Billy Brown (musician)

Ray, Goodman & Brown
As The Moments in 1970. From left: Johnny 'Moe' Moore, Billy Brown and Al Goodman.
Background information
Also known as	The Moments
Origin	Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
Genres	R&B, soul
Years active	1965–1978 (The Moments) 1978–present (Ray, Goodman & Brown)
Labels	Stang, Polydor, EMI
Members	Kevin 'Ray' Owens Billy Brown Larry Winfree
Past members	Harry Ray (deceased) Mark Greene Eric Olfus, Sr. (deceased) Richard Gross Harold "Eban" Brown John Morgan (deceased) Johnny Moore (deceased) Al Goodman (deceased) Solomon Cunningham Huitt Cunningham Lorin Brown.

Ray, Goodman & Brown is an American R&B vocal group. The group originated as The Moments, who formed in the mid-1960s and whose greatest successes came in the 1970s with hits including "Love on a Two-Way Street", "Sexy Mama" and "Look at Me (I'm in Love)". In 1979, for contractual reasons they changed their name to Ray, Goodman & Brown and had further hits, including "Special Lady". A lineup of the Moments (featuring original member Mark Greene) also tours currently.

The original members of the Moments were Mark Greene, Eric Olfus Sr., Richard Gross (often incorrectly listed as "Richard Horsley") and John Morgan. The Moments formed in Washington, D.C. during the mid-1960s. In 1965, at Washington D.C.'s Howard University, the Mizell Brothers and Freddie Perren (along with schoolmate Toby Jackson) founded Hog Records and signed the harmony group as the Moments. The Moments recorded "Baby I Want You" and "Pray For Me" for Hog. The lineup consisted of Olfus, Gross and Morgan.

Mark Greene joined after the single's release. The group then signed with the newly established Stang Records label, set up by Sylvia Robinson at All Platinum Studios in Englewood, New Jersey with her husband Joe. The group had its first hit almost immediately late in 1968 with "Not On The Outside", which reached #13 on the R&B chart and #57 on the Billboard Hot 100 (with Greene on lead vocal). Robinson then hired a management firm headed by radio stars Frankie Crocker, Herb Hamlett and Eddie O'Jay. The trio began promoting the Moments and booking them for live events in major cities. When Hamlett moved to WCMF in Rochester, New York, he booked the Moments exclusively.