A look at the music career of musician James Brown beginning with his first hit song, "Please, Please, Please," in 1956.
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Soul Power |
James Brown: writer, performer
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Shotgun |
James Brown: performer
Junior Walker: writer
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Georgia on My Mind |
James Brown: performer
Hoagy Carmichael: writer
Stuart Gorrell: writer
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Why (Am I Treated So Bad) |
James Brown: performer
Roebuck 'Pops' Staples: writer
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Get Up (I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine) |
James Brown: writer, performer
Bobby Byrd: writer
Ron Lenhoff: writer
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Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On |
Curly Williams: writer
Sunny David: writer
Little Richard: performer
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Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard?) |
Louis Jordan: performer
Fleecie Moore: writer
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Please, Please, Please |
James Brown: writer, performer
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Choo Choo Ch-Boogie |
Vaughn Horton: writer
Milton Gabler: writer
Louis Jordan: performer
Denver Darling: writer
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Night Train |
James Brown: performer
Jimmy Forrest: writer
Lewis Simpkins: writer
Oscar Washington: writer
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The Mooch |
Duke Ellington: writer, performer
Irving Mills: writer
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Try Me |
James Brown: writer, performer
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I Found Someone |
James Brown: writer, performer
Bobby Byrd: writer
Lloyd Stallworth: writer
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The Scratch |
James Brown: performer
James Alston: writer
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I'll Go Crazy |
James Brown: writer, performer
The Famous Flames: performer
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Think |
James Brown: writer, performer
The Famous Flames: performer
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In The Wee Wee Hours (of the Nite) |
James Brown: writer, performer
The Famous Flames: performer
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Lost Someone |
James Brown: writer, performer
Bobby Byrd: writer
The Famous Flames: performer
Lloyd Stallworth: writer
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Here They Come From All Over the World |
Jan & Dean: performer
Jan: performer
P.F. Sloan: writer
Steve Barri: writer
Dean: performer
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How Do You Do It |
Gerry and the Pacemakers: performer
Mitch Murray: writer
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It's A Man's Man's Man's World |
James Brown: writer, performer
Betty Newsome: writer
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Papa's Got A Brand New Bag |
James Brown: writer, performer
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I Get Around |
The Beach Boys: performer
Mike Love: writer
Brian Wilson: writer
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Turn On Your Love Light |
Don D. Robey: writer
Bobby Bland: performer
Joseph W. Scott: writer
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Out of Sight |
James Brown: writer, performer
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I Got You (I Feel Good) |
James Brown: writer, performer
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It's All over Now |
The Rolling Stones: performer
Bobby Womack: writer
Shirley Womack: writer
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Kansas City |
Jerry Leiber: writer
Mike Stoller: writer
James Brown: performer
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Opportunity |
Ray Evans: writer
The Jewels: performer
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You've Got to Change Your Mind |
James Brown: writer, performer
Bobby Byrd: writer
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The Sidewinder |
James Brown: performer
Lee Morgan: writer
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Somethin' Else |
James Brown: writer, performer
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Ain't That A Groove |
James Brown: writer, performer
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Get It Together (Part 2) |
James Brown: writer, performer
Pee Wee Ellis: writer
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Cold Sweat |
James Brown: writer, performer
Pee Wee Ellis: writer
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Infatuation |
James Brown: writer, performer
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Tighten Up |
James Brown: performer
Archie Bell: writer
Billy Buttier: writer
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There Was A Time |
James Brown: writer, performer
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My Girl |
Smokey Robinson: writer
James Brown: performer
Ronald White: writer
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If I Ruled the World |
James Brown: performer
Leslie Bricusse: writer
Cyril Ornadel: writer
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Get It Together |
James Brown: writer, performer
Pee Wee Ellis: writer
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Popcorn with a Feeling |
James Brown: writer, performer
Clyde Stubblefield: writer
St. Clair Pinckney: writer
Alfonso Kellem: writer
Jimmy Nolan: writer
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I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me |
James Brown: writer, performer
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I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door I'll Get it Myself) |
James Brown: writer, performer
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What Kind of Man |
James Brown: writer, performer
Troy Seals: writer
Buddy J. Hobgood: writer
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Fat Eddie |
James Brown: writer, performer
Ron Lenhoff: writer
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Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud |
James Brown: writer, performer
Pee Wee Ellis: writer
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Dirty Harri |
James Brown: writer, performer
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Give It Up or Turn It Loose |
James Brown: performer
Charles Bobbitt: writer
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