James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American entert… Read Full Bio ↴James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American entertainer, record producer, and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century music, he is often referred to by the honorific nicknames "the Hardest Working Man in Show Business", "Godfather of Soul", "Mr. Dynamite", and "Soul Brother No. 1". In a career that lasted more than 50 years, he influenced the development of several music genres. Brown was one of the first 10 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at its inaugural induction in New York on January 23, 1986.
Brown began his career as a gospel singer in Toccoa, Georgia. He first came to national public attention in the mid-1950s as the lead singer of the Famous Flames, a rhythm and blues vocal group founded by Bobby Byrd. With the hit ballads "Please, Please, Please" and "Try Me", Brown built a reputation as a dynamic live performer with the Famous Flames and his backing band, sometimes known as the James Brown Band or the James Brown Orchestra. 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".
During the late 1960s, Brown moved from a continuum of blues and gospel-based forms and styles to a profoundly "Africanized" approach to music-making, emphasizing stripped-down interlocking rhythms that influenced the development of funk music. 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". He also became noted for songs of social commentary, including the 1968 hit "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud". Brown continued to perform and record until his death from pneumonia in 2006.
Brown recorded 17 singles that reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B charts. He also holds the record for the most singles listed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart that did not reach No. 1. Brown was posthumously inducted into the first class of the Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame in 2013 as an artist and then in 2017 as a songwriter. He also received honors from several other institutions, including inductions into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In Joel Whitburn's analysis of the Billboard R&B charts from 1942 to 2010, Brown is ranked No. 1 in The Top 500 Artists. He is ranked seventh on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown
Studio albums
Please Please Please (1958)
Try Me! (1959)
Think! (1960)
The Amazing James Brown (1961)
James Brown and His Famous Flames Tour the U.S.A. (1962)
Prisoner of Love (1963)
Grits & Soul (1964)
Showtime (1964)
Out of Sight (1964)
James Brown Plays James Brown Today & Yesterday (1965)
Mighty Instrumentals (1966)
James Brown Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo) (1966)
James Brown Sings Christmas Songs (1966)
Handful of Soul (1966)
James Brown Sings Raw Soul (1967)
James Brown Plays the Real Thing (1967)
Cold Sweat (1967)
I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me (1968)
I Got the Feelin' (1968)
James Brown Plays Nothing But Soul (1968)
Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things (1968)
A Soulful Christmas (1968)
Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud (1969)
Gettin' Down to It (1969)
The Popcorn (1969)
It's a Mother (1969)
Ain't It Funky (1970)
Soul on Top (1970)
It's a New Day - Let a Man Come In (1970)
Hey America (1970)
Sho Is Funky Down Here (1971)
Hot Pants (1971)
There It Is (1972)
Get on the Good Foot (1972)
Black Caesar (1973)
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973)
The Payback (1973)
Hell (1974)
Reality (1974)
Sex Machine Today (1975)
Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump (1975)
Hot (1976)
Get Up Offa That Thing (1976)
Bodyheat (1976)
Mutha's Nature (1977)
Jam 1980's (1978)
Take a Look at Those Cakes (1978)
The Original Disco Man (1979)
People (1980)
Soul Syndrome (1980)
Nonstop! (1981)
Bring It On! (1983)
Gravity (1986)
I'm Real (1988)
Love Over-Due (1991)
Universal James (1993)
I'm Back (1998)
The Merry Christmas Album (1999)
The Next Step (2002)
Brown began his career as a gospel singer in Toccoa, Georgia. He first came to national public attention in the mid-1950s as the lead singer of the Famous Flames, a rhythm and blues vocal group founded by Bobby Byrd. With the hit ballads "Please, Please, Please" and "Try Me", Brown built a reputation as a dynamic live performer with the Famous Flames and his backing band, sometimes known as the James Brown Band or the James Brown Orchestra. 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".
During the late 1960s, Brown moved from a continuum of blues and gospel-based forms and styles to a profoundly "Africanized" approach to music-making, emphasizing stripped-down interlocking rhythms that influenced the development of funk music. 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". He also became noted for songs of social commentary, including the 1968 hit "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud". Brown continued to perform and record until his death from pneumonia in 2006.
