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James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader. A progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century popular music and dance, he is often referred to as the "Godfather of Soul". In a career that lasted 50 years, he influenced the development of several music genres.
Brown began his career as a gospel singer in Toccoa, Georgia. He joined an R&B vocal group, the Gospel Starlighters (which later evolved into the Flames) founded by Bobby Byrd, in which he was the lead singer. First coming to national public attention in the late 1950s as a member of the singing group The Famous Flames with the hit ballads "Please, Please, Please" and "Try Me", Brown built a reputation as a tireless live performer with the Famous Flames and his backing band, sometimes known as the James Brown Band or the James Brown Orchestra. His success peaked in the 1960s with the live album Live at the Apollo and hit singles such as "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", "I Got You (I Feel Good)" and "It's a Man's Man's Man's World". During the late 1960s he moved from a continuum of blues and gospel-based forms and styles to a profoundly "Africanized" approach to music-making that influenced the development of funk music. By the early 1970s, Brown had fully established the funk sound after the formation of the J.B.s with records such as "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" and "The Payback". He also became noted for songs of social commentary, including the 1968 hit "Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud". Brown continued to perform and record until his death from pneumonia in 2006.
Brown recorded 17 singles that reached number one on the Billboard R&B charts. He also holds the record for the most singles listed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart which did not reach number one. Brown has received honors from many institutions, including inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. In Joel Whitburn's analysis of the Billboard R&B charts from 1942 to 2010, James Brown is ranked as number one in The Top 500 Artists. He is ranked seventh on the music magazine Rolling Stone's list of its 100 greatest artists of all time. Rolling Stone has also cited Brown as the most sampled artist of all time.
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Albums
Greatest Breakbeats
Remixed Dance Hits
Grandes mitos EP
Sunny / Uncle Single
I'm Back
Exclusivo Musica Inedita Do Novo EP
Please Please Please
Cold Sweat
Can't Get Any Harder Single
The Sex Machine Live
How Do You Stop / Goliath Single
Living in America Single
Unity
Bring It On!
Bring It on... Bring It On Single
Nonstop!
People
Soul Syndrome
Jam 1980's
Mutha's Nature
Bodyheat
Hot
Sex Machine Today
Hell
My Thang / Public Enemy No.1, Part 1 Single
Reality
Black Caesar
Down and Out in New York City Single
Get on the Good Foot
I Got Ants in My Pants Single
Talkin' Loud and Saying Nothin' Single
There It Is
Hot Pants
Make It Funky Single
Soul Power Single
Super Bad
Sex Machine
Soul on Top
Funky Drummer Single
Ain't It Funky
Call Me Super Bad Single
Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like a Sex Machine) Single
Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved Single
The Popcorn
It's a Mother
A Soulful Christmas
I Got the Feelin'
Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud Single
You've Got the Power Single
Get It Together Single
Nobody Cares / Think Single
Handful Of Soul
Mighty Instrumentals
I Got You (I Feel Good) Single
James Brown at the Organ Single
Sings Out of Sight
Showtime
Grits & Soul
Out of Sight Single
Prisoner of Love
Shout & Shimmy
God Has Smiled on Me Single
In the Middle Single
Popular Songs
- Spring
- Devil's Hideaway
- Headache
- I'm Not Demanding, Pt. 1
- World, Pts. 1-2
- Let a Man Come in and Do the Popcorn
- Man in the Glass, Pt. 1
- George on My Mind
- I Never Never Never Will Forget
- The Spank
- Nature
- Eyesight
- A Song For My Father, Pt. 2
- A Song For My Father, Pt. 1
- Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Pt. 2
- Sidewinder
- Oh Baby Don’t You Weep
- Vonshelia
- Lost in the Mood of Changes
- Hooks
- Jabo
- Fat Bag
- Sumpin' Else
- New Breed
- Choo-Choo
- Slow Walk
- (Can You) Feel It, Pt. 1
- James Brown House Party
- Sticky
- Every Beat of My Heart