James Brown

**James Joseph Brown** (3 Mei 1933 – 25 Desember 2006) was 'n Amerikaanse musikant, sanger en liedjieskrywer. Hy word as een van die beste soul-sangers nóg beskou en was bekend vir sy opwindende verhoogoptredes. Sy liedjies sluit in *Papas Got a Brand New Bag* (1965) en *Sex Machine* (1970). Hy was as *The Godfather of Soul* bekend.

## Lewensloop 
James Joseph Brown jr. is op 3 Mei 1933 in Barnwell, Suid-Carolina gebore, maar het in Augusta in Georgia grootgeword. Hy is talle kere deur die polisie in hegtenis geneem. Toe hy 16 jaar oud was, is hy aan gewapende roof skuldig bevind, waarvoor hy drie jaar in 'n jeugsentrum aanhou is. Sy ander oortredings sluit aanranding in.

Vier van Brown se albums is in die Rolling Stone-tydskrif se 2003-lys van die 500 beste albums van alle tye gelys. Brown se bekendste liedjie is *Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine*.

Brown is op 25 Desember 2006 aan longontsteking en hartsiektes in Atlanta oorlede. 'n Openbare gedenkdiens is in die Apollo-teater vir hom gehou. Ikone soos Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder en Prince het sy begrafnis bygewoon.

## Diskografie 
duimnael|Standbeeld van James Brown in Augusta, Georgia

* 1956 *Please Please Please*
* 1959 *Try Me!*
* 1960 *Think*
* 1961 *James Browns Presents His Band*
* 1961 *The Amazing James Brown*
* 1961 *Night Train*
* 1962 *Shout & Shimmy*
* 1962 *Tours the U.S.A.*
* 1962 *Jump Around*
* 1963 *Live at the Apollo* (1963)
* 1963 *Prisoner of Love*
* 1964 *Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal*
* 1964 *Showtime*
* 1964 *Out of Sight*
* 1964 *Grits & Soul*
* 1965 ''Papa's Got a Brand New Bag*
* 1965 *James Brown Plays James Brown*
* 1965 *Papa's Got a Brand New Bag*
* 1966 *I Got You (I Feel Good)*
* 1966 *James Brown Plays New Breed*
* 1966 *It's a Man's Man's Man's World*
* 1966 *Handful of Soul*
* 1966 *Mighty Instrumentals*
* 1966 *James Brown Sings Christmas Songs*
* 1967 *Sings Raw Soul*
* 1967 *Live at the Garden*
* 1967 *James Brown Plays the Real Thing*
* 1967 *Cold Sweat*
* 1968 *I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me*
* 1968 *I Got the Feelin*
* 1968 *James Brown Plays Nothing But Soul*
* 1968 *Live at the Apollo* (1968)
* 1968 *James Brown Sings out of Sight*
* 1968 *James Brown Presents His Show of Tomorrow*
* 1968 *Soul Party*
* 1968 *A Soulful Christmas*
* 1968 *A Thinking About Little Willie*
* 1969 *Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud*
* 1969 *Gettin' Down to It*
* 1969 *It's a Mother*
* 1969 *The Popcorn*
* 1969 *Plays Rhythm & Blues*
* 1969 *Excitement*
* 1970 *Ain't It Funky*
* 1970 *Soul on Top*
* 1970 *It's a New Day – So Let a Man Come In*
* 1970 *Sex Machine*
* 1970 *Hey America*
* 1971 *She Is Funky Down Here*
* 1971 *Hot Pants*
* 1971 *Revolution of the Mind* (lewendig)
* 1971 *Super Bad (live)*
* 1971 *Soul Brother No. 1*
* 1972 *There It Is*
* 1972 *Get on the Good Foot*
* 1973 *Black Caesar*
* 1973 *Slaughter's Big Rip-Off*
* 1973 *The Payback*
* 1974 *Hell*
* 1974 *Reality*
* 1975 *Sex Machine Today*
* 1975 *Everybody's Doin' the Hustle*
* 1976 *Get up Offa That Thing* (1976)
* 1976 *Bodyheat*
* 1976 *Hot*
* 1977 *Mutha's Nature*
* 1977 *Strangers*
* 1978 *Jam/1980's*
* 1978 *Take a Look at Those Cakes*
* 1979 *The Original Disco Man*
* 1979 *Mister Dynamite*
* 1980 *People*
* 1980 *Hot on the One* (lewendig)
* 1980 *Soul Syndrome*
* 1981 *Nonstop!*
* 1981 *The Third Coming*
* 1981 *Live in New York*
* 1981 *Special*
* 1982 *Mean on the Scene* (lewendig)
* 1983 *Bring It On!*
* 1985 *Live in Concert*
* 1986 *Gravity*
* 1988 *I'm Real*
* 1991 *Love Over-Due*
* 1992 *Universal James*
* 1995 *Live at the Apollo 1995*
* 1998 *I'm Back*
* 1999 *The Merry Christmas Album*
* 2001 *Get up Offa That Thing* (2001) (lewendig)
* 2002 *Super Bad – Live*
* 2002 *Startime Live*
* 2002 *In Concert'' (lewendig)

## Verwysings 
## Eksterne skakels 
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