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Brown was born in Swarby, Lincolnshire.

His family moved to London when he was two and ran the Sultan public house in Grange Road, Plaistow.

In 1956, Brown formed the Spacemen skiffle group, which lasted until the skiffle movement faded towards the end of the 1950s.

In 1958 Brown was spotted by television producer Jack Good who hired him as lead guitarist in the orchestra of his new TV series, Boy Meets Girls.

During this period he backed a number of U. S musicians such as Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran on their U. K tours.