Peter Brown (born 11 July 1953, Blue Island, Illinois) is an artist, songwriter and record producer who was also a pioneer in home recording, having recorded his seminal hits in his bedroom.
He signed with the record label Drive Records, a subsidiary of T.K. Records. He released his first album, A Fantasy Love Affair which was issued in September 1977 and hit the charts with the single Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me, which became the first 12" single to sell a million copies. Brown's follow-up single, Dance With Me, (featuring Betty Wright on backing vocal) reached Billboard Hot 100's top 10 at #8 in 1978, and has become his signature song.
His next album, Stargazer, released in late 1979 featured the hit single Crank It Up (Funk Town). After T.K. Records folded in late 1980, due to bankruptcy, Brown signed with RCA Records and released Back to the Front in 1983. It featured the hit Baby Gets High. He then joined Columbia Records in 1984 and released Snap which featured the hit They Only Come Out At Night.
Contrary to popular belief, Brown is not the same Peter Brown who recorded "Chasing Fireflies" in 1999. Many websites, including Yahoo, have erroneously credited this Peter Brown for Chasing Fireflies. However, after his fourth album Snap in 1984, he retired from music. In a recent interview he gave the reasons, saying: "There are two main reasons why I'm not active in the music business anymore. The first being after starting a family I thought it was best for me to be home with them rather than recording or touring the country. The other is that I have developed a fairly pronounced case of tinnitus. Tinnitus is a constant ringing in the ears that never stops. It is brought about, in some cases, by constant exposure to loud environments. The longer I was exposed to loud music on stage or in the recording studio the worse my tinnitus became. Eventually I decided I had to preserve my hearing and sanity by retiring to a quieter lifestyle." Excerpts from the interview were taken from [www.disco-disco.com]
His most commercially successful composition is "Material Girl" which was a hit in 1985 for Madonna. He also co-wrote the song Maybe It Was Magic for Agnetha Fältskog of ABBA, for her 1988 solo album, I Stand Alone.
In 1998 Westside/DNA Records released Get Funky With Me: The Best of the TK Years. The cover on the CD is a photograph of Brown in his 1970s era home recording studio.
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| 46th | List | 2 | NZ First |
| 47th | List | 2 | NZ First |
| 48th | List | 2 | NZ First |
Brown was nearly elected to parliament as a New Zealand First candidate for the Kaimai electorate in the 1993 election, entered parliament as a list MP with the 1996 election. He was re-elected as a list MP at the 1999 election and 2002 election.
As of 2004, Brown serves as his party's spokesman on the issues of accident insurance, energy, labour, transport, and statistics. He has promoted the cause of voluntary euthanasia, including proposing the Death With Dignity bill which was defeated in a conscience vote in Parliament in 2003.
Peter Robert Lamont Brown (b. 1935) was born in Dublin, Ireland, to a Protestant family. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and New College, Oxford. He was a fellow of All Souls , Oxford. There, he pursued his graduate studies under the direction of Arnaldo Momigliano.
He has taught at Oxford, the University of London, and UC Berkeley, as well as Princeton University, where he is currently the Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor of History. In 1982, Brown was named a MacArthur Fellow. In 2001, he was awarded with the Distinguished Achievement Award for scholars in the humanities by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Brown has been instrumental in popularizing the historical period of Late Antiquity, the figure of the Holy Man, and study of the cult of saints.
Brown, who reads at least fifteen languages, established himself at the unusually young age of 32 with his authoritative biography of Augustine of Hippo. A steady stream of books and articles has since appeared, and currently, Brown is arguably the most prominent historian of Late Antiquity.
In his work The World of Late Antiquity (1971), he put forward a new interpretation of the period between the third and eighth centuries CE. The traditional interpretation of this period was centered around the idea of decadence from a 'golden age', classical civilization, after the famous work of Edward Gibbon's The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1779). On the contrary, Brown proposed to look at this period in positive terms, arguing that Late Antiquity was a period of immense cultural innovation.
