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What happened in The Famous Flames' decline?
Dissension grew throughout 1966 and 1967, in 1968 the rest of the members of the Famous Flames,decided to go on with their own separate careers, and the group quietly disappeared
When did the dissessnion begin to occur among The Famous Flames members?
In 1964,when the Flames where still together, James Brown and Bobby Byrd formed their own production company, Fair Deal, in an attempt to promote their recordings to a crossover audience.
What was James Brown's ascension outside of The Famous Flames?
In 1965, King released Brown's Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, which became Brown's first number 1 as a solo artist on the R&B charts
Did James Brown's solo career take off during his time with The Famous Flames?
James Brown signed a contract with Smash Records, a subsidiary of Mercury to distribute the records and Brown released 8 albums from Smash Records.
What were some singles James Brown made during his solo career separate from The Famous Flames?
Hit singles such as I Got You and Papa's Got a Brand New Bag followed James Brown's hit song Out of Sight.

Question: Why did Brown go solo?
Self-contained rewrite: Why did James Brown go solo?