COLLECTION JAMES BROWN

James Brown was born to Susie (née Behlings) and Joseph ("Joe") James Gardner (who changed his name to Brown after Mattie Brown who raised him) in the small town of Elko, South Carolina in the Jim Crow South during the Depression era. Although Brown was to be named after his father, his name was mistakenly reversed on his birth certificate, and instead became James Joseph Brown, Jr. As a young child, Brown was called Junior. When he later lived with his aunt and cousin, he was called Little Junior since his cousin's nickname was also Junior.James Brown is of Native American, specifically Apache, descent through his father, and also of African American and Asian ancestry.

Brown and his family lived in extreme poverty.When Brown was two years old, his parents separated after his mother left his father for another man. After his mother abandoned the family, Brown continued to live with his father and his live-in girlfriends until he was six years old. After that time, Brown and his father moved to Augusta, Georgia.

His father sent him to live with an aunt, who ran a house of prostitution. Even though Brown lived with relatives, he spent long stretches of time on his own, hanging out on the streets and hustling to get by.Brown managed to stay in school until he dropped out in the seventh grade.

During his childhood, Brown earned money shining shoes, sweeping out stores, selling and trading in old stamps, washing cars and dishes and singing in talent contests.Brown also performed buck dances for change to entertain troops from Camp Gordon at the start of World War II as their convoys traveled over a canal bridge near his aunt's house.Between earning money from these adventures, Brown taught himself to play a harmonica given to him by his father.He learned to play some guitar from Tampa Red (who was "dating" one of the girls from his aunt's house), in addition to learning to play piano and drums from others.Brown was inspired to become an entertainer after watching Louis Jordan, a popular jazz and R&B performer during the 1940s, and His Tympany Five in a short film performing "Caldonia".

As an adult, Brown legally changed his name to remove the "Jr." designation.In his spare time, Brown spent time practicing his various skills in Augusta-area stalls and committing petty crimes. At the age of sixteen, he was convicted of armed robbery and sent to a juvenile detention center upstate in Toccoa in 1949.

While Brown was in reform school, he became acquainted with Bobby Byrd, who first saw Brown perform in prison. Byrd watched and admired Brown's ability to sing and perform.Byrd's family helped Brown secure an early release after serving three years of his sentence. The authorities agreed to release Brown on the condition that he would get a job and not return to Augusta or Richmond County. After stints as a boxer and baseball pitcher in semi-professional baseball (a career move ended by a leg injury), Brown turned his energy toward music.



James Brown - In The Jungle Groove - 1986



1 . It's A New Day
2 . Funky Drummer
3 . Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose (Remix)
4 . I Got To Move (Previously Unreleased)
5 . Funky Drummer (Bonus Beat Reprise)
6 . Talkin' Loud & Sayin' Nothing (Remix)
7 . Get Up, Get Into It & Get Involved (mono)
8 . Soul Power (Re-Edit) (mono)
9 . Hot Pants (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants)

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James Brown - James Brown's Funky People CD 1 - 1986



1 . Gimme Some More - The JBs
2 . Pass The Peas - The JBsw.ama
3 . Think (About It) - Lyn 'The Female Preacher' Collins
4 . Givin' Up Food For Funk (Part 1)
5 . Mama Feelgood - Lyn 'The Female Preacher' Collins
6 . Hot Pants Road
7 . Rock Me Again & Again
8 . Damn Right, I Am Somebody (Parts 1 & 2)
9 . Take Me Just As I Am
10 . If You Don't Get It The First Time, Back Up And Try It Again, Party
11 . Parrty (Part 1)
13 . Same Beat (Part 1)
12 . (It's Not The Express) It's The JBs Monaurail (Part 1) - Fred & The New JBs

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James Brown - James Brown's Funky People CD 2 - 1988



1 . I Know You Got Soul - Bobby Byrd
2 . From the Love Side
3 . What Do I Have to Do to Prove My Love to You - Marva Whitney
4 . Soul Power '74 - Maceo & the Macks
5 . Put It on the Line - Lyn Collins
6 . You Can Have Watergate But Gimme Some Bucks and I'll Be Straight, Pt. 1 - Fred Wesley & the J.B.'s
7 . Cross the Track (We Better Go Back) - Maceo & the Macks
8 . Message from the Soul Sisters, Pt. 1 & 2
9 . Hot Pants -- I'm Coming, Coming, I'm Coming - Bobby Byrd
10 . Do Your Thing - Lyn Collins
11 . I'm Paying Taxes What Am I Buying - Fred Wesley & the J.B.'s
12 . Super Good, Pt. 1 & 2
13 . Blow Your Head - Fred Wesley & the J.B.'s

