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James Brown
Sign in to saveAlso known as The Godfather of Soul, Mr. Dynamite, James Joseph Brown, Jr., Soul Brother #1ffff
cantante statunitense (1933-2006)
James Brown was an American musician who lived from 1933 to 2006 and became one of the most influential figures in music history. He is widely considered the "Godfather of Soul" for pioneering funk and soul music styles that fundamentally shaped popular music and culture.
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Barnwell, South Carolina, USA
James Brown (May 3, 1933 - December 25, 2006) was an American singer and songwriter, eventually referred to as "The Godfather of Soul"(GFOS). Brown started singing in gospel groups and worked his way on up. He has been recognized as one of the most iconic figures in the 20th century popular music and was renowned for his vocals and feverish dancing. He was also called "the hardest-working man in…
Known for
- The Godfather of Soul — Self (archive footage)2026
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self (archive footage)2025
- James Brown: Say It Loud — Self (archive footage)2024
- Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan — Self (archive footage)2023
- Death by Fame — Self (archive footage)2023
- Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues — Self (archive footage)2022
- Best of the 60s: The Story of Ready, Steady, Go! — Self (archive footage)2021
- Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York — Self (archive footage)2021
- Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage — Self (archive footage)2021
- 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything — Self (archive footage)2021
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- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Family name
- Brown
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Augusta
- Place of death
- Atlanta
- Occupation
- sound designer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- gospel music
- Instrument
- drum kit
- Record label
- Philips Records
- Discography
- James Brown discography
- Mass
- 65
- Official website
- www.godfatherofsoul.com
- Image
- James Brown Live Hamburg 1973 1702730029.jpg
- Height
- 1.68
- Voice type
- baritone
- Convicted of
- robbery
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- social media followers
- 1210000
- end of work period
- 2006-00-00
- Commons category
- James Brown
- date of birth
- 1933-05-03
- date of death
- 2006-12-25
- manner of death
- natural causes
- topic's main category
- Category:James Brown
- Commons gallery
- James Brown
- cause of death
- heart failure
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- start of work period
- 1954-00-00
- birth name
- James Joseph Brown
- name in native language
- James Brown
- different from
- James Brown
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- place of burial
- Beech Island
- P12674
- Jichuk Station
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James Joseph Brown (Barnwell, 3 maggio 1933 – Atlanta, 25 dicembre 2006) è stato un cantante, compositore, musicista, ballerino e bandleader statunitense.Considerato una delle più importanti e influenti figure della musica del XX secolo, pioniere nell'evoluzione della musica gospel e rhythm and blues, nonché del soul, del funk, del rap e della disco music. Celebre per la sua esuberante presenza scenica, operò una sorta di rivoluzione dei classici assetti melodici. Il suo modo di stare sul palco e il suo stile furono ripresi da artisti come Mick Jagger, Prince e altri. È stato l'idolo e il massimo ispiratore di Michael Jackson. Era noto anche con alcuni soprannomi (molti autoattribuiti), fra i quali "Soul Brother Number One", "Mr. Dynamite", "The Hard-est-Working Man in Show Business", "Minister of The New New Super Heavy Funk", "Mr. Please Please Please", "Universal James", "Funky President", "The King of R&B", e il più noto di tutti, "The Godfather of Soul" (il padrino del Soul). Negli anni settanta è stato bandleader del gruppo The J.B.'s, citato spesso con nomi alternativi quali The James Brown Soul Train, Maceo and the Macks e The Last Word. Come gruppo a sé stante, i J.B.'s hanno suonato anche come backing band di Bobby Byrd, e altri cantanti. Secondo il sito WhoSampled, James Brown è l'artista più campionato di tutti i tempi. Rolling Stone lo inserisce al settimo posto nella sua lista dei 100 più grandi artisti della storia e al decimo in quella dei migliori cantanti.
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