The ‘Godfather of Soul’ James Brown died on 25th December 2006 in£Emory Crawford Long Hospital, Atlanta, U.S.A. He was one of the most influential soul artists of the modern era inspiring many performers with his great musical rhythms and beats. Born in the U.S.A. on 3rd May 1933, at Barnwell, South Carolina, James Brown was 73 when he died. His music however lives on.
Here is a selection of some of his great classics :-
1968: “Say it Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud” – Part 1
1970: “Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like A) Sex Machine” (Part 1)”
1985: “Living in America”