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James Brown (03 May 1933 - 25 Dec 2006)

Male Person - United States The Godfather of Soul

 Also known as (1)

Releases (382)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag 1965
  2. James Brown and His Famous Flames Sing Christmas Songs 1966
  3. It's a Man's Man's Man's World 1967
  4. Presents His Show of Tomorrow 1968
  5. Mr. Dynamite 1970
  6. Once Upon A Time 1971
  7. Soul Classics 1972
  8. Soul Classics Volume II 1973
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Album

  1. James Browns Presents His Band & Five Other Great Artists Oct 1961
  2. Prisoner of Love Sep 1963
  3. Showtime Apr 1964
  4. Grits & Soul 1964
  5. James Brown Plays James Brown: Yesterday and Today Nov 1965
  6. Sings Out of Sight 1965
  7. James Brown Plays New Breed Mar 1966
  8. It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World Jul 1966
  9. I Got You (I Feel Good) 1966
  10. Handful of Soul 1966 (as James Brown At The Organ)
  11. James Brown Plays the Real Thing Jun 1967
  12. James Brown Sings Raw Soul 1967
  13. Cold Sweat 1967
  14. A Soulful Christmas 01 Nov 1968
  15. I Got the Feelin' 1968
  16. Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things 1968
  17. Gettin' Down to It May 1969
  18. The Popcorn Aug 1969
  19. It’s a Mother Oct 1969
  20. Say It Loud: I'm Black and I'm Proud 1969
  21. Soul on Top Apr 1970
  22. It's a New Day -- So Let a Man Come In Jun 1970
  23. Ain't It Funky 1970
  24. Hey America 1970
  25. Sho Is Funky Down Here 1971
  26. Hot Pants 1971
  27. There It Is 1972
  28. Get on the Good Foot 1972
  29. The Payback Dec 1973
  30. Hell 1974
  31. Reality 1974
  32. Sex Machine Today May 1975
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Album - Live

  1. Live at the Apollo, 1962 1963
  2. Pure Dynamite! Live at The Royal 1964
  3. Live at the Garden 1967
  4. Sex Machine Sep 1970
  5. Revolution of the Mind Dec 1971 Recorded Live at the Apollo, Volume III
  6. Super Bad 1971
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Album - Soundtrack

  1. Slaughter's Big Rip-Off 1973
  2. Black Caesar 1973
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Bootleg

Album - Live

  1. Live in Zaire 1974
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Other - Compilation

  1. Greatest Hits 2006
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Relationships (15)

Students

  1. Heather Hayes

Tribute Artists

  1. Titanic Soul Band (01 May 2018)

Member Of

  1. James Brown & The Famous Flames (1955) eponymous
  2. Various Artists for Children's Promise
  3. The James Brown Band
  4. The Soul Generals
  5. George Clinton and Family
  6. The J.B.’s

Supporting By

  1. Larry Sadler drums (drum set)

Support By

  1. Heather Hayes

Siblings

  1. Little Royal

Children

  1. Teddy Brown (1954 - 1973)
  2. Deanna Brown
  3. Yamma Brown

Romantically Involved With

  1. Tammi Terrell

Recordings by (2,019)