Brown was influenced in his early works by the French Annales School, and specifically the figure of Fernand Braudel. Following this school, Brown analyzed culture and religion as social phenomena and as part of a wider context of historical change and transformation. Annales' influence in Brown's work can also be seen in his reliance on Anthropology and Sociology as interpretative tools for historical analysis. Specifically, Brown received the influence of contemporary Anglo-Saxon anthropology. 1
His views slightly shifted in the eighties. In articles and new editions Brown said that his earlier work, which had deconstructed many of the religious aspects of his field of study, needed to be reassessed. His later work shows a deeper appreciation for the specifically Christian layers of his subjects of study . His book The Body and Society (1988) offered an innovative approach to the study of early Christian practices, showing the influence of Pierre Hadot and Michel Foucault's work on the history of sexuality.
Peter Brown (1837-10 September, 1894) was a Swedish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Peter Brown (born December 16, 1941) played and for West of Scotland R.F.C. and Gala R.F.C., and captained Scotland 10 times in his 27 internationals (1964-73).
Peter is an independent member of Scottish Rugby's appeals panel and acts as a match and discipline commissioner for both the RBS Six Nations and the Heineken European Cup. He is the elder brother of the late Gordon Brown.
He was dubbed "the man on the coathanger" in his playing days because of his unusual gait. He kicked a few goals which was unusual for a forward, and his kicking style was ungainly if effective.
Peter Brown was chairman of the Scottish Building Society from 1993–2003 and remains a non-executive director. Since 1975 he has been senior partner in Hogg Thorburn, chartered accountants, in Galashiels and is a non-executive director with Edinburgh Risk Management (General) Limited, insurance brokers.
Peter McKenzie Brown (1924–2004) was a founding member of the South African Liberal Party and succeeded Alan Paton as its national chairman in 1958.
Brown was arrested in March 1960, 10 days after the Sharpeville massacre and was released without charge after 98 days in prison.
Brown was born on 24 December 1924 into a well-known Durban family with a shipping fortune. He attended Michaelhouse and was head boy. He fought in North Africa and Italy during World War II. He later studied agriculture at the University of Cambridge and African languages and Native Law and Administration at the University of Cape Town.
He lived in the Berea and later moved to Kloof.
Peter Brown (born October 5 1935) is an American television actor known for his role as Deputy Johnny McKay opposite John Russell (who played Marshal Dan Troop) in the 1958 Warner Bros. western series Lawman.
Peter Brown is an American businessman, born and educated in England. He currently resides in New York City.
Peter Brown (c.1797 - December 28, 1845 in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland) was a merchant, politician and justice of the peace was elected to the House of Assembly representing the district of Conception Bay on the first general election held in Newfoundland in 1832.
Brown, born in Ireland immigrated to Newfoundland where he was a dealer and shopkeeper in the Conception Bay area. He was a strong supporter of John Kent and remained in politics until 1842.
Peter Brown (active 1758-1799) was an Danish natural history illustrator who worked mainly in London, England. His most important work was New Illustrations of Zoology (1776), published in London. He was an associate of naturalists Thomas Pennant and Joseph Banks. Brown's illustrations included birds, botanical subjects and insects. Though primarily an illustrator, he is credited with scientific descriptions of some species, at least one being a brightly-marked North American moth of the family Arctiidae, Haploa clymene--called the Clymene Moth.
Charles Frederick Peter Brown (1921-2005) was a New Zealand born artist of the school of traditional realism.
Brown served in the RAF throughout World War II and the drawing and sketching he did while a German prisoner of war from 1943 helped him decide to pursue art seriously as a career. After escaping from the prison camp and on returning to New Zealand, Brown began training at Auckland University's Elam School of Fine Art , starting at the Elam Art School of the University of Auckland in 1946.
With a prodigious talent,in 1948 Peter was asked by the Head of Elam School of Fine Arts[Archie Fisher] to teach and he became a part-time lecturer from 1948-1950, before he had even completed his studies. In 1951 he completed his studies, and he continued as a full-time lecturer at Elam from 1952-1959, when he left to undertake independent study and painting. During his time at Elam he was an active participant in Elam's Rutland Group where he was known for his portrait painting.
He was invited to attend the Slade School of Art in London in 1960 .
After returning to New Zealand he settled in Napier and taught at the Hawkes Bay Art School. He was awarded the Kelliher Prize for Landscape Painting in 1972. He went on to move to Gisborne and was active in the Gisborne art community until shortly before his death in October 2005.
Peter Brown's artworks are held in the collections of the:
Peter Brown is a retired rugby league player who represented the Te Atatu Roosters in the Auckland club competition. He also represented the New Zealand Kiwis.
