Artist Bio
Name: James Brown
Spotify Genres: soul, motown, funk
Followers: 2,271,601
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Biography
American singer, songwriter, and musician. Born: 3 May 1933 near Barnwell, South Carolina, USA. Passed Away: 25 December 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA (aged 73). James Brown was raised in poverty in Augusta, Georgia. Previously worked as a shoe shiner, car washer & a cotton picker. 1950s: Joined the Gospel Starlighters in 1953, a vocal quartet led by [a=Bobby Byrd], after completing a four-year stint in prison for robbery. As Brown became the focal point of the act, the group changed its name to 'The Famous Flames' and its focus from gospel to R&B. In 1955 The Famous Flames record "Please Please Please" at the studio of WIBB in Macon, Georgia. In 1958 James Brown's first #1 hit, "Try Me", is released. It was the best-selling R&B single of 1958, and the first of 17 chart-topping R&B singles by Brown over the next two decades. 1965: Records "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", a revolutionary single that ushers in a whole new era of soul music. Released that summer, it tops the R&B chart for eight weeks and even cracks the pop Top Ten. 1971: Signs with Polydor Records, for which he recorded extensively throughout the decade. 1974: The Payback, the most successful of James Brown's Seventies albums—many of which were double-LPs with lengthy, extended tracks—makes its debut on Billboard's album chart. It is the only gold-certified (500,000 copies sold) album of his career. 1984: Bronx DJ [a=Afrika Bambaataa] teams up with Brown to record the anthemic single "Unity". 1986: "Living In America", the theme song from Rocky IV, reaches #4 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, becoming Brown's biggest pop hit since "I Got You (I Feel Good)" went to #3 in 1965. 1992: Receives a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 34th annual Grammy Awards. 2006: Hospitalized with pneumonia, dying on Christmas Day. Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 (Performer). Inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Check this outPopular Tracks on Spotify
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1.I Got You - 1964 Smash VersionGet On Up - The James Brown Story
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2.It's A Man's, Man's, Man's WorldIt's A New Day - Let A Man Come In
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3.Get Up Offa That ThingThe 50th Anniversary Collection
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4.The BossBlack Caesar
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5.Try MeStar Time
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7.Papa's Got A Brand New BagStar Time
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8.Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex MachineStar Time
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9.The PaybackThe Payback
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10.Living in America - From "Rocky IV" SoundtrackGravity (Expanded Edition)
Discogs Release Info
Release: James Brown - The Boss (Disco Tech Edit) / Get Up And Drive Your Funky Soul (Definitive Edit)
Year: 2012
Genres: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Styles: Funk, Beatdown