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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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Covers by James Brown

Title Performer Release date Originally by
October 1966 Wilson Pickett
  August 1963 Vera Lynn REC,REL, Ida Lupino BRD
April 1964 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
May 1969 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
August 1969 Chuck Jackson [US]
i November 1965 The Horace Silver Quintet
2002 Dorothy Pay
i May 1967 Four Tops
1960 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Leonard
December 1968 Arthur Collins
1971 Johnny Rivers
April 1964 Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman
May 1969 The Bar Harbor Society Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
Christmas in Heaven James Brown November 1966 Unverified
  October 1964 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
  August 1967 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
December 1968 The Revelers [US1]
April 1964 Bessie Smith - James P. Johnson at the Piano
1990 Chuck Willis
i November 1965 The Royals
September 1962 The Royals
April 1970 Pine Top, Memphis Slim & The House Rockers
August 1967 Little Willie John
  April 1970 Jean DuShon REL, Connie Haines REC
April 1964 Larry Darnell
i May 1967 Dyke and The Blazers
1990 Bobby Bland
February 1970 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
1986 James Brown
Sampled by (6 artists)
Uses samples from James Brown
1990 Fats Domino
October 1964 Roy Brown with Bob Ogden & Orch.
August 1967 Roy Brown with Bob Ogden & Orch.
1962 The Dominoes
December 1968 Jon Thomas and Orchestra
i December 1960 Bill Doggett
October 1966 Sam & Dave
December 1968 Little Willie John
i May 1972 Bill Doggett
Hot Pants James Brown 1971 Unverified
I Feel Good James Brown 1975 Unverified
  March 1968 Harry Secombe with Wally Stott and His Orchestra and Chorus REL, Harry Secombe PRF, Bobby Darin REC
I Found You james brown (James Brown) Unverified
October 1965 Yvonne Fair & James Brown Band
Sampled by Public Enemy
  August 1967 Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan REC,REL,PRF
  October 1964 Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan REC,REL,PRF
May 1969 Deek Watson and His Brown Dots
1961 Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra, Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats
i May 1967 Aretha Franklin
May 1969 The Ambassadors [US2]
August 1962 Annie Laurie
  April 1970 Doris Day - Orchestra under the direction of George Siravo REL, Doris Day and Nestor Amaral REC
November 1962 The Baby
October 1964 Wynona Carr
August 1967 Wynona Carr
i May 1967 Martha & The Vandellas
February 1967 Little Willie Littlefield
1971 Gilbert Bécaud, Jill Corey with Jimmy Carroll
June 1970 Gilbert Bécaud, Jill Corey with Jimmy Carroll
October 1966 The Coasters
  April 1969 Lulu Reed REC, Little Willie John REL
September 1962 Vikki Nelson with The Sounds
April 1961 Roy Brown and His Mighty-Mighty Men
June 1978 Geo. Campbell, Elvis Presley
July 1964 (unknown)
Covered by Bobby Radcliff
i May 1967 "Cannonball" Adderley
November 1966 Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
October 1966 Jerry Butler
April 1957 Memphis Slim and His House Rockers
October 1964 Sergio De Karlo, Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal by Tommy Lynn
October 1964 King Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol
August 1967 King Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol
March 1968 Little Willie John
June 1972 The Jackson 5
Sampled by Massive Attack
i 1961 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Jimmy Forrest and All Star Combo
Sampled by (2 artists)
January 1964 Fisk University Male Quartette
Covered by Eddie Money
October 1964 The Platters
October 1966 Ruby and The Romantics - Arr. & Cond. by Leroy Kirkland
September 19, 2006 James Brown and The Famous Flames
November 1966 Charles Brown
March 22, 1963 Russ Columbo
  April 1970 Walter Huston PRF, Walter Huston - Orchestra Conducted by Maurice De Abravanel REC,REL
i November 1965 Lee Morgan [US1]
August 1963 Cowboy Copas
Sleigh Ride James Brown 1999 Unverified
April 1964 Casey Bill
April 1973 The Beatles
September 1970 Blood, Sweat & Tears
August 1967 Waring's Pennsylvanians, Lloyd Price with Don Costa Orchestra
Sampled by The Pennsylvania Players
July 1974 T-Bone Walker and His Guitar
May 1969 Bert Kaempfert, Frank Sinatra - Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle
1959 Roy Hawkins and His Orchestra
December 1968 Joe Medlin
  September 1977 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
May 1969 Mieko Hirota - Billy Taylor Trio
December 1968 Little Willie John
  1983 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys - Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart REL, Cowboy Copas REC
2007 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
May 1969 Marian Montgomery
August 1968 Marian Montgomery
April 1970 Russell Wooding and His Grand Central Red Caps
November 1960 Billy Ward and The Dominoes
  November 1966 Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
March 1967 Chick Bullock accompanied by His Orchestra
April 1969 Don Cherry - Orchestra conducted by Milton DeLugg
1980 Edna Gallmon Cooke
  June 1963 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
April 1964 Guitar Slim and His Band
1960 The "5" Royales
February 1967 The "5" Royales
November 1962 Ray Starr
October 1964 Mills Brothers
  March 1968 Frank Sinatra BRD, Margaret Whiting with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra REC
2005 James Brown and The Famous Flames
August 1963 Ivory Joe Hunter
April 1970 Anthony Newley
1976 Jackie deShannon
October 1966 Percy Sledge
July 1974 (unknown)
Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)? James Brown 1974 Unverified
i March 1965 Jimmy Smith [US]
August 1969 The Staple Singers
May 1969 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
April 1970 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
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