[4] In 1958, Brown was spotted by television producer Jack Good who hired him as lead guitarist in the orchestra of his new TV series, Boy Meets Girls.

[5] During this period, he backed a number of US musicians such as Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran on their UK tours.

In the 1980s, Brown presented a daytime quiz show on Granada TV called Square One; its success led him to recording a pilot for the prime time game show The Price Is Right but ATV selected Leslie Crowther for the full-time presenting role when the series launched.

He also hosted Show Me, an early evening game show produced by Anglia Television and aired on ITV for one series in 1987,[11] and made a brief appearance as Dudley, a crooked club owner, in the 1986 film Mona Lisa, opposite Bob Hoskins.

Brown played guitar whilst singing "Here Comes the Sun", mandolin on "That's The Way It Goes," and ukulele on the closing number, "I'll See You in My Dreams".

In 2005, he co-wrote a musical, Don't You Rock Me Daddio, with songwriter Roger Cook,[12] while in December 2006, he was one of three guest hosts of Sounds of the '60s on BBC Radio 2 during the absence of host Brian Matthew, having already presented two series on rock and roll for the same station.

His album More of the Truth was released in the UK on 13 October 2008 and, in 2009, the US musical instrument manufacturer Kala launched a series of 'Joe Brown' ukuleles.

Due to headline the Friday night of the event taking place from 25 July, he was replaced by Peatbog Faeries.

[15] Brown was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to music in the 2009 Birthday Honours.

In 2000, Joe Brown married Manon Pearcey, former partner of the former Small Faces singer Steve Marriott.