Chuck Brown the Godfarther of Go Go has died

Chuck Brown, leader of Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers, who was widely known as "The Godfather of go-go", has died aged 75. The singer is perhaps best remembered for his 1979 US hit Bustin' Loose (Part 1), which was later sampled by the rapper Nelly on Hot in Herre. Brown was a hugely influential figure on the Washington DC music scene. After his death on Wednesday, following his hospitalisation for pneumonia, the Washington Post reported that his go-go anthems could be heard all over the city as hundreds gathered at the Soul Factory church and on the street that was named Chuck Brown Way in 2009. He was also known to readers of crime novelist George P Pelecanos, who has often name-checked Brown in his books. As NPR reported, "the name Chuck Brown might not mean a whole lot to people outside the Washington, D.C., area. That would be their loss."