Booking Horace Brown

Horace Brown Biography

The American R&B singer Horace Brown was born in Hartford, Connecticut. Horace’s childhood was filled with the sounds of the gospel choir at the church where his father served as minister, although his initial aspirations were to become a professional basketball player. Throughout high school, Brown played basketball but also learned to play a number of different instruments and marched with the school band. After an unfortunate injury destroyed Horace’s dreams of becoming a professional athlete, he turned to music instead.

Brown’s talents caught the attention of DeVante Swing, one of the members of the R&B group Jodeci. Swing helped Horace to earn some gigs writing and performing background vocals for a number of other artists. Eventually, in the early 1990’s, Horace Brown was offered a recording contract with Uptown Records, and so he signed with the label.

Horace Brown’s debut single, “Taste Your Love,” was not as successful as had been hoped, although it did garner Brown significant press due to the controversy over its sexual content. A follow-up single, “Let Me Know,” was also a disappointment, but Brown’s debut album, Horace Brown (1996) fared much better, largely on the strength of appearances by Faith Evans, Jay-Z, and Sean “Puffy” Combs.

Although Horace Brown has not released any additional albums since his debut, he has frequently appeared as a guest artist on works for a number of other musicians, most recently on PrinZe Gabriel’s single, “Rock The Party” (2013.) Brown also recently toured alongside Keith Sweat, and in 2014 he joined the cast of the reality series, Come Back Kings.