  1. Please, Please, Please 2:45 (04 Mar 1956) single version
  2. Love Or A Game ?:?? (1957)
  3. Messing With the Blues ?:?? (1957)
  4. Fine Old Foxy Self 2:11 (1959)
  5. Chonnie-On-Chon 2:10 (1959)
  6. Hold My Baby’s Hand 2:13 (1959)
  7. I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On 2:29 (1959)
  8. Just Won’t Do Right 2:34 (1959)
  9. Baby Cries Over the Ocean 2:20 (1959)
  10. I Don't Know 2:43 (1959)
  11. Tell Me What I Did Wrong 2:21 (1959)
  12. That Dood It 2:26 (1959)
  13. Begging, Begging 2:52 (1959)
  14. I Walked Alone 2:39 (1959)
  15. No, No, No, No 2:12 (1959)
  16. That's When I Lost My Heart 2:46 (1959)
  17. Let's Make It 2:22 (1959)
  18. Try Me 2:32 (1959)
  19. Good Good Lovin’ 2:16 (1960)
  20. Bewildered 2:26 (1960)
  21. Hold It 2:08 (Oct 1961)
  22. The Scratch 1:44 (Oct 1961)
  23. Night Train ?:?? (Oct 1961)
  24. The Wobble ?:?? (Oct 1961)
  25. Night Flying 2:15 (Oct 1961)
  26. Just a Little Bit of Everything ?:?? (Oct 1961)
  27. Doin` Everything ?:?? (Oct 1961)
  28. Suds 2:19 (Oct 1961)
  29. Tonk Game ?:?? (Oct 1961)
  30. Switch-A-Roo ?:?? (Oct 1961)
  31. Bushy Tail ?:?? (Oct 1961)
  32. Cross Firing 2:22 (Oct 1961)
  33. Scratch ?:?? (1961)
  34. So Long 2:48 (Sep 1963)
  35. Waiting in Vain 2:47 (Sep 1963)
  36. Again 2:35 (Sep 1963)
  37. Lost Someone 3:25 (Sep 1963)
  38. (Can You) Feel It (Part 1) 2:57 (Sep 1963)
  39. How Long Darling 2:57 (Sep 1963)
  40. The Thing in "G" 6:07 (Sep 1963)
  41. Prisoner of Love 2:23 (Sep 1963)
  42. Signed, Sealed, and Delivered 2:44 (Sep 1963)
  43. Medley: Please, Please, Please / You’ve Got the Power / I Found Someone / Why Do You Do Me / I Want You So Bad / I Love You, Yes I Do / Strange Things Happen / Bewildered / Please, Please, Please 6:26 (1963) (live, 1962-10-24: Apollo Theatre, New York City, USA)
  44. I'll Go Crazy 3:53 (1963)
  45. I Don't Mind 2:40 (1963)
  46. Please Please Please 0:27 (1963)
  47. You've Got The Power 0:11 (1963)
  48. I Found Someone 0:38 (1963)
  49. Why You Do Me 0:25 (1963)
  50. I Want You So Bad 0:23 (1963)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Pt. 1 3:54 James Brown (Nov 1965) organ

Vocals

  1. Please, Please, Please 2:45 James Brown (04 Mar 1956) lead vocals
  2. Try Me 2:32 James Brown (1959) lead vocals
  3. Good Good Lovin’ 2:16 James Brown (1960) lead vocals
  4. Bewildered 2:26 James Brown (1960) lead vocals
  5. Prisoner of Love 2:23 James Brown (Sep 1963) lead vocals
  6. I Don’t Mind 2:28 James Brown (1963) lead vocals
  7. I Got You (I Feel Good) 2:47 James Brown (Oct 1965) lead vocals
  8. Baby, You’re Right 3:05 James Brown (1965) lead vocals
  9. It’s a Man’s Man’s World 2:47 James Brown (Jul 1966) lead vocals
  10. Cold Sweat 7:26 James Brown (Aug 1967) lead vocals
  11. Get It Together, Part 1 3:44 James Brown (Oct 1967) lead vocals
  12. Bring It Up 2:45 James Brown (1967) lead vocals
  13. Let Yourself Go 2:58 James Brown (1967) lead vocals
  14. I Want to Be Around 3:13 James Brown & The Famous Flames (Aug 1968) lead vocals
  15. Prisoner of Love 7:31 James Brown & The Famous Flames (Aug 1968) lead vocals
  16. Please, Please, Please 2:41 James Brown & The Famous Flames (Aug 1968) lead vocals
  17. Lost Someone (medley) 10:17 James Brown (Aug 1968) lead vocals
  18. Out of Sight 0:25 James Brown & The Famous Flames (Aug 1968) lead vocals
  19. I Feel Good (I Got You) 0:28 James Brown & The Famous Flames (Aug 1968) lead vocals
  20. It May Be the Last Time 3:05 James Brown & The Famous Flames (Aug 1968) lead vocals
  21. I Feel All Right 5:32 James Brown (Aug 1968) lead vocals
  22. Bring It Up 4:40 James Brown & The Famous Flames (Aug 1968) lead vocals
  23. Cold Sweat 4:41 James Brown & The Famous Flames (Aug 1968) lead vocals
  24. It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World 7:09 James Brown (Aug 1968) lead vocals
  25. There Was a Time 4:26 James Brown (Aug 1968) lead vocals
  26. That's Life 4:07 James Brown & The Famous Flames (Aug 1968) lead vocals
  27. Soulful Christmas 3:08 James Brown (01 Nov 1968)
  28. I Got the Feelin’ 2:38 James Brown (1968) lead vocals
  29. Say It Loud—I’m Black and I’m Proud, Part 1 2:47 James Brown (1968) lead vocals
  30. That’s Life 4:29 James Brown (May 1969)