Brown recorded 17 singles that reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B charts. He also holds the record for the most singles listed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart that did not reach No. 1. Brown was posthumously inducted into the first class of the Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame in 2013 as an artist and then in 2017 as a songwriter. He also received honors from several other institutions, including inductions into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In Joel Whitburn's analysis of the Billboard R&B charts from 1942 to 2010, Brown is ranked No. 1 in The Top 500 Artists. He is ranked seventh on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown
Studio albums
Please Please Please (1958)
Try Me! (1959)
Think! (1960)
The Amazing James Brown (1961)
James Brown and His Famous Flames Tour the U.S.A. (1962)
Prisoner of Love (1963)
Grits & Soul (1964)
Showtime (1964)
Out of Sight (1964)
James Brown Plays James Brown Today & Yesterday (1965)
Mighty Instrumentals (1966)
James Brown Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo) (1966)
James Brown Sings Christmas Songs (1966)
Handful of Soul (1966)
James Brown Sings Raw Soul (1967)
James Brown Plays the Real Thing (1967)
Cold Sweat (1967)
I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me (1968)
I Got the Feelin' (1968)
James Brown Plays Nothing But Soul (1968)
Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things (1968)
A Soulful Christmas (1968)
Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud (1969)
Gettin' Down to It (1969)
The Popcorn (1969)
It's a Mother (1969)
Ain't It Funky (1970)
Soul on Top (1970)
It's a New Day - Let a Man Come In (1970)
Hey America (1970)
Sho Is Funky Down Here (1971)
Hot Pants (1971)
There It Is (1972)
Get on the Good Foot (1972)
Black Caesar (1973)
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973)
The Payback (1973)
Hell (1974)
Reality (1974)
Sex Machine Today (1975)
Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump (1975)
Hot (1976)
Get Up Offa That Thing (1976)
Bodyheat (1976)
Mutha's Nature (1977)
Jam 1980's (1978)
Take a Look at Those Cakes (1978)
The Original Disco Man (1979)
People (1980)
Soul Syndrome (1980)
Nonstop! (1981)
Bring It On! (1983)
Gravity (1986)
I'm Real (1988)
Love Over-Due (1991)
Universal James (1993)
I'm Back (1998)
The Merry Christmas Album (1999)
The Next Step (2002)
Medley: Brother Rapp/Ain't It Funky Now
James Brown Lyrics
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Baby, here I come
Baby, here I come
Baby, baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby, yeah
Baby, here I come
Baby, here I come, hey
Baby, here I come
I want you, good God, to sit down
Put your hand across your lap
Get yourself together, I'm ready
I'm ready, hey, sit down, baby
And put your hand
Your hand across your lap
Let me sit down
And listen to my rap
I wanna write, good God
The soul book, so good
Baby, I wanna cook
Baby, yeah
Now, baby, lookie here
I wanna tell you bout
The book I wanna cook
Good God
Get down in the pot
I said my body getting hot
Yeah, I don't have
A whole lot left, good God
But I can do my thing
Get back, my bad self
Now, baby, sit down, sit down
Listen here, lay your
Hands across your lap
Get ready, listen to me
The brother got the rap
I want the band, the band
To take me to the bridge
Take me to the bridge
Take me now
Got to, got to, got to
Hey, hey, hey
Baby, good God
Hey, Lord, Lord, Lord
Put your hands across your lap
I wanna rap
I got to what I do
For me and you
Let me, let me, let me
Get next to, baby
Get next to you
Let me get, let me get
Let me get, let me
Let me, let me get
Next to you, baby
Now, Maceo, brother
Brother, now brother Maceo
Grab your horn
March over here, brother
Brother, brother Maceo
Grab your horn
And march over here
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna
Wanna watch you blow
Good God, so I can go
Before I go, come on, Maceo
Lookie here now
Lay your horn
Across your lap, brother
Yeah, brother
Me and you, just the two
Me and you, me and you
You know, you know
You know, you know
Play, little brother
Good God
Put your horn in your lap
Good God, Maceo
Now brother, lay your horn
Lay your horn right there
In your lap, lookie here
Lay your horn in your lap
Let the brother back up
And get the thing together
I wanna rap
I said, baby, up in here
Whoa, baby, whoa
Here I come, here I come
Good God
I'm standing in the back
My soul is heavy, good God
My body getting hot
Baby, baby, baby
My body getting hot
Dong dong dong
Lookie here
It's your thing, your thing
Thing, thing, thing
Thing, thing, thing
Take your thing, take your thing
It's your thing, it's your thing
Fellas, things done got too far gone
We gotta let the girls know what they gotta do for us
It's than gotta be a drag, man, a man can't do nothin' no more
A-ha-ha-ha-ha
Is really a drag?
You gotta do somethin'
Can I count 'em?
Look me here
Girl, let me tell you what you got to do
Keepin' me so mellow, so nobody can get through
When he had to do your lovin', smilin' keeps us cheek
Walk away and twist your hip, make sure you keep him weak
Don't let nobody take care o' your business better than you do
Do what he wants, give what he wants, expect 'em come to you
And than you can hold your men, you can hold your men, you can hold your men
You can hold , hey
Never get so confident was nothin' you want to know
You caught up your time, you lose your thing, you think you got to go
You know what we got to tell 'em to take a plea until balls
Use your thing so carefully and don't be a total loss
Sister, when you loved your man, be careful, I ain't tellin' that
He will put you back on the corner, use you like it's in the hat
You can hold your men, you can hold your men, you can hold your men, you can
Hold, hey
Hit it
Good god, kill it
Hit me now
Good god
Never get too confident so it's nothin' you want to know
You caught up your time, you lose your thing, you think you got to blow
You know I got what it takes to take a plea until balls
You gotta use it carefully and it can't be a total
Hit me now
Good god, kill it
Yeah
Good god
Fellas
Can I get some help?
Can I get some help?
Look for me some help
Can I get a witness?
Shall I need a witness?
Shall I need a witness?
I, I, I, I need a witness
Can I get a witness?
I want a witness over there
Can I get a witness?
I want a witness over here
I'm a witness right here
I'm a witness over there
Is a witness over there?
I'm a witness right here
Wait a minute
Girl, let me tell you what you got to do
Keepin' me so mellow, nobody can get through
And when he had to do your lovin', smilin' keeps us cheek, good god
Walk away and twist your hip, make sure you keep him weak
And make sure you keep him weak, good god
Sure you keep him
Ain't it funky now? Good god
Ain't it funky now? Hey
Ain't it funky now?
Ain't it funky now?
Ain't it funky now?
Ain't it funky now?
Ain't it funky now?
One more! Ha
Don't Good god
Don't let nobody take care o' your business better than you do
Do what he wants, give what he wants expect 'em come to you
Ain't it funky now?
Can I get some help?
Look for me some help
Than clap your hands
I said, clap your hands
Put the level little higher
Put the level little higher
A little bit higher now
Put the level little higher
Ain't it funky now?
Ain't it funky now?
Yeah
People scream
Can I scream, brother?
Can I scream, brother?
Brother, can I scream now?
Can I scream, brother?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Gotta scream
Good god, gotta scream, now
I gotta scream, now
I gotta scream, now
I gotta scream, now
You want a whole o' men
I need a whole o' men
I need satisfy the men
I need a whole o' men
I got a whole o' men
Ain't it funky now?
Good god, ain't it funky now?
Hey, yeah, yeah
Can I get some help?
I gotta have some help
I wanna get some help
Wanna get some help
I wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna
Yeah, now
Good God
Can I, can I, can I, can I, can I, can I, yeah
Never get so confident, so it's nothin' you want to know
You caught up your time, you lose your thing, you think you got to blow
You know I got what it takes to take a please until balls
You gotta use it carefully and it can't be a total loss
You girl, looky here
Sister, when you tell your love your man, get how, tellin' that
You take upon a planet and use it if it's in the hat
Come on
Can I get some help?
Can I get a witness?
Can I get a witness?
A witness over there?
A witness over there?
A witness, witness, witness, witness
Can I get a witness?
Can I get a witness?
Can I get a witness?
Can?
Can I get a witness?
Hey yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Ah
Ah
Can I get a witness?
Ah, lord
Ah
Ah
Brother, do you know what I'm talkin' about?
Brother, do you understand it now?
Ha
Brother Byrd, you know what I'm talkin' about
Ha
Can I get a witness?
Baby, here I come
Baby, here I come
Baby, baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby, yeah
Baby, here I come
Baby, here I come, hey
Baby, here I come
I want you, good God, to sit down
Put your hand across your lap
Get yourself together, I'm ready
I'm ready, hey, sit down, baby
And put your hand
Your hand across your lap
Let me sit down
And listen to my rap
I wanna write, good God
The soul book, so good
Baby, I wanna cook
Baby, yeah
Now, baby, lookie here
I wanna tell you bout
The book I wanna cook
Good God
Get down in the pot
I said my body getting hot
Yeah, I don't have
A whole lot left, good God
But I can do my thing
Get back, my bad self
Now, baby, sit down, sit down
Listen here, lay your
Hands across your lap
Get ready, listen to me
The brother got the rap
I want the band, the band
To take me to the bridge
Take me to the bridge
Take me now
Got to, got to, got to
Hey, hey, hey
Baby, good God
Hey, Lord, Lord, Lord
Put your hands across your lap
I wanna rap
I got to what I do
For me and you
Let me, let me, let me
Get next to, baby
Get next to you
Let me get, let me get
Let me get, let me
Let me, let me get
Next to you, baby
Now, Maceo, brother
Brother, now brother Maceo
Grab your horn
March over here, brother
Brother, brother Maceo
Grab your horn
And march over here
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna
Wanna watch you blow
Good God, so I can go
Before I go, come on, Maceo
Lookie here now
Lay your horn
Across your lap, brother
Yeah, brother
Me and you, just the two
Me and you, me and you
You know, you know
You know, you know
Play, little brother
Good God
Put your horn in your lap
Good God, Maceo
Now brother, lay your horn
Lay your horn right there
In your lap, lookie here
Lay your horn in your lap
Let the brother back up
And get the thing together
I wanna rap
I said, baby, up in here
Whoa, baby, whoa
Here I come, here I come
Good God
I'm standing in the back
My soul is heavy, good God
My body getting hot
Baby, baby, baby
My body getting hot
Dong dong dong
Lookie here
It's your thing, your thing
Thing, thing, thing
Thing, thing, thing
Take your thing, take your thing
It's your thing, it's your thing
Fellas, things done got too far gone
We gotta let the girls know what they gotta do for us
It's than gotta be a drag, man, a man can't do nothin' no more
A-ha-ha-ha-ha
Is really a drag?