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James Brown - Motherlode - 1988




1 . There It Is (Live)
2 . She's The One
3 . Since You Been Gone (Duet With Bobby Byrd)
4 . Untitled Instrumental
5 . Say It Loud (Say It Live)
6 . Can I Get Some Help
7 . You Got To Have A Mother For Me
8 . Funk Bomb (Instrumental)
9 . Baby Here I Come
10 . People Get Up And Drive Your Funky Soul (Remix)
11 . I Got Ants In My Pants (And I Want To Dance) (Remix)

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James Brown - Messing With The Blues CD 1 - 1991



1 . Like It Is, Like It Was (The Blues)
2 . Don't Cry Baby
3 . Caldonia
4 . Somebody Done Changed The Lock On My Door
5 . Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
6 . Good Rockin' Tonight
7 . I Love You, Yes I Do
8 . Messing With The Blues
9 . Waiting In Vain
10 . For You, My Love
11 . Blues For My Baby
12 . Everyday I Have The Blues
13 . Love Don't Love Nobody (false start)
14 . Love Don't Love Nobody
15 . Goin' Home
16 . Have Mercy Baby
17 . Kansas City
18 . The Bells

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James Brown - Messing With The Blues CD 2 - 1991



1 . Don't Deceive Me (Please Don't Go)
2 . The Things That I Used To Do
3 . Need Your Love So Bad
4 . Like A Baby
5 . Honky Tonk (parts 1 & 2)
6 . Suffering With The Blues
7 . Further On Up The Road
8 . Radio Spot
9 . Talk To Me, Talk To Me
10 . Kansas City
11 . Wonder When You're Coming Home
12 . Like It Is, Like Was (The Blues, continued)

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James Brown - Sex Machine: The Very Best Of James Brown - 1991



1 . Please Please Please
2 . Think
3 . Night Train
4 . Out Of Sight
5 . Papa's Got A Brand New Bag pt.1
6 . I Got You (I Feel Good)
7 . It's A Man's Man's Man's World
8 . Cold Sweat
9 . Say It Loud, I'm Black And I'm Proud pt.1
10 . Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
11 . Hey America
12 . Make It Funky pt.1
13 . I'm A Greedy Man pt.1
14 . Get On The Good Foot
15 . Get Up Offa That Thing
16 . It's Too Funky In Here
17 . Living In America
18 . I'm Real
19 . Hot Pants pt.1
20 . Soul Power (Live)

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James Brown - Star Time - CD 1 - 1991



1 . Please Please Please
2 . Why Do You Do Me
3 . Try Me
4 . Tell Me What I Did Wrong
5 . Bewildered
6 . Good Good Lovin'
7 . I'll Go Crazy
8 . I Know It's True
9 . (Do The) Mashed Potatoes, Part 1
10 . Think
11 . Baby, You're Right
12 . Lost Someone
13 . Night Train
14 . I've Got Money
15 . I Don't Mind (Live)
16 . Prisoner Of Love
17 . Devil's Den
18 . Out Of The Blue
19 . Out Of Sight
20 . Grits
21 . Maybe The Last Time
22 . It's A Man's World
23 . I Got You
24 . Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, Parts 1, 2 & 3

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James Brown - Star Time - CD 2 - 1991



1 . Papa's got a brand new bag (Pt 1)
2 . I got you (I feel Good)
3 . Ain't that a groove
4 . It's a man's world
5 . Money won't change you
6 . Don't be a dropout
7 . Bring it up (hipsters avenue)
8 . Let yourself go
9 . Cold sweat
10 . Get it together
11 . Can't stand myself (When you touch me)
12 . I got the feelin'
13 . Licking stick Licking stick
14 . Say it loud I am black and I am proud (Pt 1)
15 . There was a time (live)
16 . Give it up or turnit a loose
17 . I don't want nobody to give me nothing

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James Brown - Star Time - CD 3 - 1991



1 . Mother Popcorn
2 . Funky Drummer
3 . Get It Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
4 . Super Bad, Parts 1 & 2
5 . Talkin' Loud & Sayin' Nothing
6 . Get Up, Get Into It And Get Involved
7 . Soul Power, Parts 1 & 2
8 . Brother Rapp/Ain't It Funky Now (Live)
9 . Hot Pants, Part 1
10 . I'm A Greedy Man, Part 1
11 . Make It Funky, Part 1
12 . It's A New Day (Live)
13 . I Got Ants In My Pants, Part 1
14 . King Heroin

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James Brown - Star Time - CD 4 - 1991



