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James Brown

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Aliases
James Brown at the Organ
James Brown and The Famous Flames
James Brown and His Orchestra
James Brown Presents His Band
The James Brown Soul Train
Ted Wright
Real name
James Joseph Brown, Jr.
Born
May 3, 1933
Died
December 25, 2006
Country
United States
IPI
00004345815 93 works
00033252516 2 works
00069173946 1 work
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Legendary soul singer and composer. Known as both "The Godfather of Soul" and "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business". In 2000, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Member of
Nat Kendricks and The Swans
Family
Carleen Anderson God-daughter
Related
The J.B.'s
Maceo Parker Played in the 1970s with Brown's touring band and again in the late 1980s, and has appeared on many of Brown's albums.
Ron Lenhoff Recording engineer (1966-1972)
Lloyd Stallworth Member of The Famous Flames (1958-1967)
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
November 1969 (13 artists)
February 1966 (4 artists)
November 1960 (3 artists)
1960 (2 artists)
August 1971 Big James
Sampled by (2 artists)
September 1970 Idris Muhammad
Sampled by M/A/R/R/S
1970 Kustard Kings
July 1974 The John Wagner Coalition
Sampled by ULTRAmagnetic m.c.'s
August 1967 (27 artists)
Sampled by (7 artists)
1961 Howard Werth
February 1973 (3 artists)
i January 1970 The John Wagner Coalition
March 1970 Crazy Baldhead
Sampled by (20 artists)
October 1974 Tack>>Head
Sampled by (11 artists)
October 1967 Eddy Mitchell
November 1972 (2 artists)
Sampled by (3 artists)
December 1970 Deise Mikhail
Sampled by (20 artists)
June 1970 (28 artists)
Sampled by (4 artists)
1976 (2 artists)
Sampled by Public Enemy
January 1969 (7 artists)
Sampled by James Brown
October 1959 (24 artists)
September 15, 1986 (8 artists)
November 1967 Contortions
April 1961 (13 artists)
April 1969 Phil Upchurch
Sampled by Dickie Goodman
May 1956 (2 artists)
February 1962 (139 artists)
November 1972 Randy Brecker
December 1972 The Del Rubio Triplets
Sampled by (5 artists)
March 1968 (9 artists)
1986 T.J. Kirk
Sampled by Cypress Hill
1960 (57 artists)
 REL April 1966 (108 artists)
Originally by James Brown REC
Sampled by (5 artists)
 REC 1985 (108 artists)
Originally by James Brown and The Famous Flames REL
February 1970 Tower of Power
Sampled by (3 artists)
Uses samples from Big Daddy Kane
February 1972 James Chance & The Contortions
March 1967 The Showmen [IT]
May 1968 (3 artists)
1985 (14 artists)
1961 (6 artists)
August 1962 Zoot Money's Big Roll Band
July 1966 Aretha Franklin
May 1969 (7 artists)
Sampled by Dickie Goodman
July 1974 The John Wagner Coalition
Sampled by (3 artists)
July 1964 (21 artists)
June 1965 (49 artists)
1973 The Dukes of September
Sampled by Jay Z and Kanye West
February 1956 (36 artists)
1979 (9 artists)
November 1968 (7 artists)
1968 (5 artists)
Sampled by (3 artists)
June 1962 The Who
November 1968 (4 artists)
March 1971 (8 artists)
Sampled by (5 artists)
September 1975 (3 artists)
November 1966 (2 artists)
June 1972 (5 artists)
Sampled by (3 artists)
October 1958 (3 artists)
1961 (3 artists)
i June 1969 (19 artists)
Uses samples from Big Daddy Kane
November 1973 (3 artists)
Sampled by (18 artists)
June 1972 (3 artists)
Sampled by (2 artists)
November 1967 (7 artists)
Sampled by Ultramagnetic MC's
October 1958 (17 artists)
You’ve Got the Power James Brown and The Famous Flames April 1960 Unverified

Covers by James Brown

Title Performer Release date Originally by
October 1966 Wilson Pickett
  August 1963 Vera Lynn REC,REL, Ida Lupino BRD
April 1964 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
May 1969 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
August 1969 Chuck Jackson [US]
i November 1965 The Horace Silver Quintet
2002 Dorothy Pay
i May 1967 Four Tops
1960 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Leonard
December 1968 Arthur Collins
1971 Johnny Rivers
April 1964 Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman
May 1969 The Bar Harbor Society Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
Christmas in Heaven James Brown November 1966 Unverified
  October 1964 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
  August 1967 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
December 1968 The Revelers [US1]
April 1964 Bessie Smith - James P. Johnson at the Piano
1990 Chuck Willis
i November 1965 The Royals
September 1962 The Royals
April 1970 Pine Top, Memphis Slim & The House Rockers
August 1967 Little Willie John
  April 1970 Jean DuShon REL, Connie Haines REC
April 1964 Larry Darnell
i May 1967 Dyke and The Blazers
1990 Bobby Bland
February 1970 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
1986 James Brown
Sampled by (6 artists)
Uses samples from James Brown
1990 Fats Domino
October 1964 Roy Brown with Bob Ogden & Orch.
