Eddie "Bongo" Brown

Eddie "Bongo" Brown (September 13, 1932 – December 28, 1984) was an American musician born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. Brown played congas, bongos, the gourd and claves for Motown Records' in-house Funk Brothers band. One of his musical influences was Chano Pozo.

Eddie "Bongo" Brown

Motown recordings on which Brown played include "(I Know) I'm Losing You" by The Temptations, "I Second That Emotion" by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye, and "If I Were Your Woman" by Gladys Knight & the Pips.

He died in Los Angeles, California in 1984, aged 52. He was survived by his wife, Geraldine Brown, and his children, Larry Cole, Larnetta Porter, Damita Brown-Haynie, Curtis Brown, and Edward Brown III.

Discography

As sideman

With The Brothers Johnson

With Peabo Bryson and Natalie Cole

With G. C. Cameron

  • You're What's Missing in My Life (Motown, 1977)

With Clarence Carter

  • Real (ABC, 1974)

With Randy Crawford

With Commodores

With Priscilla Coolidge

  • Flying (Capricorn, 1979)

With The 5th Dimension

  • High on Sunshine (Motown, 1979)

With Yvonne Fair

  • The Bitch Is Black (Motown, 1975)

With Brass Fever

With Marvin Gaye

With Gloria Gaynor

With Lesley Gore

  • Love Me By Name (A&M, 1976)

With Kathe Green

  • Kathe Green (Motown, 1976)

With John Handy

With Thelma Houston

  • Ready to Roll (Motown Records, 1978)
  • Ride to the Rainbow (Motown Records, 1979)

With Thelma Houston and Jerry Butler

With Chuck Jackson

  • I Wanna Give You Some Love (EMI, 1980)

With La Toya Jackson

With Al Johnson

  • Back for More (Columbia, 1980)

With Gloria Jones

With Margie Joseph

  • Hear the Words, Feel the Feeling (Cotillon, 1976)

With Eddie Kendricks

With B.B. King

With Ben E. King

With Barbara Morrison

  • Love Is a Four-Letter Word (Esoteric, 1984)

With Ray Parker Jr.

With Wilson Pickett

  • Don't Knock My Love (Atlantic Records, 1971)

With Billy Preston and Syreeta Wright

With Helen Reddy

With Martha Reeves

  • Gotta Keep Moving (Fantasy Records, 1980)

With Rockie Robbins

  • You and Me (A&M, 1980)

With Smokey Robinson

With Kenny Rogers

With David Ruffin

With Jimmy Ruffin

  • Jimmy Ruffin (Polydor, 1973)
  • Love Is All We Need (Polydor, 1975)

With Patrice Rushen

  • Posh (Elektra Records, 1980)

With Lara Saint Paul

  • Saffo Music (Lasapa, 1977)

With Bob Seger

With Marlena Shaw

  • Sweet Beginnings (Columbia, 1977)

With Carly Simon

With Candi Staton

  • Young Hearts Run Free (Warner Bros. Records, 1976)
  • House of Love (Warner Bros. Records, 1978)

With Tavares

With Leon Ware

With Deniece Williams

With Stevie Wonder

With Syreeta Wright

  • One to One (Motown Records, 1977)
  • The Spell (Tamla Records, 1983)

With Michael Wycoff

With Richard "Popcorn" Wylie

  • Extrasensory Percepition (ABC, 1974)

References


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