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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 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 Maceo and The Macks REC, James Brown REL January 26, 1971 Covered by (6 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

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