August 1967 Roy Brown with Bob Ogden & Orch.
1962 The Dominoes
December 1968 Jon Thomas and Orchestra
i December 1960 Bill Doggett
October 1966 Sam & Dave
December 1968 Little Willie John
i May 1972 Bill Doggett
Hot Pants James Brown 1971 Unverified
I Feel Good James Brown 1975 Unverified
  March 1968 Harry Secombe with Wally Stott and His Orchestra and Chorus REL, Harry Secombe PRF, Bobby Darin REC
I Found You james brown (James Brown) Unverified
October 1965 Yvonne Fair & James Brown Band
Sampled by Public Enemy
  August 1967 Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan REC,REL,PRF
  October 1964 Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan REC,REL,PRF
May 1969 Deek Watson and His Brown Dots
1961 Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra, Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats
i May 1967 Aretha Franklin
May 1969 The Ambassadors [US2]
August 1962 Annie Laurie
  April 1970 Doris Day - Orchestra under the direction of George Siravo REL, Doris Day and Nestor Amaral REC
November 1962 The Baby
October 1964 Wynona Carr
August 1967 Wynona Carr
i May 1967 Martha & The Vandellas
February 1967 Little Willie Littlefield
1971 Gilbert Bécaud, Jill Corey with Jimmy Carroll
June 1970 Gilbert Bécaud, Jill Corey with Jimmy Carroll
October 1966 The Coasters
  April 1969 Lulu Reed REC, Little Willie John REL
September 1962 Vikki Nelson with The Sounds
April 1961 Roy Brown and His Mighty-Mighty Men
June 1978 Geo. Campbell, Elvis Presley
July 1964 (unknown)
Covered by Bobby Radcliff
i May 1967 "Cannonball" Adderley
November 1966 Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
October 1966 Jerry Butler
April 1957 Memphis Slim and His House Rockers
October 1964 Sergio De Karlo, Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal by Tommy Lynn
October 1964 King Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol
August 1967 King Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol
March 1968 Little Willie John
June 1972 The Jackson 5
Sampled by Massive Attack
i 1961 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Jimmy Forrest and All Star Combo
Sampled by (2 artists)
January 1964 Fisk University Male Quartette
Covered by Eddie Money
October 1964 The Platters
October 1966 Ruby and The Romantics - Arr. & Cond. by Leroy Kirkland
September 19, 2006 James Brown and The Famous Flames
November 1966 Charles Brown
March 22, 1963 Russ Columbo
  April 1970 Walter Huston PRF, Walter Huston - Orchestra Conducted by Maurice De Abravanel REC,REL
i November 1965 Lee Morgan [US1]
August 1963 Cowboy Copas
Sleigh Ride James Brown 1999 Unverified
April 1964 Casey Bill
April 1973 The Beatles
September 1970 Blood, Sweat & Tears
August 1967 Waring's Pennsylvanians, Lloyd Price with Don Costa Orchestra
Sampled by The Pennsylvania Players
July 1974 T-Bone Walker and His Guitar
May 1969 Bert Kaempfert, Frank Sinatra - Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle
1959 Roy Hawkins and His Orchestra
December 1968 Joe Medlin
  September 1977 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
May 1969 Mieko Hirota - Billy Taylor Trio
December 1968 Little Willie John
  1983 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys - Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart REL, Cowboy Copas REC
2007 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
May 1969 Marian Montgomery
August 1968 Marian Montgomery
April 1970 Russell Wooding and His Grand Central Red Caps
November 1960 Billy Ward and The Dominoes
  November 1966 Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
March 1967 Chick Bullock accompanied by His Orchestra
April 1969 Don Cherry - Orchestra conducted by Milton DeLugg
1980 Edna Gallmon Cooke
  June 1963 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
April 1964 Guitar Slim and His Band
1960 The "5" Royales
February 1967 The "5" Royales
November 1962 Ray Starr
October 1964 Mills Brothers
  March 1968 Frank Sinatra BRD, Margaret Whiting with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra REC
2005 James Brown and The Famous Flames
August 1963 Ivory Joe Hunter
April 1970 Anthony Newley
1976 Jackie deShannon
October 1966 Percy Sledge
July 1974 (unknown)
Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)? James Brown 1974 Unverified
i March 1965 Jimmy Smith [US]
August 1969 The Staple Singers
May 1969 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
April 1970 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys

Songs with samples

Sampled songs

Title Performer Release date Info
1988 Sampled by EPMD
February 1973 Sampled by Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre
August 1971 Covered by Big James
Sampled by (2 artists)
September 1970 Covered by Idris Muhammad
Sampled by M/A/R/R/S
July 1974 Covered by The John Wagner Coalition
Sampled by ULTRAmagnetic m.c.'s
August 1967 Covered by (27 artists)
Sampled by (7 artists)
July 1974 Sampled by (3 artists)
August 1971 Sampled by (4 artists)
1978 Sampled by De La Soul
March 1970 Covered by Crazy Baldhead
Sampled by (20 artists)
October 1974 Covered by Tack>>Head
Sampled by (11 artists)
November 1972 Covered by (2 artists)
Sampled by (3 artists)
December 1970 Covered by Deise Mikhail
Sampled by (20 artists)
June 1970 Covered by (28 artists)
Sampled by (4 artists)
1976 Covered by (2 artists)
Sampled by Public Enemy
January 1969 Covered by (7 artists)
Sampled by James Brown
1986 Originally by James Brown
Sampled by (6 artists)
Uses samples from James Brown
November 1975 Sampled by Ice Cube
Uses samples from David Bowie
July 1974 Sampled by Everlast
April 1969 Covered by Phil Upchurch
Sampled by Dickie Goodman
December 1972 Covered by The Del Rubio Triplets
Sampled by (5 artists)
1986 Covered by T.J. Kirk
Sampled by Cypress Hill
October 1965 Originally by Yvonne Fair & James Brown Band
Sampled by Public Enemy
 REL April 1966 Covered by (108 artists)
Originally by James Brown REC
Sampled by (5 artists)
February 1970 Covered by Tower of Power
Sampled by (3 artists)
Uses samples from Big Daddy Kane
April 1971 Sampled by A Tribe Called Quest
December 1971 Sampled by (4 artists)
February 1973 Sampled by (2 artists)
November 1973 Sampled by De La Soul
May 1969 Covered by (7 artists)
Sampled by Dickie Goodman
July 1974 Covered by The John Wagner Coalition
Sampled by (3 artists)
June 1972 Originally by The Jackson 5
Sampled by Massive Attack
i 1961 Originally by Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Jimmy Forrest and All Star Combo
Sampled by (2 artists)
July 1974 Sampled by Janet Jackson
1973 Covered by The Dukes of September
Sampled by Jay Z and Kanye West
1968 Covered by (5 artists)
Sampled by (3 artists)
November 1973 Sampled by Public Enemy
March 1971 Covered by (8 artists)
Sampled by (5 artists)
August 1967 Originally by Waring's Pennsylvanians, Lloyd Price with Don Costa Orchestra
Sampled by The Pennsylvania Players
November 1973 Sampled by Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud
November 1973 Sampled by (2 artists)
June 1972 Covered by (5 artists)
Sampled by (3 artists)
February 1973 Sampled by Big Daddy Kane
August 1969 Sampled by De La Soul
November 1973 Covered by (3 artists)
Sampled by (18 artists)
June 1972 Covered by (3 artists)
Sampled by (2 artists)
November 1967 Covered by (7 artists)
Sampled by Ultramagnetic MC's
May 1978 Sampled by 2Pac
1984 Sampled by M/A/R/R/S

Songs written by James Brown

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
