Brown was born in Swarby, Lincolnshire. His family moved to London when he was two and ran the Sultan public house in Grange Road, Plaistow, then in Essex, now part of the London Borough of Newham. In 1956, Brown form… See more

Brown was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to music in the 2009 Birthday Honours.
In late 2010, Brown was asked by Rick Parfitt of Status Quo to support them for the arena secti… See more

Brown married Victoria Mary Haseman, a singer with both the Vernons Girls and the Breakaways, who then became known as Vicki Brown. Latterly a session singer, she died of cancer in 1991. Their daughter, Sam Brown, … See more