Article: Boston's Soul Savior.(Entertainment; MUSIC)('I Got the Feelin': James Brown in the '60s')(Video recording review)

Article: Soul food: A guide to the essential James Brown.(Arts and Lifestyle)
The Boston Herald;  December 27, 2006 ;     512 words ...Byline: CHRISTOPHER BLAGG James Brown may have left us, but his supremely...Yesterday, when Snoop Dogg said, (James Brown's) music and his legacy will live...source. Since the sheer amount of James Brown albums and compilations can be...

Article: An ode to pop icon James Brown
Charleston Gazette;  January 6, 2007 ;     594 words ...James Brown story: The Godfather required razor's-ed...musician missed a cue or flubbed a note, James Brown, his hand held behind him where the audience...another way of understanding the tale: James Brown knew how James Brown was supposed to...

Article: James Brown's Children Are in Court. They Might Have Settled for Love.
The Washington Post;  August 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ......said, pointing at the screen. There was James Brown singing "Please, Please, Please." It...LaRhonda worked up the nerve to call James Brown, tracking him down in a hotel room in...part of the bitter, grabby melee over James Brown's estate -- a fight that now encompasses...

Article: James Brown in the '90s is just like the '60s
The Boston Globe;  July 1, 1994 ;     520 words ...JAMES BROWN At: Harborlights, Wednesday night I love...And you have Soul Brother Numero Uno James Brown growling "It's a Man's World," while...the man rolling. Everyone knows that James Brown's show hasn't changed in 30 years. The...

Article: The Blue Funk of James Brown;The Soul Music Legend, Taxed, Jailed and Feeling Harassed
The Washington Post;  September 28, 1990 ;     700+ words ......Continental rolls to a stoplight. A black man at the corner gas station...habit of breaking into cars-James Brown "always tried to look sharp...in his 1986 autobiography, "James Brown: The Godfather of Soul...finds himself imprisoned, James Brown at least is wearing ...

Article: Soul power James Brown transcended the stage in concert.(Time Out!)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  January 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ......In the press coverage that followed James Brown's Christmas Day death at age 73, much...opportunities. While it is certain the music of James Brown gave rap producers a vocabulary and...For all of its charms, the late-career James Brown was a conscious imitation of the mid...

Article: The Godfather Fills the Apollo One Last Time; Thousands Pay Their Respects At Wake for James Brown
The Washington Post;  December 29, 2006 ;     700+ words ...It was a spectacle that James Brown would have loved. The Godfather of Soul made a...television cameras jostled for better views. Fans sang James Brown songs and reminisced about James Brown concerts. "I'd have to say that musically, the...

Article: PONCHO SANCHEZ MEETS JAMES BROWN KING OF LATIN JAZZ FINDS INSPIRATION IN GODFATHER OF SOUL.(U)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  September 19, 2003 ;     503 words ......his greatest musical influences, James Brown. The disc, which is now in stores...Q: How much of an influence was James Brown on you? A: As a little boy growing...impressed me more because he was a black man. In the late '50s and early '60s...Mexican kid like me looking at a ...

Article: For James Brown, a Funeral as Big as His Life
NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday;  December 31, 2006 ;     443 words ......Edition - Sunday (NPR) 12-31-2006 For James Brown, a Funeral as Big as His Life Host...third and final funeral service for James Brown was no quiet, staid affair. (Soundbite...in the aisles and yell out loud. The James Brown Arena in Augusta, Georgia was packed...

Article: Black Music Month: BET Honors James Brown
Sun Reporter, The;  June 5, 2003 ;     483 words ......Godfather Of Soul" but his mama called him James Brown. There probably isn't another Soul music...influenced popular music as much as James Brown has. His dancing and vocal style, stage...addition to his own contributions to music. James Brown paved the way for artists like Lyn...

Article: Spotlight on James brown y'all
The Boston Globe;  May 5, 1991 ;     700+ words ......first track of "Star Time," the 4-CD James Brown retrospective (PolyGram) due in stores...bags -- the air has turned furious and James Brown is a sight. Stray strands of hair launch...please, please, please" into a hot mike, James Brown's message is crystal clear: Baby, I...

Article: James Brown.(EDITORIALS)
The Washington Times;  December 27, 2006 ;     472 words ...Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES James Brown was a man of many monikers Hardest Working...and the rhythm of the drums that led James Brown to his first recording and million-selling...With gospel as a primary inspiration, James Brown wrote and produced his own records despite...

Article: James Brown never sold his soul for a few pieces of silver
Chicago Defender;  December 29, 2006 ;     679 words ......James "Thunder" Early, Murphy does a James Brown imitation, a sexy soul singer who refuses...song, it would skyrocket. Thank God, James Brown chose not become someone else in order...a music lover can readily identify a James Brown song. Like it not his style is unmistakable...

Article: James Brown to live on in Clendenin man's act
Charleston Daily Mail;  December 28, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Bobby Rucker idolized James Brown so much that he committed to gyrate...Soul. "The first time I ever saw James Brown dance, it was on TV, and I thought...performance career for himself as a James Brown impersonator - even though he's...