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James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of funk music and is a major figure of 20th century popular music and dance. In a career that spanned decades, Brown profoundly influenced the development of many different musical genres. Brown moves on a continuum of blues and gospel-based forms and styles to a profoundly Africanised approach to music making. Brown performed in concerts, first making his rounds across the "chitlin' circuit", and then across the country and later around the world, along with appearing in shows on television and in movies. Although he contributed much to the music world through his hitmaking, Brown holds the record as the artist who charted the most singles on the Billboard Hot 100 without ever hitting number one on that chart. For many years, Brown's touring show was one of the most extravagant productions in American popular music. At the time of Brown's death, his band included three guitarists, two bass guitar players, two drummers, three horns and a percussionist. The bands that he maintained during the late 1960s and 1970s were of comparable size, and the bands also included a three-piece amplified string section that played during ballads. Brown employed between 40 and 50 people for the James Brown Revue, and members of the revue traveled with him in a bus to cities and towns all over the country, performing upwards of 330 shows a year with almost all of the shows as one-nighters. In 1986, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 1990 into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Brown died on Christmas Day 2006 from heart failure after becoming ill on December 23 and being hospitalized for hours. James Brown is buried in Beech Island, South Carolina.
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Discography
- Godfather of Soul, 1993
- Soul Legends, 2006
- At Studio 54
- Please Please Please / Try Me!, 2010
- The Greatest
- James Brown, 2009
- The Funkmasters: The Great James Brown Rhythm Sections, 1960-1973, 1997
- A Soulful Christmas, 1968
- I'm Real, 1988
- Get It Together, 1967
- James Brown Christmas for the Millennium & Forever, 1999
- James Brown and His Famous Flames Sing Christmas Songs, 1966
- Sex Machine
- Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud, 1968
- Unity, 1984
- Say It Loud: I'm Black and I'm Proud, 1969
- Get on the Good Foot, 1993
- Foundations of Funk: A Brand New Bag: 1964-1969, 1996
- Soul Syndrome, 1980
- The Next Step
- The Singles, Volume 8: 1972-1973, 2009
- It's a Mother, 1969
- The Payback, 1973
- Slaughter's Big Rip-Off, 1992
- Dance Machine, 1990
- In the Jungle Groove, 1986
- Live at The Apollo (24-10-1962), 1963
- Golden Classics
- The Great James Brown Live, 1993
- Gold: Greatest Hits, 2004
- Revolution of the Mind, 1971
- Live at the Apollo, 2001
- It's a Man's World, 2002
- Ballads
- The Complete Works - The Very Best of Music
- I'm Back, 1998
- Gettin' Down to It, 1969
- Live in Zaire, 1974
- Take a Look at Those Cakes, 1978
- The Singles, Volume 7: 1970-1972, 2009
- The Complete James Brown Christmas
- His Greatest Performance! Live!
- Presents His Show of Tomorrow, 1968
- There It Is
- Star Time, 1991
- I Got You (I Feel Good), 1965
- The Ultimate Collection
- The Singles, Volume 11: 1979-1981, 2011
- I Feel Good, 2003
- Funky Men (feat. Bobby Byrd & the Jb's), 1997
- 20 All Time Greatest Hits!, 1991
- The Singles, Volume 6: 1969-1970, 2009
- Mr. Dynamite
- Funky President: Very Best of James Brown, Volume 2, 1999
- The Very Best of James Brown, 1998
- James Brown at the Organ, 1965
- Live In Concert
- The Gold Collection
- James Brown Greatest Hits
- Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, 1992
- Live at the Apollo (1968)
- Hell, 1974
- Out of Sight, 1996
- 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of James Brown, 1999
- Memories of James Brown (disc 1)
- Ain't It Funky, 1970
- The Popcorn, 1969
- The Great James Brown
- Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved, 1970
- James Brown Is Back, 1991
- It's a Man's Man's Man's World, 1966
- Live, 1998
- Live, Volume 1, 1991
- I Got Ants in My Pants, 1972
- Messing With the Blues
- Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang, 1996
- Live at the Apollo, 1962, 1963
- Soul Pride: 1960-1969, 1993
- Live in Concert, 2004
- Hot, 1976
- On Stage
- Dance Classics
- Funky Christmas, 1995
- On Stage at Studio 54, 2002
- Classic James Brown, 2007
- Number 1's: James Brown, 2007
- Prisoner of Love, 1999
- The Wonderful World of James Brown, 1992
- Sho Is Funky Down Here, 1971
- Showtime, 1964
- James Brown Christmas
- The Original Disco Man, 1979
- Sex Machine: The Very Best of James Brown, 1991
- Funkin' in the Jungle
- The Singles, Volume 4: 1966-1967, 2007
- Gravity
- Dead on the Heavy Funk: 1975-83, 1998
- The Original Showman Live!, 1986
- Grits & Soul, 1964
- Hot Pants, 1992
- Universal James
- Live in Atlanta, 1998
- Collection
- God Has Smiled on Me
- Funk on Ah Roll, 2000
- Bring It on... Bring It On, 1983
- Gold, 2007
- Love Power Peace: Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971, 1992
- Roots of a Revolution, 1995
- Spank
- In the Middle
- Master Series: James Brown
- The Singles, Volume 5: 1967-1969, 2008
- Turn It Loose, 1994
- Gold Collection
- I Got the Feelin', 1968
- The Godfather of Soul
- 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of James Brown, Volume 2: The '70s, 2002
- 70's Funk Classics, 1995
- The Soul Power Sex Machine
- The Magic Collection
- 40th Anniversary Collection
- Motherlode
- Reality, 1996
- Cold Sweat: Live, 2005
- Greatest Hits
- The Godfather Returns
- Living in America, 1985
- Can't Get Any Harder, 1993
- Funky Drummer, 1970
- The Payback Mix (Keep on Doing What You're Doing but Make It Funky)
- Make It Funky, 1971
- The Godfather: The Very Best of James Brown, 2002
- Soul Brother No. 1, 2008
- Say It Live and Loud (Live in Dallas 08.26.68)
- 83
- Live At The Apollo (Deluxe Edition), 2004
- Greatest Hits Live
- Soul Brother Number One
- Live, Volume 2
- The Singles, Volume 3: 1964-1965, 2007
- Santa's Got a Brand New Bag
- Remixed Dance Hits, 2001
- Soul Session Live
- Soul & Funky
- The Singles, Volume 2: 1960-1963, 2007
- Super Bad, 1971
- James Brown Sings Raw Soul, 1967
- Live at the Apollo, Volume II, 2001
- Too Funky, 2001
- Dynamite X
- Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine, 1991
- Best Collection
- The Essential Collection (disc 2)
- Love Over-Due, 1991
- Bodyheat, 1976
- Experience
- Black Caesar, 1973
- Exclusivo Musica Inedita Do Novo, 1998
- The CD of JB: Sex Machine & Other Soul Classics, 1985
- The Singles, Volume 9 - 1973-1975, 2010
- Soul Power, 1971
- The Original Funk Soul Brother, 2000
- CD of JB II: Cold Sweat & Other Soul Classics
- Golden Hits, 1997
- Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump, 1975
- Platinum & Gold Collection, 2004
- Classic James Brown, Volume 2
- Cold Sweat
- Soul on Top, 2004
- Soul Jubilee
- Ultimate Remixes, 2002
- The Best of James Brown
- Out of Sight! The Very Best of James Brown, 2002
- Live at the Garden, 2009
- Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like a Sex Machine), 1970
- James Browns Presents His Band & Five Other Great Artists, 1961
- Live at the Apollo (1962), 2004
- Sex Machine: Live in Concert
- Mutha's Nature, 1977
- Make It Funky - The Big Payback: 1971-1975, 1996
- The Singles, Volume 1: The Federal Years: 1956-1960, 2006
- Funky Goodtime, 2003
- The Singles, Volume 10 - 1975-1979, 2011
- James Brown (Live at Chastain Park), 1985
- Talkin' Loud and Saying Nothin', 1972
- Get Up Offa That Thing, 1976
- Call Me Super Bad, 1970
- JB40: 40th Anniversary Collection, 1996
- Grandes mitos, 2000
- Sunny / Uncle, 2000
- James Brown 1956-1976
- Live at the Apollo 1995, 1995
- Please Please Please, 1996
- Seventh Wonder, 2000
- Hot on the One... Live
- Jazz, 2007
- The 50th Anniversary Collection, 2003
- The Complete Apollo Concert
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