Description:
James Brown (Singer)
Profil: American singer, songwriter, and musician.
Born: 3 May 1933 near Barnwell, South Carolina, USA.
Died: 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 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 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.
Singer: James Brown
Birth Name: James Joseph Brown, Jr.
Profil: American singer, songwriter, and musician.
Years active: 1954–2006
Album title: James Brown Number 1's
Genre: Funk / Soul
Stil: Soul, Rhythm & Blues, Funk
Released: 2008
Land: Amerika
Format: MP3 320KBP´s
Tracklist
01.Papa's Got A Brand New Bag 2:07
02.I Got You (I Feel Good) 2:47
03.Try Me 2:32
04.It's A Man's Man's Man's World 2:46
05.Cold Sweat, Pt. 1 2:53
06.I Got The Feelin' 2:37
07.Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud 2:47
08.Give It Up Or Turn It A Loose 2:50
09.Mother Popcorn, 3:17
10.Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine 2:51
11.Super Bad, Pts. 1 & 2 5:02
12.Hot Pants, Pt. 1 (She Got To Use What She Got...) 3:07
13.Make It Funky, 3:16
14.Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothing 3:16
15.Get On The Good Foot 3:30
16.Doing It To Death 3:04
17.The Payback 3:32
18.My Thang 4:09
19.Papa Don't Take No Mess 4:28 |
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