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'Go-go' musician Chuck Brown dies

Guitarist and singer Chuck Brown, who mixed funk, soul and Latin styles to help create the upbeat "go-go" scene in Washington DC in the 1970s, has died.

Known as the "godfather of go-go", Brown's biggest hit was Bustin' Loose, which spent a month at the top of the US R&B chart at the end of the 1970s.

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