Brown has received honors from many institutions, including inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. He also holds the record for the most singles listed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart which did not reach number one. Brown continued to perform and record until his death from pneumonia in 2006.īrown recorded 17 singles that reached number one on the Billboard R&B charts. He also became noted for songs of social commentary, including the 1968 hit "Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud". By the early 1970s, Brown had fully established the funk sound after the formation of the J.B.s with records such as "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" and "The Payback". During the late 1960s he moved from a continuum of blues and gospel-based forms and styles to a profoundly "Africanized" approach to music-making that influenced the development of funk music. 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". First coming to national public attention in the late 1950s as a member of the singing group The Famous Flames with the hit ballads "Please, Please, Please" and "Try Me", Brown built a reputation as a tireless live performer with the Famous Flames and his backing band, sometimes known as the James Brown Band or the James Brown Orchestra. He joined an R&B vocal group, the Gospel Starlighters (which later evolved into the Flames) founded by Bobby Byrd, in which he was the lead singer. In a career that lasted 50 years, he influenced the development of several music genres.īrown began his career as a gospel singer in Toccoa, Georgia.
A progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century popular music and dance, he is often referred to as the "Godfather of Soul". James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader.
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