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- Bobby Byrd, a longtime collaborator with James Brown and co-founder of the Famous Flames, died this week at his home near Atlanta. He was 73. Byrd died Wednesday, a spokesman for Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home in Atlanta said. News accounts attributed the death to cancer.
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Sep 15, 2007 · September 15, 2007 5:00am. Bobby Byrd, a longtime collaborator with James Brown and co-founder of the Famous Flames, died this week at his home near Atlanta. He was 73. Byrd died...
Sep 14, 2007 · 09/14/2007. Bobby Byrd, a longtime collaborator with James Brown and co-founder of the Famous Flames, died this week at his home near Atlanta. He was 73. Byrd died Wednesday, a...
The couple remained married throughout Byrd's lifetime. Though he had moved to Cincinnati after the Famous Flames signed with Federal/King, Byrd retained residences in Georgia, and after leaving Brown, settled at Loganville for the remainder of his life. Death. Bobby Byrd died of cancer on September 12, 2007, at the age of 73.
Sep 15, 2007 · September 14, 2007 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Bobby Byrd, 73, a singer, pianist and songwriter credited with discovering James Brown and who was one of his most important collaborators for two decades,...
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.
Sep 25, 2007 · Legendary singer songwriter, BOBBY BYRD, founding member of the Famous Flames, also known as the GODFATHER to the "Godfather of Soul-James Brown," passed on Sept. 12, 2007. Visitation 9-11am....
Feb 11, 2024 · Bobby Byrd, who was there from the beginning, remained until he began to have solo hits as Bobby Day. Other notable R&B names, Curtis Williams, Earl Nelson and Gaynel Hodge, passed through the Hollywood Flames revolving door of vocalists and helped round out their sound.
