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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|10|30}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|10|30}}
| birth_place = Queens, New York
| birth_place = Queens, New York
| genre = [[Funk]], [[jazz]], [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| genre = [[Funk]], [[jazz]],<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|last1=Yanow|first1=Scott|title=Artist Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tom-browne-mn0000603091/biography|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref> [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| occupation = Musician
| occupation = Musician
| instrument = Trumpet
| instrument = Trumpet
| years_active = 1979–present
| years_active = 1979–present
| label = [[GRP Records|GRP]], [[Arista Records|Arista]]
| label = [[GRP Records|GRP]], [[Arista Records|Arista]]
| associated_acts =[[Toni Smith]], [[Sonny Fortune]], [[Lonnie Smith (jazz musician)|Lonnie Smith]]
| associated_acts = [[Toni Smith]], [[Sonny Fortune]], [[Lonnie Smith (jazz musician)|Lonnie Smith]]
| website = {{URL|tombrowne.org}}
| website = {{URL|tombrowne.org}}
}}
}}


'''Tom Browne''' (born October 30, 1954)<ref name="Soul">{{cite web|url=http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Tom%20Browne.html|title=Tom Browne Page |website=Soulwalking.co.uk|accessdate=2013-03-17}}</ref> is an American [[jazz]] trumpeter. He rose to prominence with [[Sonny Fortune]] and had major hits in 1980 and 1981: the No.&nbsp;1 ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B]] single "[[Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)]]" and the No.&nbsp;4 R&B single "[[Thighs High (Grip Your Hips and Move)]]".<ref name="VF">{{cite web|title=Tom Browne Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography|url=https://www.musicvf.com/Tom+Browne.art|website=Music VF|accessdate=8 November 2020}}</ref>
'''Tom Browne''' (born October 30, 1954)<ref name="Soul">{{cite web|url=http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Tom%20Browne.html|title=Tom Browne Page|website=Soulwalking.co.uk|accessdate=2013-03-17}}</ref> is an American [[jazz]] trumpeter. He rose to prominence with [[Sonny Fortune]] and had major hits in 1980 and 1981: the No.&nbsp;1 ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B]] single "[[Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)]]" and the No.&nbsp;4 R&B single "[[Thighs High (Grip Your Hips and Move)]]".<ref name="VF">{{cite web|title=Tom Browne Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography|url=https://www.musicvf.com/Tom+Browne.art|website=Music VF|accessdate=8 November 2020}}</ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==
===Studio albums===
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable"
* ''[[Browne Sugar]]'' (Arista/GRP, 1979)
|-
* ''[[Love Approach]]'' (Arista/GRP, 1980)
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
* ''Yours Truly'' (Arista, GRP, 1981)
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album
* ''[[Magic (Tom Browne album)|Magic]]'' (Arista/GRP, 1981)
! scope="col" colspan="3"| Peak chart positions
* ''Special Edition with Sid McCoy'' (Westwood One, 1982)
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Label
* ''[[Rockin' Radio]]'' (Arista, 1983)
|-
* ''Tommy Gun'' (Arista, 1984)
! style="width:45px;"|<small>[[Billboard 200|US 200]]</small><br><ref name="Awards">{{cite web|title=Tom Browne - Awards|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tom-browne-mn0000603091/awards|website=AllMusic|access-date=28 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801061009/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tom-browne-mn0000603091/awards|archive-date=August 1, 2013}}</ref>
* ''No Longer I'' (Malaco, 1988)
! style="width:45px;"|<small>[[Billboard charts|US Jazz]]</small><br><ref name="Awards"/>
* ''Mo' Jamaica Funk'' (Hip Bop, 1994)
! style="width:45px;"|<small>[[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|US R&B]]</small><br><ref name="Awards"/>
* ''Another Shade of Browne'' (Hip Bop, 1996)
|-
* ''R 'n' Browne'' (Hip Bop, 1999)
| 1979
* ''S' Up'' (Cheetah, 2010)
| ''[[Browne Sugar]]''
| align=center | 147
| align=center | 6
| align=center | 50
| rowspan="4"|Arista/GRP
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Love Approach]]''
| align=center | 18
| align=center | 1
| align=center | 1
|-
| rowspan="2"|1981
| ''Yours Truly''
| align=center | 97
| align=center | 6
| align=center | 20
|-
| ''[[Magic (Tom Browne album)|Magic]]''
| align=center | 37
| align=center | 2
| align=center | 5
|-
| 1982
| ''Special Edition with Sid McCoy''
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| Westwood One
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Rockin' Radio]]''
| align=center | 147
| align=center | —
| align=center | 24
| rowspan="2"|Arista
|-
| 1984
| ''Tommy Gun''
| align=center | —
| align=center | 22
| align=center | 49
|-
| 1988
| ''No Longer I''
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| Malaco
|-
| 1994
| ''Mo' Jamaica Funk''
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| rowspan="3"|Hip Bop
|-
| 1996
| ''Another Shade of Browne''
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
|-
| 1999
| ''R 'n' Browne''
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
|-
| 2010
| ''S' Up''
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| Cheetah
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
|}


