Bobby Brown
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Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 2 August 1988
THE FORMER New Edition lead vocalist Bobby Brown began his solo career last year in fine style with a No. 1 black music hit, 'Girl ...
Bobby Brown: Bobby doesn't even like the sound of his own voice!
Interview by Jeff Lorez, Blues & Soul, 3 January 1989
Despite leading the new-wave of young black U.S. superstars, Bobby Brown still feels there's plenty of room for improvement ...
Bobby Brown: Goodbye Cruel World
Report and Interview by David Stubbs, Melody Maker, 10 June 1989
THE ALL-SINGING, ALL-DANCING WUNDERKIND IS CURRENTLY THE FASTEST RISING STAR IN AMERICA WITH HIS DEBUT ALBUM DON'T BE CRUEL. AT ONLY 20 HE IS SET ...
Interview by Sylvia Patterson, Smash Hits, 14 June 1989
• He wibbles and wobbles because he's the new Michael Jackson! • He's got a bullet-hole in his knee because he's a "kid" from ...
Bobby Brown: Bobby Bites The Bullet
Profile and Interview by Mark Cooper, The Guardian, 23 June 1989
Mark Cooper meets the young American soul star everybody's gunning for ...
Bobby Brown: Wembley Arena, London
Live Review by David Sinclair, The Times, 26 June 1989
Trying too hard ...
Soul's Carnal Cruiser: Bobby Brown, Wembley Arena, London
Live Review by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 26 June 1989
He came, they saw, he conquered... Adam Sweeting on Bobby Brown at the Wembley Arena ...
Bobby Brown: Wembley Arena, London
Live Review by Michele Kirsch, New Musical Express, 1 July 1989
SEX AND HUGS AND RIGMAROLE ...
Bobby Brown, Cookie Crew: Wembley Arena, London
Live Review by Jeff Lorez, Blues & Soul, 11 July 1989
A PRETENDER to the thrones of Prince & Michael Jackson or merely the product of excessive hype, catchy beat-of-the-week tunes and some clever marketing? ...
Report by Lloyd Bradley, Q, September 1989
AT 11 O'CLOCK on Friday June 30, shoppers in Oxford Street's HMV Records noticed a growing number of predominantly female teenagers filing into the store. ...
Profile and Interview by Rob Tannenbaum, Rolling Stone, 7 September 1989
Will the Jack of Swim be the next King of Soul? ...
Bobby Brown: Wembley Arena, London
Live Review by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 5 June 1990
Coming over lewd and clear ...
Star Gazing: Bobby Brown: Wembley Arena, London
Live Review by Paul Lester, Melody Maker, 16 June 1990
BOBBY BROWN may be less obsessively single-minded than Prince (he doesn't write/produce/sing/play every last note on his records), and Michael Jackson surely beats him jewel-encrusted ...
Bobby Brown: Bobby (MCA MCD 10695); Ephraim Lewis: Skin (Elektra 7559- 61318)
Review by David Sinclair, The Times, 22 August 1992
From US slick to British snooze ...
Review by Jeff Lorez, Blues & Soul, 25 August 1992
IF AIN'T BROKE don't fix it. Working with Teddy Riley and L.A. & 'Face worked pretty well for Bobby Brown first time round and my ...
L.A. & Babyface: Reid All About It
Interview by Jeff Lorez, Blues & Soul, 9 September 1992
As if to ridicule the cynics who suggested that they'd passed their sell-by date, L.A. & Babyface are back with a bang and leading a two man assault on the music biz. L.A. Reid talks ...
New Edition: Houston? We Have No Problem
Interview by Johnny Cigarettes, New Musical Express, 7 September 1996
The Rolling Stones? Pah! The Beatles? Forget it! They're nothing compared to NEW EDITION (remember '80s classic 'Candy Girl'?). Or so founder member Bobby Brown ...
Drowning in Genius: Surveying this season's mountain of greatest-hits albums
Review by Eric Weisbard, Spin, December 2000
SO, WHAT'LL IT BE: Tears for Fears? .38 Special? Whitesnake? It's become impossible to keep abreast of all the best-ofs, as labels keep foisting greatest-hits ...
Bobby Brown's Don't Be Cruel turns 25
Retrospective by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 15 August 2013
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE it's been 25 years since the release of Bobby Brown's groundbreaking Don't Be Cruel. New-jacking the title from an old Elvis ...
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