What was the name of Joe Brown's backing group in the 1960s?
Joe Brown (singer) own backing band for record releases. It was in 1962 when he needed a band to tour with him that 'Joe Brown and the Bruvvers' was cemented, containing two members of the Spacemen, brothers Tony and Pete Oakman, who had also remained with him in the "Boy Meets Girls" band. Brown was voted 'Top UK Vocal Personality' in the 1962 "NME" magazine poll. During the 1960s Brown appeared in a number of films, pantomime and stage musicals. In December 1963, the film "What a Crazy World", based on a stage play, starring Brown and Marty Wilde among others, had its
Boxing in the 1960s Boxing in the 1960s During the 1960s, boxing, like mostly everything else around the world, went through changing times. Notable was the emergence of a young boxer named Cassius Clay, who would, in his own words "shock the world", declare himself against war, and change his name to Muhammad Ali. Among significant boxers in lower weights, were middleweights Emile Griffith, Nino Benvenuti and Dick Tiger, and lightweights Joe Brown, Carlos Ortiz and Ismael Laguna. The first world champions from Venezuela and Thailand were crowned during the 1960s, and the WBA and WBC started competing against each other, after the WBA