James Brown
- MatchJames Brown
- 57%The JB's
- 40%Curtis Mayfield
- 36%Sly & The Family Stone
- 33%Bobby Byrd
- 33%Isaac Hayes
- 33%The Meters
- 31%The Isley Brothers
- 30%Booker T. & The MG's
- 30%Fred Wesley
- 30%Marvin Gaye
Biography
James Joseph Brown Jnr., 3 May 1928, Barnwell, South Carolina, USA, d. 25 December 2006, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. (NB: Brown always claimed he was born in 1933 in Macon, Georgia.) The Hardest Working Man In Showbusiness, The Godfather Of Soul, The Minister Of The New New Super Heavy Funk - such sobriquets only hint at the protracted James Brown legend. Convicted of theft at the age of 16, he was imprisoned at the Alto Reform School, but secured an early release... Read more