===Singles===
===Singles===
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! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Title
! rowspan="2"| Title
! colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
! colspan="7"| Peak chart positions
|-
|-
! style="width:45px;"|<sup>[[Hot Dance Club Songs|US Dance]]</sup><br><ref name="VF"/>
! style="width:45px;"|<small>[[Hot Dance Club Songs|US Dance]]</small><br><ref name="VF"/>
! style="width:45px;"|<sup>[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US R&B]]</sup><br><ref name="VF"/>
! style="width:45px;"|<small>[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US R&B]]</small><br><ref name="VF"/>
! style="width:45px;"|<sup>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</sup><br><ref>{{cite web|title=Tom Browne - full Official Chart History|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18630/tom-browne|website=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=November 8, 2020}}</ref>
! style="width:45px;"|<small>[[Ultratop|BEL (FL)]]</small><br><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Tom+Browne|title=Tom Browne in Ultratop Vlaanderen|language=nl|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=2022-06-03}}</ref>
! style="width:45px;"|<small>[[MegaCharts|NL]]</small><br><ref name=nl>{{cite web|url=
https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Tom+Browne|title=Dutch Charts > Tom Browne|language=Dutch|publisher=dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien|accessdate=2022-06-03}}</ref>
! style="width:45px;"|<small>[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]</small><br><ref name=nz>{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Tom+Browne|title=charts.nz > Tom Browne in New Zealand Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2022-06-03}}</ref>
! style="width:45px;"|<small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small><br><ref>{{cite web|title=Tom Browne - full Official Chart History|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18630/tom-browne|website=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=November 8, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1980
| rowspan="2"| 1980
| "Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)"
| "[[Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)]]"
| align=center | 9
| align=center | 9
| align=center | 1
| align=center | 1
| align=center | 6
| align=center | 6
| align=center | 30
| align=center | 10
| align=center | 10
|-
|-
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| align=center | 25
| align=center | 25
| align=center | 4
| align=center | 4
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | 45
| align=center | 45
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1981
| rowspan="2"| 1981
| "Let's Dance"
| "Let's Dance"
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | 59
| align=center | 59
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
|-
|-
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| align=center | 29
| align=center | 29
| align=center | 23
| align=center | 23
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | 58
| align=center | 58
|-
|-
|rowspan="1"| 1982
| rowspan="1"| 1982
| "Bye Gones"
| "Bye Gones"
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | 72
| align=center | 72
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
|-
|-
|rowspan="1"| 1983
| rowspan="1"| 1983
| "Rockin' Radio"
| "Rockin' Radio"
| align=center | 33
| align=center | 33
| align=center | 11
| align=center | 11
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | 76
| align=center | 76
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1984
| rowspan="2"| 1984
| "Cruisin'"
| "Cruisin'"
| align=center | 24
| align=center | 24
| align=center | 63
| align=center | 63
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
|-
|-
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| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | 36
| align=center | 36
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
|-
|-
|rowspan="1"| 1992
| rowspan="1"| 1992
| "Funkin' for Jamaica (Remix)"
| "Funkin' for Jamaica" (remix)
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | 40
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | 45
| align=center | 45
|-
|-
| colspan="6" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
|-
|}
|}


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Latest revision as of 20:25, 8 November 2024

For the former BBC Radio 1 chart presenter, see Tom Browne (broadcaster and actor). For the illustrator, see Tom Browne (illustrator).
Tom Browne
Born (1954-10-30) October 30, 1954 (age 70)
Queens, New York
GenresFunk, jazz,[1] R&B
OccupationMusician
InstrumentTrumpet
Years active1979–present
LabelsGRP, Arista
Websitetombrowne.org

Tom Browne (born October 30, 1954)[2] is an American jazz trumpeter. He rose to prominence with Sonny Fortune and had major hits in 1980 and 1981: the No. 1 Billboard magazine R&B single "Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)" and the No. 4 R&B single "Thighs High (Grip Your Hips and Move)".[3]

Discography

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Studio albums

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Year Album Peak chart positions Label
US 200
[4] 		US Jazz
[4] 		US R&B
[4]
1979 Browne Sugar 147 6 50 Arista/GRP
1980 Love Approach 18 1 1
1981 Yours Truly 97 6 20
Magic 37 2 5
1982 Special Edition with Sid McCoy — — — Westwood One
1983 Rockin' Radio 147 — 24 Arista
1984 Tommy Gun — 22 49
1988 No Longer I — — — Malaco
1994 Mo' Jamaica Funk — — — Hip Bop
1996 Another Shade of Browne — — —
1999 R 'n' Browne — — —
2010 S' Up — — — Cheetah
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

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Year Title Peak chart positions
US Dance
[3] 		US R&B
[3] 		BEL (FL)
[5] 		NL
[6] 		NZ
[7] 		UK
[8]
1980 "Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)" 9 1 6 6 30 10
"Thighs High (Grip Your Hips and Move)" 25 4 — — — 45
1981 "Let's Dance" — 59 — — — —
"Fungi Mama" 29 23 — — — 58
1982 "Bye Gones" — 72 — — — —
1983 "Rockin' Radio" 33 11 — — — 76
1984 "Cruisin'" 24 63 — — — —
"Secret Fantasy" — 36 — — — —
1992 "Funkin' for Jamaica" (remix) — — — 40 — 45
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

References

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  1. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  2. ^ "Tom Browne Page". Soulwalking.co.uk. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "Tom Browne Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography". Music VF. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Tom Browne - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on August 1, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  5. ^ "Tom Browne in Ultratop Vlaanderen" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  6. ^ "Dutch Charts > Tom Browne" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  7. ^ "charts.nz > Tom Browne in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  8. ^ "Tom Browne - full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
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