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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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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
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