James Brown

James Brown
	James Brown in 2001
Agtergrondinligting
Geboortenaam	James Joseph Brown, jr.
Gebore	3 Mei 1933; Barnwell, Suid-Carolina
Sterf	25 Desember 2006 (op 73); Atlanta, Georgia
Genres	"Soul"
Beroep(e)	Musikant
Jare aktief	1953–1988, 1991–2006
Webwerf	jamesbrown.com

James 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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

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

↑ HAT Taal-en-feitegids, Pearson, Desember 2013, ISBN 978-1-77578-243-8
↑ Rolling Stone, rollingstone.com, besoek op 29 April 2017

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[HAT_Taal-en-feitegids-1] HAT Taal-en-feitegids, Pearson, Desember 2013, ISBN 978-1-77578-243-8

[2] Rolling Stone, rollingstone.com, besoek op 29 April 2017

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