James Brown

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American bandleader human musician recording artist singer songwriter

James Brown was an influential American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and dynamic performer widely known as the "Godfather of Soul" and a pioneer of funk music.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
James Brown canonical	136
James Brown discography	2
Introduction to James Brown	1
James Brown (character)	1
James Brown – Live at the Apollo recordings	1
James Brown – lead singer	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American ⓘ bandleader ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ recording artist ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	2006 ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1950 ⓘ
associatedAct	Bobby Byrd ⓘ Lyn Collins ⓘ The Famous Flames ⓘ The J.B.'s ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best R&B Recording Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
birthDate	1933-05-03 ⓘ
birthPlace	Barnwell County, South Carolina ⓘ surface form: Barnwell, South Carolina, United States
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	2006-12-25 ⓘ
deathPlace	Atlanta ⓘ surface form: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
familyName	Brown ⓘ
fullName	James Brown ⓘ surface form: James Joseph Brown
genre	funk ⓘ gospel ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ rock and roll ⓘ soul ⓘ
givenName	James ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ Songwriters Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear	1986 ⓘ
influencedGenre	disco ⓘ funk ⓘ hip hop ⓘ R&B ⓘ surface form: rhythm and blues rock ⓘ soul ⓘ
instrument	organ ⓘ piano ⓘ vocals ⓘ
knownFor	energetic stage performances ⓘ influential funk grooves ⓘ innovative rhythmic style ⓘ
nickname	Godfather of Soul ⓘ Mr. Dynamite ⓘ Soul Brother No. 1 ⓘ
notableAlbum	Live at the Apollo ⓘ Sex Machine ⓘ The Payback ⓘ
notableEvent	kept peace in Boston after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination with a televised concert in 1968 ⓘ
notableWork	Cold Sweat ⓘ Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine ⓘ I Got You (I Feel Good) ⓘ It's a Man's Man's Man's World ⓘ Papa's Got a Brand New Bag ⓘ Please, Please, Please ⓘ Black is beautiful ⓘ surface form: Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud Super Bad ⓘ
occupation	bandleader ⓘ dancer ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
pioneerOf	funk music ⓘ
politicalActivity	civil rights advocacy ⓘ
recordLabel	King Records ⓘ Polydor Records ⓘ Scotti Brothers Records ⓘ

Referenced by (142)

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Chadwick Boseman → portrayed → James Brown ⓘ

Janet Jackson → influencedBy → James Brown ⓘ

Grammy Legend Award → hasRecipient → James Brown ⓘ

Apollo Theater → helpedLaunchCareerOf → James Brown ⓘ

Mercury Records → notableArtist → James Brown ⓘ

Monkey Business → featuresArtist → James Brown ⓘ

Get on Up → mainSubject → James Brown ⓘ

Michael Jackson → influencedBy → James Brown ⓘ

Little Richard → influenced → James Brown ⓘ

Bruno Mars → influencedBy → James Brown ⓘ

That's the Way Love Goes → sampledArtist → James Brown ⓘ

Lifetime Achievement Award → notableRecipient → James Brown ⓘ

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Brown → hasNotableBearer → James Brown ⓘ

Steve Reid → collaboratedWith → James Brown ⓘ

Criteria Studios, Miami → associatedWithArtist → James Brown ⓘ

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Hampton Coliseum → hostedArtist → James Brown ⓘ

Pete Rock → influencedBy → James Brown ⓘ

“It’s Still My Thang” → creator → James Brown ⓘ

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“It’s Still My Thang” → performer → James Brown ⓘ

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“It’s Still My Thang” → artist → James Brown ⓘ

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“It’s Still My Thang” → recordingArtist → James Brown ⓘ

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Regal Theater, Chicago → hostedPerformer → James Brown ⓘ

Janelle Monáe → influencedBy → James Brown ⓘ

Super Bowl XXXI → halftimeShowPerformer → James Brown ⓘ

Nina Cried Power → tributeTo → James Brown ⓘ

They Don’t Want Music → featuredArtist → James Brown ⓘ

They Don’t Want Music → vocalist → James Brown ⓘ

Nelsan Ellis as Bobby Byrd → depictsRelationshipWith → James Brown ⓘ

Viola Davis as Susie Brown → relatedToRealPerson → James Brown ⓘ

Viola Davis as Susie Brown → workSubject → James Brown ⓘ

Octavia Spencer as Aunt Honey → influences → James Brown ⓘ

this entity surface form: James Brown (character)

Lennie James as Joe Brown → mainSubject → James Brown ⓘ

subject surface form: Get on Up

Jill Scott as DeeDee Brown → workSubject → James Brown ⓘ

Godfather of Soul → refersTo → James Brown ⓘ

Godfather of Soul → honorificFor → James Brown ⓘ

Soul Brother No. 1 → refersTo → James Brown ⓘ

Soul Brother No. 1 → appliedTo → James Brown ⓘ

Soul Brother No. 1 → notableBearer → James Brown ⓘ

Mr. Dynamite → refersTo → James Brown ⓘ

Mr. Dynamite → appliedTo → James Brown ⓘ

Mr. Dynamite → relatedName → James Brown ⓘ

Please, Please, Please → performer → James Brown ⓘ

Please, Please, Please → vocalist → James Brown ⓘ

Please, Please, Please → writer → James Brown ⓘ

Please, Please, Please → isDebutSingleOf → James Brown ⓘ

Papa's Got a Brand New Bag → artist → James Brown ⓘ

Papa's Got a Brand New Bag → performer → James Brown ⓘ

Papa's Got a Brand New Bag → writer → James Brown ⓘ

Papa's Got a Brand New Bag → composer → James Brown ⓘ

Papa's Got a Brand New Bag → partOf → James Brown ⓘ

this entity surface form: James Brown discography