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The Godfather Of Soul
James Brown

 

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James Brown and The Famous Flames – James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, musician and recording artist. He is the originator of funk music and is a major figure of 20th century popular music and dance. In a career that spanned decades, Brown profoundly influenced the development of many different musical genres. Brown moves on a continuum of blues and gospel-based forms and styles to a profoundly Africanised approach to music making. Brown performed in concerts, first making his rounds across the “chitlin’ circuit” and then across the country and later around the world, along with appearing in shows on television and in movies.

Although he contributed much to the music world through his hit making Brown holds the record as the artist who charted the most singles on the Billboard Hot 100 without ever hitting number one on that chart. For many years Brown’s touring show was one of the most extravagant productions in American popular music. At the time of Brown’s death his band included three guitarists two bass guitar players two drummers three horns and a percussionist. The bands that he maintained during the late 1960′s and 1970′s were of comparable size and the bands also included a three-piece amplified string section that played during ballads. Brown employed between 40 and 50 people for the James Brown Revue and members of the revue traveled with him in a bus to cities and towns all over the country performing upwards of 330 shows a year with almost all of the shows as one-nighters.

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