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Peter Brown
Peter Brown is credited on 684 releases across 180 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1969–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
684
Credits
180
Albums
7
Decades active
395
In collections
Biography
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American disco musician, singer, keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer, born July 11, 1953 in Blue Island, Illinois.
Grew up in Palos Heights, Chicago.
Songwriter - producer Cory Wade brought him to prominence.
Released four albums between 1977 - 1984.
His strongest LP was his debut recording for Florida's T.K. RECORDS in 1978, "Do you wanna get Funky with Me". A very solid effort with standout tracks like "Dance with Me", "For your Love", "You can do it", "Without Love", & the title track.
His 2nd LP had some fine moments, but was not as strong as his debut.
His 1983 LP for RCA "Back to the Front" had solid tracks such as "Lover Come Back".
His 1984 LP for Columbia records, "Snap" was very strong, with quite a few standouts such as "Zie zie won't dance", "They only come out at Night", "Love is just the Game", "Double or Nothing", "Make you rock with me".
He and writing partner Robert Rans struck commercial gold when they composed a song called "Material Girl" which became a career-defining hit in 1985 for Madonna.
In the late 80's after a Tinnitus symptom in his ears, he gave up music business.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
684 releases · 180 albums · active 1969–2026
- Performance · 1,023
- Production · 152
- Engineering · 36
- Other credits · 25
Studios: Studio Center · E-Mail Studio · Unique Recording · Evento Musica
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Like A Virgin
1984

The Immaculate Collection
1990

Barrett
1970

Youthquake
1985

Moulin Rouge (Music From Baz Luhrmann's Film)
2001

Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones
2022

Stranger Things 3 (Music From The Netflix Original Series)
2019

Material Girl
1985

Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me?
1977

No Geography
2019

Celebration
2009

Starburst
1978

Harlem World
1997

Phenomenon
1997

Starflight
1979

Willennium
1999

Working Nights
1985

Star Power
1978

Disco Fire
1978

I Stand Alone
1987

The July 5th Album - More Hits By The Fabulous 5th Dimension
1970

Now That's What I Call Music
1998

Atmosphere Strut
1976

Bridgerton (Season Two) (Soundtrack From The Netflix Series)
2022
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Madonna
- The Tamperer
- Claudio Cecchetto
- Foxy
- Agnetha Fältskog
- Def Jef
- Unknown Artist
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