Ain't It Funky Now James Brown James Brown October 14, 1969 Covered by (13 artists)
Ain't That a Groove James Brown, Nat Jones James Brown and The Famous Flames February 1966 Covered by (4 artists)
And I Do Just What I Want James Brown James Brown September 29, 1960 Covered by (3 artists)
Baby Baby Baby James Brown Anna King - Bobby Byrd - Arranged and conducted by Sammy Lowe January 18, 1964 Covered by (4 artists)
Baby, Here I Come James Brown James Brown 1969
Baby, You're Right James Brown, Joe Tex James Brown and The Famous Flames September 27, 1960 Covered by (2 artists)
Blind Man Can See It James Brown, Fred Wesley, Charles Bobbit James Brown February 1973
Blues & Pants James Brown, Fred Wesley James Brown August 1971 Covered by Big James
Call Me Super Bad James Brown James Brown September 1970 Covered by Idris Muhammad
Coldblooded James Brown James Brown July 1974 Covered by The John Wagner Coalition
Cold Sweat James Brown, Pee Wee Ellis James Brown & The Famous Flames August 1967 Covered by (27 artists)
Damn Right I Am Somebody James Brown, Fred Wesley Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s 1974 Covered by T.J. Kirk
Doing It to Death James Brown Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s June 1973 Covered by (4 artists)
Don't Tell a Lie About Me and I Won't Tell the Truth on You James Brown, J. Maloy Roach James Brown July 1974
Escape-ism James Brown, David Matthews [US] James Brown August 1971
Fat Wood James Brown, Jimmy Nolen James Brown September 4, 1969 Covered by The John Wagner Coalition
For Goodness Sakes, Look at Those Cakes James Brown James Brown 1978
Funky Drummer James Brown James Brown March 1970 Covered by Crazy Baldhead
Funky President (People It's Bad) James Brown James Brown October 1974 Covered by Tack>>Head
Get It Together (Part 1) James Brown, Pee Wee Ellis, Bud Hobgood James Brown and The Famous Flames October 1967 Covered by Eddy Mitchell
Get on the Good Foot Part 1 & 2 James Brown, Fred Wesley, Joe Mims James Brown November 1972 Covered by (2 artists)
Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved James Brown, Ron Lenhoff, Bobby Byrd James Brown December 1970 Covered by Deise Mikhail
Get Up I Feel Like Being Like a Sex Machine James Brown, Ron Lenhoff, Bobby Byrd James Brown June 1970 Covered by (28 artists)
Get Up Offa That Thing James Brown James Brown 1976 Covered by (2 artists)
Ghetto Love James Brown, Betty Jean Newsome, will.i.am, Macy Gray, Teedra Moses, Mike Shapiro Macy Gray March 27, 2007
Gimme Some More James Brown, Charles Bobbit The JB's September 2, 1971
Givin' Up Food for Funk (Part 1) James Brown, Fred Wesley, Charles Bobbit The J.B.'s June 12, 1972
Good Good Lovin' James Brown, Andy Gibson [US1] James Brown and The Famous Flames June 27, 1959 Covered by (24 artists)
Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved) James Brown James Brown November 1975
Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved) James Brown
Hot Pants - I'm Coming, Coming, I'm Coming James Brown Bobby Byrd June 9, 1971
Hot Pants Road James Brown, St. Clair Pinckney, Charles Bobbit The JB's April 3, 1972
I Can't Stand It "76" James Brown James Brown July 1974
I Can't Stand Myself James Brown James Brown and The Famous Flames October 30, 1967 Covered by Contortions
I Don't Mind James Brown James Brown and The Famous Flames September 27, 1960 Covered by (13 artists)
I Don't Want Nobody to Give me Nothing James Brown James Brown April 1969 Covered by Phil Upchurch
I Do The Jerk Cliff Chambers, James Brown Bill Pinkney 1964 Unverified
I FEEL GOOD James Brown WIZARD 2004 Missing information
I Found You James Brown Yvonne Fair & James Brown Band January 8, 1962 Covered by (139 artists)