You gotta do somethin'
Can I count 'em?
Look me here
Girl, let me tell you what you got to do
Keepin' me so mellow, so nobody can get through
When he had to do your lovin', smilin' keeps us cheek
Walk away and twist your hip, make sure you keep him weak
Don't let nobody take care o' your business better than you do
Do what he wants, give what he wants, expect 'em come to you
And than you can hold your men, you can hold your men, you can hold your men
You can hold , hey
Never get so confident was nothin' you want to know
You caught up your time, you lose your thing, you think you got to go
You know what we got to tell 'em to take a plea until balls
Use your thing so carefully and don't be a total loss
Sister, when you loved your man, be careful, I ain't tellin' that
He will put you back on the corner, use you like it's in the hat
You can hold your men, you can hold your men, you can hold your men, you can
Hold, hey
Hit it
Good god, kill it
Hit me now
Good god
Never get too confident so it's nothin' you want to know
You caught up your time, you lose your thing, you think you got to blow
You know I got what it takes to take a plea until balls
You gotta use it carefully and it can't be a total
Hit me now
Good god, kill it
Yeah
Good god
Fellas
Can I get some help?
Can I get some help?
Look for me some help
Can I get a witness?
Shall I need a witness?
Shall I need a witness?
I, I, I, I need a witness
Can I get a witness?
I want a witness over there
Can I get a witness?
I want a witness over here
I'm a witness right here
I'm a witness over there
Is a witness over there?
I'm a witness right here
Wait a minute
Girl, let me tell you what you got to do
Keepin' me so mellow, nobody can get through
And when he had to do your lovin', smilin' keeps us cheek, good god
Walk away and twist your hip, make sure you keep him weak
And make sure you keep him weak, good god
Sure you keep him
Ain't it funky now? Good god
Ain't it funky now? Hey
Ain't it funky now?
Ain't it funky now?
Ain't it funky now?
Ain't it funky now?
Ain't it funky now?
One more! Ha
Don't Good god
Don't let nobody take care o' your business better than you do
Do what he wants, give what he wants expect 'em come to you
Ain't it funky now?
Can I get some help?
Look for me some help
Than clap your hands
I said, clap your hands
Put the level little higher
Put the level little higher
A little bit higher now
Put the level little higher
Ain't it funky now?
Ain't it funky now?
Yeah
People scream
Can I scream, brother?
Can I scream, brother?
Brother, can I scream now?
Can I scream, brother?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Gotta scream
Good god, gotta scream, now
I gotta scream, now
I gotta scream, now
I gotta scream, now
You want a whole o' men
I need a whole o' men
I need satisfy the men
I need a whole o' men
I got a whole o' men
Ain't it funky now?
Good god, ain't it funky now?
Hey, yeah, yeah
Can I get some help?
I gotta have some help
I wanna get some help
Wanna get some help
I wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna
Yeah, now
Good God
Can I, can I, can I, can I, can I, can I, yeah
Never get so confident, so it's nothin' you want to know
You caught up your time, you lose your thing, you think you got to blow
You know I got what it takes to take a please until balls
You gotta use it carefully and it can't be a total loss
You girl, looky here
Sister, when you tell your love your man, get how, tellin' that
You take upon a planet and use it if it's in the hat
Come on
Can I get some help?
Can I get a witness?
Can I get a witness?
A witness over there?
A witness over there?
A witness, witness, witness, witness
Can I get a witness?
Can I get a witness?
Can I get a witness?
Can?
Can I get a witness?
Hey yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Ah
Ah
Can I get a witness?
Ah, lord
Ah
Ah
Brother, do you know what I'm talkin' about?
Brother, do you understand it now?
Ha
Brother Byrd, you know what I'm talkin' about
Ha
Can I get a witness?
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