My name is Kenny Brown (West-Side) my musical journey began on the Westside of Chicago, Illinois. As a youth I caught on to music listening to my sister Lynne and my Uncle Clifford Bailey who both were anointed gospel singers. I honed my skills singing in church and school choirs from grade school through college. This ride has afforded me an appreciation for all genres of music with some pretty cool life-lesson experiences along the way. In my neighborhood you could easily start a group as there were talented people everywhere. I sang with my family and with guys on my block copying all the top R&B groups of the 70’s. During my senior year at Farragut High School I joined a group called the Creative Emeralds, that began my pursuit to sing Professionally. The Emeralds were Reggie, Charles, Curtis, Keebler, Michael and myself. We were organized enough to promote our own shows and landed an opening-act gig at a major entertainment club on Chicago’s southside called Perv’s House; that's where I first met The Moments. We did four nights straight as their opening act and were in awe of hearing Billy Brown do a phenomenal cover of Peabo Bryson’s, Feel the Fire. Al Goodman showed interest in us and encouraged our pursuit in the business. Performing at Perv’s House provided us motivation to attain a record deal. We signed on the Cat label recording under the name New Image. They produced our recording sessions at Curtom Studios creating a disco song titled Dance Craze and a ballad titled For Lovers Only. This effort did not bring us positive success, so the group folded. I delayed going to college, but I always worked a day job while chasing my music dreams. I left Chicago in 1979 to attend school in Atlanta, Georgia at Morris Brown College. Attending an HBCU opened me up to some valuable music experiences. I received a music scholarship to sing in the Concert Choir and would occasionally sing with the Purple Image Jazz Band. I also joined the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Music Fraternity. Being in PMA allowed me exposure to some of Atlanta’s most talented musicians. This allowed me to join a local band called Southside Coalition. We turned out many clubs in the city and eventually attracted the attention of Larry Blackmon of the funk band Cameo who started a new label called Atlanta Artist Records. They signed us, changed our name to Cashflow and produced us a dance song titled Party Freak which gained some success but did not sustain the band to survive in the business. I remained in school and continued to complete my degree and graduate. After college I got married and worked as a purchasing agent for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. I still pursued music and joined the iconic Beach Music group called The Tams. Singing with The Tams provided me great exposure to the Southeast Region performing in just about every major music venue or festival. I stayed with TheTams for four years until I left to sing more contemporary music with corporate wedding bands in Atlanta. Now I’m nearing retirement from my day job and will continue performing music full time. I’ve maintained a good reputation keeping it professional in this business. ​Funny how things turn out, it was in the concert choir at Morris Brown College that I met Keenan Blount. Little did we know we'd both end up singing as members of today's version of Ray Goodman and Brown. Now all we want to do is to help Billy Brown keep his legacy moving forward for many years to come. Not a bad name to carry on, seems I was destined to be here.