Folk singer-songwriter Duncan Browne started life wanting to follow his father's footsteps into the Royal Air Force. When he was turned down on medical grounds however, he had to find an alternative vocation. With a love for music and a passion for playing the clarinet, he enrolled in the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art where he studied drama and music theory.
He released his first album 'Give Me Take You' in 1968 after meeting producer Andrew Loog Oldham and signing to his label Immediate Records. The album achieved only moderate success and its lead single 'On the Bombsite' failed to chart. His second album, the 1973 self-titled 'Duncan Browne', fared much better with its single 'Journey' reaching number 23 in the UK Singles Chart. Two further albums followed - 'The Wild Places' and 'Streets of Fire' - and at the same time Browne formed the band Metro with singer-songwriter Peter Godwin.
In the '80s Browne's career saw a change in direction as he received commissions to compose for television. In 1984 he wrote the music for the British series 'Travelling Man' and in '89 he wrote the theme tune for 'Shadow of the Noose'. Later that year, Browne was diagnosed with cancer. He survived only four years, succumbing to the disease in 1993, aged just 46.