Produced

  1. Prisoner of Love 2:23 James Brown (Sep 1963)
  2. I Don’t Mind 2:28 James Brown (1963)
  3. Medley: Please, Please, Please / You’ve Got the Power / I Found Someone / Why Do You Do Me / I Want You So Bad / I Love You, Yes I Do / Strange Things Happen / Bewildered / Please, Please, Please 6:26 James Brown (1963) task
  4. Baby, Baby, Baby 2:35 Anna King & Bobby Byrd (1964)
  5. I Got You (I Feel Good) 2:47 James Brown (Oct 1965)
  6. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Pt. 1 3:54 James Brown (Nov 1965)
  7. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (instrumental) 2:38 James Brown (1965)
  8. Try Me (instrumental) 3:06 James Brown (1965)
  9. It’s a Man’s Man’s World 2:47 James Brown (Jul 1966)
  10. Cold Sweat 7:26 James Brown (Aug 1967)
  11. Funky Soul Train 2:30 Hank Ballard (Oct 1967)
  12. If I Ruled the World 3:28 James Brown & The Famous Flames (Apr 1968)
  13. I Got the Feelin' 2:40 James Brown & The Famous Flames (Apr 1968)
  14. I Got the Feelin’ 2:38 James Brown (1968)
  15. What Do I Have to Do to Prove My Love to You 2:26 Marva Whitney (1968)
  16. Say It Loud—I’m Black and I’m Proud, Part 1 2:47 James Brown (1968)
  17. Butter Your Popcorn 2:27 Hank Ballard (1968)
  18. Sunny 3:18 James Brown & Dee Felice Trio (May 1969)
  19. Uncle 2:35 James Brown & Dee Felice Trio (May 1969)

Credited as (179)

  1. James Brown
  2. Afrika Bambaataa & James Brown
  3. James Brown & Dee Felice Trio
  4. Marva Whitney and James Brown
  5. James Brown vs. Funkstar De Luxe
  6. Coldcut & James Brown
  7. James Brown, Bo Diddley, Ray Charles, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino & B.B. King
  8. James Brown & Robert Palmer
  9. James Brown with Rev. James Cleveland Choir
  10. James Brown & Martha High
  11. James Brown vs. Dakeyne
  12. James Brown & Fred Wesley
  13. Blues Brothers feat. James Brown
  14. James Brown / Gaë Bolg
  15. James Brown feat. Dee Felice Trio
  16. James Brown & Dee Felice Trio feat. Marva Whitney
  17. Marva Whitney duet with James Brown
  18. Marva Whitney feat. James Brown
  19. Snoop Dogg feat. James Brown & Jesse Jackson
  20. Bea Ford with James Brown
  21. Marva Whitney with Lyn Collins & James Brown
  22. Lyn Collins with James Brown
  23. Martha High with James Brown
  24. Vicki Anderson / James Brown
  25. Vicki Anderson and James Brown
  26. Vicki Anderson & James Brown
  27. James Brown & Marva Whitney
  28. James Brown & Bea Ford
  29. James Brown & Lyn Collins
  30. Bobby Byrd & James Brown
  31. James Brown, Bobby Byrd & Hank Ballard
  32. Aretha Franklin & James Brown
  33. James Brown & Vicki Anderson
  34. James Brown & The JB's
  35. Funkstar De Luxe vs. James Brown
  36. Vicki Anderson with James Brown
  37. James Brown feat. Wilson Pickett
  38. James Brown feat. Billy Vera
  39. James Brown feat. Joe Cocker
  40. James Brown feat. Robert Palmer
  41. Nat Jones feat. James Brown
  42. James Brown feat. Alfred Ellis & Cicely Hill
  43. Mr. James Brown
  44. James Brown & J.B.'s, The
  45. Nas feat. Jadakiss & James Brown
  46. James Brown & 2Pac
  47. The Black Eyed Peas feat. James Brown
  48. James Brown and Wilson Pickett
  49. James Brown & Johnny Terry
  50. James Brown & Betty Jean Newsome
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Works (428)

