When Jocelyn was born on November 25, 1950 the planets surely aligned to seal her destiny. If not the planets, then surely her family lineage guaranteed that she would be a singer. Her grandmother, mother, a cousin and two aunts, one who just happened to be Barbara Roy Gaskins (Ecstasy, Passion & Pain), all carried a tune. Jocelyn spent her preschool years with her grandmother in Kinston, NC. singing in the local church. Travelling with her family and singing with various gospel choirs out of Brooklyn, Brown built up a solid following, becoming a favored soloist at her uncle's church in Washington, D.C.

After graduating from high school Jocelyn began singing with local bands and got involved in session work. Her session work led to appearances on recordings by Gene Pitney, John Lennon, and countless others made in New York in the late 1960's and early 1970's.

She attainted her first taste of secular success when she was hired to provide vocals on hairdresser Sir Monti Rock's 1975 album "Get Dancin'."

During the mid 1970's she became aquainted with guitarist/producer Greg Diamond who employed Jocelyn for a string of his productions, She can be heard on "Starcruiser," "Hardware" and Bionic Boogie's "Tiger Tiger." Around this time she also became friends with producer Patrick Adams. Adams was already a hit disco producer with several releases under his belt when he began using Jocelyn on several of his key sessions, most notably Musique's hits "In The Bush" and "Keep On Jumpin'." By 1979, with disco at its peak, he essentially formed Inner Life as a vehicle to promote her searing vocals. Their first single was a number one club, number twenty two R&B, smash. "I'm Caught Up (In A One Night Love Affair)" became an instant classic thanks to Jocelyn's gospel inflected performance. Their friendship combined with this success would prompt Patrick and Jocelyn to mine the Inner Life vein for a few years and collaborate well into the 1990's.

Jocelyn was travelling the world singing and establishing herself as one of the top session singers of the late 1970's alongside Cissy Houston, Ullanda (Yolanda) McCullough and Luther Vandross.

1980 was a banner year for Jocelyn who accompanied friend Luther on the Change album "Glow Of Love." Producer Cerrone utilized Jocelyn as the key singer on his seventh album "You Are The One," which scored the hit "Hooked On You." And another Inner Life album, this time on Salsoul, brought another club chart topper with her scorching version of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough." This time Jocelyn received cover credit for her work with Inner Life and brought her cousin LaRita Gaskins (Barbara Roy's daughter) into the group. After the release of the "Inner Life 2" (actually their third) album, which featured the hit "Moment Of My Life" the Inner Life saga ended. She then added her voice to Joe Bataan's "Sadie (She Smokes) and the Salsoul Orchestra track "Take Some Time (Out For Love)."

During this period she kept busy touring and doing studio and live background vocals for a laundry list of artists, eventually including Lou Reed, Roberta Flack, Mick Jagger, Dan Hartman, George Benson, Patti Austin, Culture Club and Bette Midler. She toured with Midler as a Harlette, replacing Sharon Redd who had left to launch her solo career. As a Harlette she was featured in Bette's 1982 film and soundtrack "Divine Madness."

By 1983 Jocelyn had become another memory in the revolving cast of Harlettes. In the fall of 1983, Brown teamed with her sister Annette and wrote "Somebody Else's Guy," her most popular recording to date and the first under her own name. It reached the number two position of Billboard's black singles chart and number 13 in the U.K. She followed it with another club favorite "I Wish You Would." The success of these two singles led to an album deal with Vinyl Dreams Records. The album included the 2-12" singles plus her earlier Inner Life hits, 5-versions of "Somebody Else's Guy," "Hot Blood," "You Got Me" and "Hot Natured Woman."

The first of several remixes and remakes of "Somebody Else's Guy" appeared in 1984 on 4th & B'Way Records. By 1985 she had secured an album deal with Warner Bros. Records. "One From The Heart" produced 3-12" singles, "Love's Gonna Get You," "Caught In The Act" and "Ego-Maniac" were all charters. After disappointing sales, Warner Bros. dropped her and she returned to background work and appearing alongside other groups and artists. Throughout the late 1980's and well into the new millenium she could be found on a number of hits. She appeared on Patti Austin's "Getting Away With Murder" (1985) and "Love Is Gonna Getcha" (1990), Anthony & The Camp's "Suspense" (1988), Adele Bertei's "Little Lives" (1988), Arthur Baker & The Backbeat Disciples' "Merge" (1989), Vanessa Armstrong's "Wonderful One" (1990), Incognito's "Always There" (1991), Right Said Fred's "Don't Talk Just Kiss" (1992), Off Shore's "Got To Get Away" (1992), Bemshi's "Womanchild" (1992), K.C. Flightt's "Magic Man" (1993), J.R. Funk & The Party Machine's "Feel Good Party Time" (1994), Kym Mazelle's "No More Tears" and "Gimmie All Your Lovin' " (1994), Club 69's "Adults Only" (1995), DJ Bobo's "World In Motion" (1996), Mad Professor's "Dub You Like Crazy" (1997), AK Soul's "Show You Love" (1998), Incognito's "Nights Over Egypt" (1999), Jestofunk's "Universal Mother" (2000) and Dalida's "Revolution" (2001).

Besides appearing on disco classics by Kleeer, Chic, Charlie Calello Orchestra, Candido, Manu Dibango, Elisa Fiorillo, Debbie Gibson, Debbie Harry, Cissy Houston, Janis Ian, Billy Idol, Joyce Kennedy, Mantus, Diana Ross, Phoebe Snow, Stacey Q., Joe Thomas and Alyson Williams she released another album in 1996 entitled "Diva" a title she truely has earned. Without a doubt she is the hardest, and probably the most prolific, singer in the Disco Museum. Of course this is only a small sample of her work...so please don't be hard on me if I didn't mention one of YOUR favorite Jocelyn hits! Just enjoy!