Born: Barnwell, SC, 1933
Years Active: 1942-1990
Member of: UB40
Influenced by: Louis Jordan, The Drifters, Jimmy Forrest, Sam Cooke, Roy Brown, Ray Charles
Genre: R & B
Biography: "Soul Brother Number One," "the Godfather of Soul," "the Hardest Working Man in Show Business," "Mr. Dynamite" -- those are ...
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May 03 2008 4:00AM
by Gaylord Fields
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Spinner.com: On This Date in 1933: James Brown, christened James Joseph Brown Jr., is born is Barnwell, S.C. The Almanac Advises for May 3: "A godfather is a male adult who is chosen to stand in for a parent. The godfather's role is often to take a strong hand in...Read moreFeb 22 2008 10:00AM
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"I've outdone anyone you can name -- Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss. Irving Berlin, he wrote 1,001 tunes. I wrote 5,500." -- James Brown
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'Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto' --James Brown (1968)
Before Jay-Z was born, the great JB was teaching the world how to show off. He had radio stations, a Lear Jet and a fleet of Cadillacs. He also had a pronounced God complex -- he never met...Read more
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