Ollie E. Brown (Ollie Eugene Brown)

Brown was born in Detroit, Michigan on April 20, 1953. By 1976, he had already performed as a drummer or percussionist on dozens of albums, including I Can Stand a Little Rain by Joe Cocker, 1990 and A Song for You by The Temptations, It's My Pleasure by Billy Preston, and Black and Blue by The Rolling Stones. In the 1970s Brown also performed on albums by Diana Ross, Van Morrison, Leo Sayer, and Sly and the Family Stone.

Along with Billy Preston and pianist Ian Stewart, Brown was part of the Rolling Stones Tour of the Americas '75 and The Rolling Stones Tour of Europe '76.^[1] He also was an early member of Stevie Wonder's band Wonderlove.

In the late 1970s, Brown performed on Raydio's self-titled debut album. This led to a partnership with Raydio bassist Jerry Knight, who was also a prolific session musician. Together, the two formed the duo Ollie & Jerry, and recorded the song "Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us" for the 1984 breakdancing-themed film Breakin'. The song was successful, reaching number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984.

Ollie & Jerry also performed on the soundtrack for the 1984 Breakin' sequel Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. Their single "Electric Boogaloo" was the lead track from the soundtrack, but was less successful than its predecessor, reaching only number 45 on the R&B chart, and not charting at all on the Billboard Top 40.

The Breakin' 2 soundtrack album itself, however, did chart, reaching number 25 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart, and number 52 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Brown wrote and performed the song "They're So Incredible" for the soundtrack to the film Revenge of the Nerds. "They're So Incredible" is performed by the nerds in the film with different lyrics. 

 During and after his work with Ollie & Jerry, Brown continued his prolific behind-the-scenes work, producing or performing on dozens of albums between 1980 and 2000. Highlights include the number-one album Bad by Michael Jackson, and the Ray Parker Jr. single "Ghostbusters", which Brown produced. In the 1980s, Brown also produced or performed on albums by Blondie, The Jacksons, La Toya Jackson ("If You Feel the Funk"), DeBarge and Quincy Jones.

 Productions, co-productions (and songs) appear on:

Billy Preston & Syreeta: LP Billy Preston & Syreeta (Motown, 1981)
Breakin’ - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: LP (Polygram, 1984)
Carol Lynn Townes: LP Satisfaction Guaranteed (Polydor, 1985)
Controllers, The: LP/CD Just In Time(Capitol, 1989)
Ollie Baba: LP Ollie Baba (Polydor, 1978)
Deco: LP/CD Fresh Idea (Qwest, 1983)
Dreamboy: LP Dreamboy (Qwest, 1983)
Dreamboy: LP Contact (Qwest, 1984)
Fire Fox: LP Fire Fox (Atlantic, 1985)
Gloria Gaynor: LP Gloria Gaynor (Atlantic/Polydor, 1982)
High Inergy: LP So Right (Motown, 1982)
Klique: LP Love Cycles (MCA, 1985)
LaToya Jackson: LP/CD LaToya Jackson (Polydor, 1980)
LaToya Jackson: LP My Special Love (Polydor, 1981)
Linx: LP/CD Intuition (Chrysalis, 1981)
Patti Austin: LP/CD It’s Gonna Be Special (Qwest, 1984)
Ray Parker Jr.: LP/CD A Woman Needs Love (Arista, 1981)
Ray Parker Jr.: LP/CD The Other Woman (Arista, 1982)
Ray Parker Jr.: LP/CD Woman Out Of Control (Arista, 1983)
Revenge Of The Nerds: LP Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Scotti Bros., 1984)
Syreeta: LP/CD Set My Love In Motion (Motown, 1981)
Tease: LP Tease (RCA, 1983)
Tracie Spencer: LP/CD Tracie Spencer (Capitol, 1988)
Tyren Perry: 12 INCH “I Get Butterflies (In My Stomach)” (Columbia, 1988)