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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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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
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