James Brown

Person1933-2006

James Brown's albums, compilations, singles and EPs, live albums, and videos discography with cataloged releases, editions, and credits

James Joseph Brown, Jr.·United StatesUnited States· Barnwell

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American singer, songwriter, and musician. Born 3 May 1933 near Barnwell, South Carolina; died 25 December 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia (aged 73). Raised in poverty in Augusta, Georgia. Prior to his career in music, he worked as a shoe-shiner, car washer, and 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 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)" reached #3 in 1965. 1992: Receives a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 34th annual Grammy Awards. 2006: Hospitalized with pneumonia, died on Christmas Day. Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 (Performer). Inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000.

Discography

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James Browns Presents His Band & Five Other Great Artists

1961

Studio Album

Prisoner Of Love

1963

Studio Album

Showtime

1964

Studio Album

Grits & Soul

1964

Studio Album

Grits & Soul

1964

Studio Album

James Brown Plays James Brown: Yesterday and Today

1965

Studio Album

Papa's Got A Brand New Bag

1965

Studio Album

James Brown Plays James Brown - Today & Yesterday - James Brown At The Organ

1965

Studio Album

Sings Out Of Sight

1965

Studio Album

James Brown Plays New Breed

1966

Studio Album

It's A Man's Man's World: Soul Brother #1

1966

Studio Album

I Got You (I Feel Good)

1966

Studio Album

Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo)

1966

Studio Album

Handful Of Soul

1966

Studio Album

Plays The Real Thing

1967

Studio Album

Sings Raw Soul

1967

Studio Album

I Got the Feelin’

1968

Studio Album

A Soulful Christmas

1968

Studio Album

Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things

1968

Studio Album

Say It Loud I'm Black And I'm Proud

1969

Studio Album

Gettin' Down To It

1969

Studio Album

The Popcorn

1969

Studio Album

It's A Mother

1969

Studio Album

Ain't It Funky

1970

Studio Album

Soul on Top

1970

Studio Album

It's A New Day - Let A Man Come In

1970

Studio Album

Hey America It's Christmas

1970

Studio Album

Sho Is Funky Down Here

1971

Studio Album

Hot Pants

1971

Studio Album

There It Is

1972

Studio Album

Get On The Good Foot Vol.2

1972

Studio Album

The Payback

1973

Studio Album

Black Caesar

1973

Studio Album

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

1973

Studio Album

Hell

1974

Studio Album

Reality

1974

Studio Album

Sex Machine Today

1975

Studio Album

Everybody's Doin' The Hustle & Dead On The Double Bump

1975

Studio Album

Bodyheat

1976

Studio Album

Levántate

1976

Studio Album

Hot

1976

Studio Album

Mutha's Nature

1977

Studio Album

Jam•1980's

1978

Studio Album

Take A Look At Those Cakes

1978

Studio Album

The Original Disco Man

1979

Studio Album

People

1980

Studio Album

Soul Syndrome

1980

Studio Album

...Live Hot On The One

1980

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