If You Don't Get It the First Time, Back up & Try It Again, Parrty James Brown Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s 1974
If You Don't Think James Brown Tammy Montgomery April 1963 Covered by (2 artists)
I Got a Bag of My Own James Brown James Brown November 1972 Covered by Randy Brecker
I Got Ants in My Pants (And I Want to Dance) James Brown James Brown December 1972 Covered by The Del Rubio Triplets
I Got the Feelin' James Brown James Brown and The Famous Flames February 15, 1968 Covered by (9 artists)
I Got to Move James Brown James Brown 1986 Covered by T.J. Kirk
I Know You Got Soul James Brown, Charles Bobbit, Bobby Byrd Bobby Byrd April 8, 1971 Covered by Jazzkantine
I'll Go Crazy James Brown James Brown and The Famous Flames November 11, 1959 Covered by (57 artists)
I Need Love James Brown The Baby 1960 Covered by (4 artists)
It's a Man's Man's Man's World James Brown, Betty Jean Newsome James Brown REC, James Brown and The Famous Flames REL June 6, 1964 Covered by (108 artists)
It's a New Day James Brown James Brown February 1970 Covered by Tower of Power
It's My Thing James Brown, Marva Whitney Marva Whitney May 1969
(It's Not the Express) It's the J.B.'s Monaurail James Brown The J.B.'s 1975
I Wanna Get Down James Brown, St. Clair Pinckney, Fred Wesley Fred Wesley and The J.B.'s 1974
Just Enough Room for Storage James Brown, David Matthews [US] James Brown April 1971
King Heroin James Brown, Charles Bobbit, David Matthews [US], Manny Rosen James Brown February 1972 Covered by James Chance & The Contortions
La Di Da La Di Day James Brown, Fred Wesley, Charles Bobbit Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s June 1973
Let Yourself Go James Brown, Bud Hobgood James Brown January 15, 1967 Covered by The Showmen [IT]
Licking Stick, Licking Stick James Brown, Pee Wee Ellis, Bobby Byrd James Brown and The Famous Flames April 16, 1968 Covered by (3 artists)
Lost Someone James Brown, Lloyd Stallworth, Bobby Byrd James Brown and The Famous Flames February 9, 1961 Covered by (6 artists)
Make It Funky James Brown, Charles Bobbit James Brown December 1971
Make It Good to Yourself James Brown, Fred Wesley, Charles Bobbit James Brown February 1973
Mama Feelgood James Brown, Lyn Collins Lyn Collins February 1973 Covered by Martha High & Speedometer
Mashed Potatoes U.S.A. James Brown James Brown & The Famous Flames May 20, 1962 Covered by Zoot Money's Big Roll Band
Message from the Soul Sisters James Brown Myra Barnes September 9, 1970 Covered by Bossa Nostra feat. Vicki Anderson
Mind Power James Brown, Fred Wesley, Charles Bobbit James Brown November 1973
Money Won't Change You James Brown, Nat Jones James Brown and The Famous Flames June 9, 1966 Covered by Aretha Franklin
More Peas James Brown Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s June 2, 1973
Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother for Me) James Brown, Pee Wee Ellis James Brown May 13, 1969 Covered by (7 artists)
My Thang James Brown James Brown July 1974 Covered by The John Wagner Coalition
No More Heartaches, No More Pain James Brown, Bobby Byrd Vicki Anderson June 1970 Covered by Martha High & Speedometer
Out of Sight James Brown James Brown and His Orchestra May 1964 Covered by (21 artists)
Papa Don't Take No Mess James Brown, Fred Wesley, John Starks, Charles Bobbit James Brown July 1974
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag James Brown James Brown and The Famous Flames February 1965 Covered by (49 artists)
Parrty James Brown Maceo 1974
Pass the Peas James Brown, John Starks, Charles Bobbit The JB's June 1971 Covered by (4 artists)
People Get up and Drive Your Funky Soul James Brown, St. Clair Pinckney, Fred Wesley James Brown 1973 Covered by The Dukes of September
Please, Please, Please James Brown, Johnny Terry James Brown with The Famous Flames February 4, 1956 Covered by (36 artists)
Rice 'n' Ribs James Brown, Fred Wesley Fred Wesley and The J.B.'s 1974
Rock Me Again & Again & Again & Again & Again & Again (6 Times) James Brown, Lee Austin Lyn Collins 1974 Covered by The Human League
Same Beat James Brown Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s 1974
Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto James Brown, Hank Ballard, Pee Wee Ellis James Brown November 1968 Covered by (7 artists)
Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud James Brown, Pee Wee Ellis James Brown August 7, 1968 Covered by (5 artists)
Shoot Your Shot James Brown, Fred Wesley, Charles Bobbit James Brown November 1973
Shout and Shimmy James Brown James Brown & The Famous Flames June 1962 Covered by The Who
Soulful Christmas James Brown, Hank Ballard, Pee Wee Ellis James Brown November 1968 Covered by (4 artists)
Soul Power James Brown James Brown January 26, 1971 Covered by (8 artists)
Stone to the Bone James Brown James Brown November 1973
Superbad, Superslick Part I James Brown James Brown September 1975 Covered by (3 artists)
Super Good (Answer to Super Bad) James Brown Myra Barnes November 3, 1970
Sweet Little Baby Boy James Brown, Nat Jones James Brown and The Famous Flames October 18, 1966 Covered by (2 artists)
Take Some... Leave Some James Brown, Fred Wesley, Charles Bobbit James Brown November 1973
Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing James Brown, Bobby Byrd James Brown June 1972 Covered by (5 artists)
Taurus, Aries and Leo James Brown The J.B.'s 1975
Tell Me What I Did Wrong James Brown James Brown and The Famous Flames September 18, 1958 Covered by (3 artists)
Tell Me What You're Gonna Do James Brown James Brown and The Famous Flames October 4, 1960 Covered by (3 artists)
The Boss James Brown, Fred Wesley, Charles Bobbit James Brown February 1973
The Grunt James Brown, Johnny Griggs, Clayton Gunnels, Darryl Jamison, Robert McCullough, Clyde Stubblefield, Bootsy Collins The J.B.'s June 1970
The Little Groove Maker Me James Brown James Brown August 1969
The Payback James Brown, Fred Wesley, John Starks James Brown November 1973 Covered by (3 artists)
There It Is James Brown, St. Clair Pinckney James Brown June 1972 Covered by (3 artists)
There Was a Time James Brown, Bud Hobgood James Brown and The Famous Flames June 25, 1967 Covered by (7 artists)
The Spank James Brown, Charles E. Sherrell James Brown May 1978
Think (About It) James Brown Lyn Collins May 5, 1972 Covered by (6 artists)
Try Me (I Need You) James Brown James Brown and The Famous Flames September 18, 1958 Covered by (17 artists)
Unity Part 3 - Nuclear Wild Style James Brown, Skip McDonald, Keith LeBlanc, Doug Wimbish, Robin Halpin, Afrika Bambaataa Afrika Bambaataa & James Brown 1984
What Do I Have to Do to Prove My Love to You James Brown, Marva Whitney Marva Whitney 1968 Covered by (2 artists)
You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks & I'll Be Straight James Brown Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s May 1973 Covered by Sweet Pea Atkinson feat. Mindi Abair
You Can't Love Me If You Don't Respect Me James Brown, Lyn Collins Lyn Collins November 1975
You’ve Got the Power Johnny Terry, James Brown James Brown and The Famous Flames April 1960 Unverified

Adapted songs

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
A Family Affair James Brown 2007 Brownstone
Ain't It Funky Now James Brown January 1970 King [US]
A Soulful Christmas James Brown November 1968 King [US]
Black Caesar James Brown February 1973 Polydor
Bodyheat James Brown 1976 Polydor
Bring It On! James Brown 1983 Churchill Records & Video Ltd.
Cold Sweat James Brown & The Famous Flames August 1967 King [US]
Get on the Good Foot James Brown November 1972 Polydor
Gettin' Down to It James Brown May 1969 King [US]
Get up Offa That Thing James Brown 1976 Polydor
Gravity James Brown September 15, 1986 Scotti Bros.
Grits & Soul James Brown March 1965 Smash
Handful of Soul James Brown October 1966 Smash
Hey America James Brown 1970 King [US]
Hot James Brown December 1975 Polydor
Hot Pants James Brown August 1971 Polydor
I Can't Stand Myself James Brown and The Famous Flames March 1968 King [US]
In the Jungle Groove James Brown 1986 Polydor
It's a Mother James Brown August 1969 King [US]
It's Hell James Brown July 1974 Polydor
Jam / 1980's James Brown May 1978 Polydor
James Brown and His Famous Flames Tour the U.S.A. James Brown and The Famous Flames September 1962 King [US]
James Brown Christmas Album James Brown and The Famous Flames November 1966 King [US]
James Brown Plays & Directs the Popcorn James Brown August 1969 King [US]
James Brown Plays James Brown Today & Yesterday James Brown November 1965 Smash
James Brown Plays the Real Thing James Brown May 1967 Smash
James Brown Sings Raw Soul James Brown March 1967 King [US]
Live at the Apollo - Volume II James Brown and The Famous Flames August 1968 King [US]
Messing with the Blues James Brown 1990 Polydor
Motherlode James Brown 1988 Polydor
Out of Sight James Brown October 1964 Smash
People James Brown March 1980 Polydor
Prisoner of Love James Brown August 1963 King [US]
Revolution of the Mind James Brown December 1971 Polydor
Say It Live and Loud James Brown 1998 Polydor
Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud James Brown April 1969 King [US]
Sex Machine James Brown September 1970 King [US]
Sho Is Funky down Here James Brown April 1971 King [US]
Shout and Shimmy James Brown and His Famous Flames 1962 King [US]
Showtime James Brown and His Orchestra April 1964 Smash
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off James Brown 1973 Polydor
Soul on Top James Brown April 1970 King [US]
Soul Pride (The Instrumentals 1960-1969) James Brown 1993 Polydor
Super Bad James Brown 1971 King [US]
Take a Look at Those Cakes James Brown 1978 Polydor
The Amazing James Brown James Brown and The Famous Flames 1961 King [US]
The CD of JB - Sex Machine & Other Soul Classics James Brown 1985 Polydor
The Next Step James Brown 2002 Red Ink
The Payback James Brown November 1973 Polydor
There It Is James Brown June 1972 Polydor
Think! James Brown and The Famous Flames 1960 King [US]
Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things James Brown December 1968 King [US]
Try Me James Brown and The Famous Flames 1959 King [US]

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
Again James Brown and The Famous Flames April 1964 King [US]
Ain't It Funky Now James Brown November 1969 King [US]
Ain't That a Groove James Brown and The Famous Flames February 1966 King [US]
Baby, You're Right James Brown and The Famous Flames July 1961 King [US]
Bewildered James Brown and The Famous Flames January 1961 King [US]
Caldonia James Brown and His Orchestra April 1964 Smash
Call Me Super Bad James Brown September 1970 King [US]
Funky Drummer James Brown March 1970 King [US]
Funky President (People It's Bad) James Brown October 1974 Polydor
Get it Together (Part 1) James Brown and The Famous Flames October 1967 King [US]
Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved James Brown December 1970 King [US]
Get Up I Feel Like Being Like a Sex Machine James Brown June 1970 King [US]
Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose James Brown January 1969 King [US]
Good Good Lovin' James Brown and The Famous Flames October 1959 Federal [US2]
Have Mercy Baby James Brown and The Famous Flames November 1964 King [US]
Hold It James Brown Presents His Band December 1960 King [US]
