Peter Brown (born July 11, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. Brown was a popular performer in the late 1970s and early 1980s. His biggest success was the release of the LP in 1977 called A Fantasy Love Affair which produced the disco hits "Do Ya Wanna Get Funky with Me" and "Dance With Me". He wrote, with Robert Rans, Madonna's hit "Material Girl". and raised in Palos Heights, Illinois, both suburbs of Chicago, United States. His mother, Virginia, was artistic and musically talented and gave Peter music lessons at a young age. Peter's father, Maurice, was an electronic engineer whose electronics helped Peter learn the technical aspects of recording music. He always brought home the latest technological breakthrough, which in those days included CB and ham radios, the first color television and the first stereo record player.
Maurice also purchased a number of tape recorders, which Peter played with as a child. and #6 on Billboard's Disco Chart. Brown remained with Freddy DeMann after he started a solo management company whose clients included Madonna and Michael Jackson.
In 1984, Brown co-wrote "Material Girl",
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| 1978
| align="left"| A Fantasy Love Affair
| 11
| 50
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| 1979
| align="left"| Stargazer
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| 1983
| align="left"| Back to the Front
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| 1984
| align="left"| Snap
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| 2018
| align="left"| Boom
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| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart.
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Compilation albums
- 1998 – Get Funky with Me: The Best of the TK Years
Singles
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! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" colspan="7"| Peak chart positions
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! style="width:40px;"| <small>US Pop</small><br>
! style="width:40px;"| <small>US R&B</small><br>
! style="width:40px;"| <small>CAN Dance</small><br>
! style="width:40px;"| <small>AUS</small><br>
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| rowspan="3"| 1977
| "Fantasy Love Affair"
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
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| "Do Ya Wanna Get Funky with Me"
| align=center | 18
| align=center | 3
| align=center | 9
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | 69
| align=center | 43
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| "Dance with Me"
| align=center | 8
| align=center | 5
| align=center | 4
| align=center | 9
| align=center | 19
| align=center | 52
| align=center | 57
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| rowspan="1"| 1978
| "You Should Do It"
| align=center | 54
| align=center | 25
| align=center | ―
| align=center | 93
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
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| rowspan="3"| 1979
| "Crank It Up (Funk Town)"
| align=center | 86
| align=center | 9
| align=center | 4
| align=center | 68
| align=center | 11
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
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| "Stargazer"
| align=center | 59
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
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| "Love in Our Hearts"
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | 65
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
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| rowspan="1"| 1980
| "Can't Be Love - Do It to Me Anyway"
| align=center | ―
| align=center | 74
| align=center | 6
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
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| rowspan="1"| 1982
| "Baby Gets High"
| align=center | 104
| align=center | 49
| align=center | 6
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
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| rowspan="1"| 1983
| "Overnight Sensation"
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | 55
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
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| rowspan="3"| 1984
| "(Love Is Just) The Game"
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | 2
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
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| "They Only Come Out at Night"
| align=center | 102
| align=center | 50
| align=center | 1
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
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| "Zie Zie Won't Dance"
| align=center | 108
| align=center | ―
| align=center | 20
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
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| colspan="9" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
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See also
- List of Billboard number-one dance club songs
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart