Rick James

Biography

James Ambrose Johnson, 1 February 1948, Buffalo, New York, USA, d. 6 August 2004, Los Angeles, California, USA. The nephew of Temptations vocalist Melvin Franklin, James pioneered a crossover style between R&B and rock in the mid-60s. Having fled to Canada after going AWOL from the US Naval Reserve, in 1965 he formed the Mynah Birds with two future members of the Buffalo Springfield, Neil Young and Bruce Palmer, plus Goldie McJohn, later with Steppenwolf. Motown Records signed the band as a... Read more

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Rick James

Biography

Genres Funk Holiday & Seasonal Music & Radio Books Pop / Rock R&B / Soul Soundtrack

Tags funk soul 80s disco pop

Artist Compilations Rick James (with Smokey Robinson)

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Genres

Funk Holiday & Seasonal Music & Radio Books Pop / Rock R&B / Soul Soundtrack

Tags

funk

soul

80s

disco

pop

Artist Compilations

Rick James (with Smokey Robinson)

Links

allmusic bbc music page discogs facebook imdb last.fm lyrics official homepage rateyourmusic.com social network twitter viaf wikidata wikipedia youtube