Wrote

  1. Reality
  2. Check Your Body
  3. All for One
  4. I'm a Greedy Man
  5. That’s the Way Love Goes
  6. J.B. Shout
  7. From The Loveside
  8. ELEctrik HeaT - the seekwiLL
  9. God Wanna
  10. Check It Out
  11. Get Right
  12. The Grunt, Part 1
  13. The Grunt, Part 2
  14. Problems
  15. Dead on It
  16. Get Up Off of Me
  17. Payback Is a Grandmother
  18. Representin’ 93
  19. Someone to Talk To
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Composed

  1. Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved)
  2. Future Shock of the World
  3. King Heroin
  4. I Got the Feelin’
  5. Ain’t It Funky Now
  6. Soul Power
  7. I'm Broken Hearted
  8. ジャラジャラJAPAN 〜for the Japanese〜
  9. After You Done It
  10. I Never Never Never Will Forget
  11. I Want You So Bad
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Lyrics

  1. I Got to Move
  2. Since You Been Gone
  3. Can I Get Some Help
  4. Baby, Here I Come
  5. You've Changed
  6. Night Train
  7. Make It Funky
  8. I Got the Feelin’
  9. Get on the Good Foot
  10. Super Bad
  11. Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants)
  12. The Payback
  13. Doing It to Death
  14. Say It Loud (I’m Black, I’m Proud)
  15. I Guess I'll Have to Cry, Cry, Cry
  16. There Was a Time
  17. Try Me
  18. Soul Power
  19. Funky President (People It’s Bad)
  20. Si tu m'aimes encore
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Events (7)

Main Performer At

  1. American Music Awards of 1992
  2. Police Picnic '83
  3. 1994‐04‐30: House of Blues, West Hollywood, CA, USA
  4. V98: Chelmsford, Day 1: Dance Tent
  5. V98: Leeds, Day 2: Dance Tent
  6. Glastonbury Festival 2004: Pyramid Stage time
  7. Golden Stag Festival time

Links (38)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.jamesbrown.com/
  2. http://www.godfatherofsoul.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://imvdb.com/n/james-brown
  2. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5938973A
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85266946
  4. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/james-brown
  5. https://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/james-brown/
  6. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13891901w
  7. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85266946
  8. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6k64s8s
  9. https://www.whosampled.com/James-Brown/
  10. https://www.45cat.com/artist/james-brown
  11. https://d-nb.info/gnd/119125102
  12. https://ibdb.com/person.php?id=73069
  13. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1455890

Lyrics Page

  1. http://muzikum.eu/en/122-5050/james-brown/lyrics.html
  2. https://genius.com/artists/James-brown

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/James+Brown

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/336531

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/12596

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000128099

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0113768/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/80007811

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5950

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/573

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/1622
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/7GaxyUddsPok8BuhxN6OUW

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/id117118
  2. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/117118

Streaming Page

  1. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/117118
  2. https://tidal.com/artist/6361

Fan Pages

  1. http://www.funky-stuff.com/jamesbrown/

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/20ff3303-4fe2-4a47-a1b6-291e26aa3438

Discography Pages

  1. http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/i/jb-escape/jbdisco/jbdisco-e.html
  2. http://www.funky-stuff.com/jamesbrown/DiscoAZ.htm
  3. http://www.melingo.com/thesoulnet/jb.htm

Social Networking

  1. https://www.facebook.com/JamesBrown

Youtube Channels

  1. https://www.youtube.com/user/JamesBrownOfficial