CHELSEA BROWN

Chelsea Brown born Lois Brown, December 06, 1947, in Chicago USA, was an African American actress and comedian who appeared as a regular performer in comedy series Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. Guest roles include appearances in Marcus Welby, M.D., Ironside, Matt Lincoln and, in the UK, The Two Ronnies. She also appeared in the films Sweet Charity, and The Thing with Two Heads. She emigrated to Australia in the 1970s and became a familiar figure on Australian television, with appearances on Graham Kennedy's Blankety Blanks, ongoing roles in soap operas Number 96 in 1977, and E Street in 1990–1991 and various advertisments. She had a guest role in the Australian-filmed revival of Mission: Impossible (1988). Film roles in Australia include Welcome to Woop Woop, The Return of Captain Invincible. She was married to fellow E Street actor, the late Vic Rooney.

Brown was first heard on record in Australia when she released ''Day Dreaming / Days Of The Waltz'' on the RCA label in 1975. It failed to chart, and she didn't record again until the early 80s. In 1982 she recorded one album titled 'Chelsea On The Rocks'. It was released on a tiny independent label called Uptown Records, and recorded at Central Recorders, a little studio based in Surry Hills. Donny Dee was the man behind this record. He composed most of the album in-studio and recorded it the same day! In fact, as the story goes, Donny was flown in to salvage the project! Amongst his compositions are ''Living For You'', a stand-out modern soul cut, and ''Nice Dream'', a tune that would later be re-recorded by one of the back-up singers, another American-born performer by the name of Coco York (renamed as ''Join My Dreams'' and recorded in Holland). Brown died in her hometown of Chicago, Illinois, March 27, 2017, at the age of 70, from pneumonia.

SINGLES

''Day Dreaming / Days Of The Waltz'' 1975 RCA
''Love So Right / Party Time'' 1977 King Music

ALBUMS

'Chelsea On The Rocks' 1982 Uptown

References

http://aussiefunk.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/chelsea-on-rocks.html