Honky Tonk, Parts 1&2 The James Brown Soul Train May 1972 Polydor
Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved) James Brown November 1975 Polydor
I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) James Brown and The Famous Flames November 1967 King [US]
I Don't Know James Brown with The Famous Flames May 1956 Federal [US2]
I Don't Mind James Brown and The Famous Flames April 1961 King [US]
I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get it Myself) James Brown April 1969 King [US]
I Found You Yvonne Fair & James Brown Band February 1962 King [US]
I Got Ants in My Pants (And I Want to Dance) James Brown December 1972 Polydor
I Got the Feelin' James Brown and The Famous Flames March 1968 King [US]
I Got You (I Feel Good) James Brown and The Famous Flames October 1965 King [US]
I'll Go Crazy James Brown and The Famous Flames January 1960 Federal [US2]
I Loves You Porgy James Brown and The Famous Flames June 1967 Bethlehem Records
I Love You, Yes I Do James Brown and The Famous Flames August 1961 King [US]
It Hurts to Be in Love Yvonne Fair & The James Brown Band August 1962 King [US]
It's a Man's Man's Man's World James Brown and The Famous Flames April 1966 King [US]
It's a New Day James Brown February 1970 King [US]
Jimmy Mack James Brown May 1967 Smash
Kansas City James Brown and The Famous Flames February 1967 King [US]
King Heroin James Brown February 1972 Polydor
Let It Be Me Vicki Anderson - James Brown June 1970 King [US]
Let Yourself Go James Brown and The Famous Flames April 1967 King [US]
Licking Stick - Licking Stick James Brown and The Famous Flames May 1968 King [US]
Like a Baby James Brown and The Famous Flames January 1963 King [US]
Lost Someone James Brown and The Famous Flames November 1961 King [US]
Mashed Potatoes U.S.A. James Brown & The Famous Flames August 1962 King [US]
Messing with the Blues James Brown April 1957 Federal [US2]
Money Won't Change You James Brown and The Famous Flames July 1966 King [US]
Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother for Me) James Brown May 1969 King [US]
Night Train James Brown and The Famous Flames March 1962 King [US]
Oh Baby Don't You Weep James Brown and The Famous Flames January 1964 King [US]
Out of Sight James Brown and His Orchestra July 1964 Smash
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag James Brown and The Famous Flames June 1965 King [US]
Please, Please, Please James Brown with The Famous Flames February 1956 Federal [US2]
Prisoner of Love James Brown & The Famous Flames March 22, 1963 King [US]
Regrets James Brown 1979 Polydor
Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud James Brown 1968 King [US]
Shout and Shimmy James Brown & The Famous Flames June 1962 King [US]
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered James Brown and The Famous Flames September 1963 King [US]
So Long James Brown and The Famous Flames June 1964 King [US]
Soul Power Pt. 1 James Brown March 1971 King [US]
Superbad, Superslick Part I James Brown September 1975 Polydor
Sweet Little Baby Boy James Brown & The Famous Flames November 1966 King [US]
Take Me Higher and Groove Me James Brown September 1977 Polydor
Tell Me What You're Gonna Do James Brown and The Famous Flames August 1964 King [US]
The Bells James Brown November 1960 King [US]
The Payback James Brown February 1974 Polydor
The Popcorn James Brown June 1969 King [US]
These Foolish Things James Brown & The Famous Flames June 1963 King [US]
The Spank James Brown June 1978 Polydor
Think James Brown and The Famous Flames April 1960 Federal [US2]
Think [1973] James Brown April 1973 Polydor
Three Hearts in a Tangle James Brown and The Famous Flames November 1962 King [US]
Try Me (I Need You) James Brown and The Famous Flames October 1958 Federal [US2]

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