classic by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, with backing vocals sung and arranged by Bonnie Pointer. With a little help from Sly Stone & Freddie Stewart on Electric Guitar, Ollie E. Brown on Drum & Percussion, Truman Thomas on Keyboards, Benny Shultz on Lead Guitar, Tracey Singleton on Rhythm Guitar & Bass. Produced by Jeffrey Bowen; song written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland - from the OOP 1979 Motown LP "Bonnie Pointer" (aka "Bonnie Pointer II")
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The Temptations: China DollThis is from the Temptations 1976 LP "Wings Of Love", a "critical and commercial failure", as Wikipedia states. It quickly hit the cut-out bins and by the time I stumbled upon it in the early 80's, it was all over the record shops of my home town for under the equivalence of a dollar. But now, over 30 years later, maybe it can get a recognition, as the fine album it is? Perhaps even a CD release? This album rocks! From Wikipedia: Wings of Love is a 1976 album by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label. The album was an unsuccessful release, both commercially and critically. Wings of Love's only single, "Up the Creek (Without a Paddle)" was co-written by Sly Stone, the inspiration for many of the Temptations' late 1960s/early 1970s "psychedelic soul" records; because of tax reasons, he could not take a publishing credit on the song. Stone and other members of the Family Stone appear on "Up the Creek", as well as "Sweet Gypsy Jane" and "China Doll" Producer Jeffrey Bowen preferred Dennis Edwards to the rest of the group, and wanted to produce an Edwards solo album instead of a group album. As a result, Bowen de-emphasized the rest of the group's vocals and placed them at levels far below Edwards' leads, prompting his dismissal as the Temptations' producer after this album's release. Unsurprisingly, Edwards sings lead on all but one of the songs on the album, leaving "China Doll" in the capable hands of Richard Street. The upshot of Bowen's obsession with Edwards is ...
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Billy Preston: Happy (Instrumental)I am a huge fan of Billy Preston. Collecting his albums is a never ending labor of love, he recorded so much and the majority of his work is very, very good too. Billy was of course nothing less than a genius, a fantastic musician, and he had a wonderful soulful gospel-trained voice that I can't get enough of. He passed away in 2006 under very sad circumstances. I am sure that had he survived, he would have continued to produce good, funky music from the heart, like only he could. This track is from Billy's 1977 Motown LP "A Whole New Thing", which went to #49 on Billboard's R&B albums chart. The single "Wide Stride" (#33 R&B, 1977) was an instrumental funk jam, Billy's signature, and the follow-up "I'm Really Gonna Miss You" got to #59. Once again, commercial failure is not equal to low quality of the product. "A Whole New Thing" is in my view one of Billy's strongest after his heydays in the early 70's with "Outa-Space", "Will It Go Round In Circles", "Space Race" and "Nothing From Nothing". Billy produced the LP himself, with the exception of three songs. On this LP, Billy teamed up with fellow-keyboard maestro Truman Thomas. Truman produced a trio of tracks with a distinct Sly Stone-feel; "Whole New Thing", "Complicated Sayings" and "You Got Me Buzzin'" which are the three strongest songs on this LP. Truman Thomas is one of those underground behind-the-scenes-guys. He plays on such notable albums as Aretha Franklin's "Live at the Fillmore West" and "Aretha Arrives ...
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COMMENT ON Ollie-E.-Brown
Ollie E. Brown (sometimes credited as simply Ollie Brown[1]) is an American drummer, percussionist and record producer. A prolific session musician, Brown has performed on over a hundred albums in the 1970s, 80s and 90s.[2] Brown was also half of the American dance-pop duo Ollie & Jerry, which had a Top 10 hit with "Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us" in 1984.[3]
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Early years
Brown was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1952.[2] By 1976 he had already performed as a drummer or percussionist on a dozens of albums, including I Can Stand a Little Rain by Joe Cocker, 1990 and A Song for You by The Temptations, It's My Pleasure by Billy Preston, and Black and Blue by The Rolling Stones. In the 1970s Brown also performed on albums by Diana Ross, Van Morrison, Leo Sayer, and Sly and the Family Stone.[2]
Along with Preston and pianist Ian Stewart, Brown was also part of The Rolling Stones' touring band in the mid 1970s.[1]
Raydio and Ollie & Jerry
In the late 1970s Brown performed on Raydio's self-titled debut album.[2] This led to a partnership with Raydio bassist and fellow Detroit native Jerry Knight, who was also a prolific session musician.[4] Together, the two formed the duo Ollie & Jerry, and recorded the song "Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us" for the 1984 breakdancing-themed film Breakin'. The song was successful, reaching number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984.[3]
Ollie & Jerry also performed on the soundtrack for the 1984 Breakin' sequel Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. Their single "Electric Boogaloo" was the lead track from the soundtrack, but was less successful than its predecessor, reaching only number 45 on the R&B chart, and not charting at all on the Billboard Top 40.[3][4]
The Breakin' 2 soundtrack album itself, however, did chart, reaching number 25 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart, and number 52 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.[4]
Later work
During and after his work with Ollie & Jerry, Brown continued his prolific behind-the-scenes work, producing or performing on dozens of albums between 1980 and 2000. Highlights include the number-one album Bad by Michael Jackson, and the Ray Parker, Jr. single "Ghostbusters", which Brown produced. In the 1980s, Brown also produced or performed on albums by Blondie, The Jacksons, DeBarge and Quincy Jones.[2]
Brown currently works in the real estate industry.[5]
References
- ^ a b Jasper, Tony (1984). The Rolling Stones. Treasure Press. ISBN 1-85051-011-3.
- ^ a b c d e "Ollie E. Brown: Credits". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p60081. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
- ^ a b c Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th Edition). Billboard Books. p. 468. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4.
- ^ a b c "Ollie & Jerry: Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p190686. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
- ^ "Ollie E. Brown Realtor". http://www.olliewoodestates.com/about-ollie.html. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
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