James Brown

Also known as The Godfather of Soul, Mr. Dynamite, James Joseph Brown, Jr., Soul Brother #1ffff

American musician (1933–2006)

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James Brown was an American musician who lived from 1933 to 2006 and became one of the most influential figures in music history. He is widely considered the "Godfather of Soul" for pioneering funk and soul music styles that fundamentally shaped popular music and culture.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 174

Top works

Third book of rational system of English grammar
The Wolves of Normality - Foyles Young Poets of the Year 2015
A lecture on education
Abridgment of American system of English syntax
Trial, containing evidence, Common Pleas, London, 1789

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1933-05-03
Active to: 2006-12-25

blueschristmas musicdiscofilm soundtrackfunkrhythm & blues

Discography

James Browns Presents His Band & Five Other Great Artists1961
Prisoner of Love1963
Grits & Soul1964
Showtime1964
Sings Out of Sight1965
James Brown Plays James Brown: Yesterday and Today1965
Handful of Soul1966
James Brown Plays New Breed1966
James Brown Sings Raw Soul1967
James Brown Plays the Real Thing1967

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 2,424,483
Total plays: 37,584,973

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
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SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,522x
Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach.
· 1988 · cited 31,219x

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Quotes

“Don't terrorize. Organize. Don't burn. Give kids a chance to learn … The real answer to race problems in this country is education. Not burning and killing. Be ready. Be qualified. Own something. Be somebody. That's Black Power.”
“A colored is a very frightened-to-death Afro-American. A Negro is one that makes it in the system, and he wants to be white. A nigger, he's loud and boisterous, wants to be seen. Nobody likes a nigger. A black man has pride. He wants to build, he wants to make his race mean something. Wants to have a culture and art forms. And he's not prejudiced. I am a black American man. Now you go ahead and print it.”
“Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all.”
“It doesn't matter how you travel it, it's the same road. It doesn't get any easier when you get bigger, it gets harder. And it will kill you if you let it."”
“Sometimes you struggle so hard to feed your family one way, you forget to feed them the other way, with spiritual nourishment. Everybody needs that.”
“When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy. Just like church does. People don't go to church to find trouble, they go there to lose it.”

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Wikidata facts

Mass: 65
Official website: www.godfatherofsoul.com
Image: James Brown Live Hamburg 1973 1702730029.jpg
Height: 1.68

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social media followers: 1210000
end of work period: 2006-00-00
Commons category: James Brown
date of birth: 1933-05-03
date of death: 2006-12-25
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start of work period: 1954-00-00
birth name: James Joseph Brown
name in native language: James Brown
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James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, and record producer. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is referred to by various nicknames, among them "Mr. Dynamite", "the Hardest-Working Man in Show Business", "Minister of New Super Heavy Funk", "Godfather of Soul", "King of Soul", and "Soul Brother No. 1". In a career that lasted more than 50 years, he influenced the development of several music genres. Brown was one of the first ten inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 23, 1986. His music has been heavily sampled by hip-hop musicians and other artists.

Brown began his career as a gospel singer in Toccoa, Georgia. He rose to prominence in the mid-1950s as the lead singer of the Famous Flames, a rhythm and blues vocal group founded by Bobby Byrd. With the hit ballads "Please, Please, Please" and "Try Me", Brown built a reputation as a dynamic live performer with the Famous Flames and his backing band, sometimes known as the James Brown Band or the James Brown Orchestra. His success peaked in the 1960s with the live album Live at the Apollo and hit singles such as "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", "I Got You (I Feel Good)" and "It's a Man's Man's Man's World".