# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chuck-brown
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:18:59.245Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chuck-brown"
name: "Chuck Brown"
slug: "chuck-brown"
description: "Charles Louis Brown was an American guitarist, bandleader, and singer known as \"The Godfather of Go-Go\". Go-go is a subgenre of funk music developed around the Washington, D.C., area in the mid-1970s. While its musical classification, influences, and origins are debated, Brown is regarded as the fundamental force behind the creation of go-go music."
tagline: "American guitarist, bandleader and singer (1936-2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ChuckBrownOct012005b.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1936-08-22"
deathDate: "2012-05-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.37
  momentum:             0.4673271443680113
  historical:           10.26887333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/chuckbrowndc"
    handle:    "chuckbrowndc"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/chuckbrowngogo"
    handle:    "chuckbrowngogo"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1928254/"
    handle:    "nm1928254"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.windmeupchuck.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Brown"
    title: "Chuck Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "تشاك براون (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "تشاك براون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%DA%A9_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "چاک براون (شارکیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Brown"
    title: "Chuck Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Brown"
    title: "Chuck Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Brown"
    title: "Chuck Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Brown"
    title: "Chuck Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Brown"
    title: "Chuck Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%DA%A9_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86"
    title: "چک براؤن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3a9d80e7-564a-418f-91d4-0cb7fee9965e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2967586"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1122374"
    title: "Chuck Brown"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump