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Willie Johnson. The Famous Flames were an American rhythm and blues, soul vocal group [1] founded in Toccoa, Georgia, in 1953 by Bobby Byrd. James Brown first began his career as a member of the Famous Flames, emerging as the lead singer by the time of their first appearance in a professional recording, "Please, Please, Please", in 1956.
- 1953–1968
- Toccoa, Georgia, U.S.
In 1960, Brown began multi-tasking in the recording studio involving himself, his singing group, the Famous Flames, and his band, a separate entity from the Flames, sometimes named the James Brown Orchestra or the James Brown Band.
Note the words on Brown’s instrument: “God-father.” As the announcer at the Howard and the Regal and the Apollo and theaters everywhere else put it, Brown was, of course, “the Godfather of ...
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5 days ago · James Brown (born May 3, 1933, Barnwell, South Carolina, U.S.—died December 25, 2006, Atlanta, Georgia) was an American singer, songwriter, arranger, and dancer, who was one of the most important and influential entertainers in 20th-century popular music and whose remarkable achievements earned him the sobriquet “the Hardest-Working Man in Show Business.”
- George Lipsitz
Oct 29, 2003 · James Brown and The Flames The Flames toured ceaselessly throughout the 1960s, often performing five or six nights each week, and Brown, who promoted and planned his tours, was a sharp businessman ...
James Brown is forever linked with the sound and image of the Famous Flames vocal/dancing group. They backed him on record from 1956 through 1964» and supported him onstage and on the King Records label credits (whether they sang on the recording or not) through 1968.
James Brown was perhaps the best known and clearly the most successful black entertainer of the Sixties and the early Seventies. hey! ooh wait! ow! wow! yow! Born May 3, 1933 in Barnwell, South Carolina, Brown took up keyboards, then drums and bass at an early age. Dropping out of school in the seventh grade Brown picked cotton, shined shoes ...