1 . There It Is, Pt. 1
2 . Public Enemy #1, Pt. 1
3 . Get On The Good Foot
4 . I Got A Bag Of My Own
5 . Doing It To Death
6 . The Payback
7 . Papa Don't Take No Mess, Pt. 1
8 . Stoned To The Bone, Pt. 1
9 . My Thang
10 . Funky President (People It's Bad)
11 . Hot (I Need To Be Loved, Loved, Loved)
12 . Get Up Offa That Thing (Release The Pressure)
13 . Body Heat, Pt. 1
14 . It's Too Funky In Here
15 . Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses)
16 . Unity, Pt. 1 - ( With Afrika Bambaataa )

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James Brown - 20 All Time Greatest Hits - 1991



1 . I Got You (I Feel Good)
2 . Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine, Pt. 1
3 . I Got the Feelin'
4 . Mother Popcorn, Pt. 1
5 . Give It Up or Turnit a Loose
6 . Make It Funky, Pt. 1
7 . Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Pt. 1
8 . Think
9 . It's a Man's Man's Man's World
10 . Try Me
11 . Night Train
12 . Cold Sweat, Pt. 1
13 . Get on the Good Foot
14 . Papa Don't Take No Mess, Pt. 1
15 . The Payback
16 . Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud), Pt. 1
17 . Super Bad, Pts. 1&2
18 . Hot Pants, Pt. 1
19 . Get Up Offa That Thing
20 . Please, Please, Please

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James Brown - Godfather Of Soul - 1993



1 . It's A Man's Man's Man's World
2 . Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
3 . Nature Boy
4 . Think
5 . Signed, Sealed And Delivered
6 . Please Please Please
7 . How Do You Stop
8 . (Call Me) Super Bad
9 . Spinning Wheel
13 . Bewildered
14 . (Get Up I Feel Like Being A) S

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James Brown - Golden Hits - 1993



1 . (Give It Up) Turn It Loose
2 . It's To Funky In Here
3 . Gonna Have A Funky Good Time
4 . Try Me
5 . Get On The Good Foot
6 . Get Up Off That Thing
7 . Georgia On My Mind
8 . Hot Pants
9 . I Got The Feeling
10 . It's A Man's Man's World
11 . Gold Sweat
12 . I Can't Stand It
13 . Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
14 . I Got You ( I Feel Good)
15 . Please, Please, Please
16 . Jam

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James Brown - Funky Christmas - 1995



1 . Go Power at Christmas Time
2 . Let's Unite the Whole World at Christmas
3 . Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto
4 . Merry Christmas, Baby
5 . Let's Make Christmas Mean Something This Year, Pts. 1 & 2
6 . Soulful Christmas
7 . The Christmas Song [Version 1]
8 . Sweet Little Baby Boy, Pts. 1 & 2
9 . Christmas Is Love
10 . Please Come Home for Christmas
11 . Santa Claus Is Definitely Here to Stay
12 . Tit for Tat (Ain't No Taking Back)
13 . Santa Claus, Santa Claus
14 . Merry Christmas, I Love You
15 . Signs of Christmas
16 . Christmas in Heaven
17 . Hey America

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James Brown - Funky President - 1996



1 . Funky President
2 . Try Me
3 . My Thang
4 . Body Heat
5 . Talking Loud And Saying Nothin'
6 . There Was A Time
7 . Doing It To Death
9 . Soul Power (Parts 1 & 2)
10 . I Got The Feeling
11 . Honky Tonk
12 . Get Up, Get Into It, And Get Involved
13 . I Got Ants In My Pants (Part 1)
14 . Funky Drummer
15 . It's A New Day

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James Brown - Make it Funky - The Big Payback: 1971 - 1075 CD 1 - 1996



1 . Escape-Ism
2 . Hot Pants, Pts. 1 & 2
3 . I'm a Greedy Man
4 . Make It Funky, Pts. 1-4
5 . King Heroin
6 . I Got Ants in My Pants (And I Want to Dance)
7 . There It Is
9 . Don't Tell It [Complete Version][#]
10 . I Got a Bag of My Own
11 . Down and Out in New York City [Version with Spoken Intro][#]

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James Brown - Make it Funky - The Big Payback:1971-1975 CD 2 - 1996



1 . The Payback
2 . Stoned To the Bone
3 . Mind Power (Alternate Version)
4 . World Of Soul
5 . Papa Don't Take No Mess
6 . Coldblooded (Undubbed version)
7 . I Can't Stand It '76

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James Brown - James Brown's Funky People CD 3 - 2000



1 . Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothin' [Original Rock Version]
2 . Blow Your Head [#]
3 . Mr. Hot Pants a.k.a. Across the Track, Pt. 1-2
4 . Who Knows
5 . How You Gonna Respect (When You Haven't Cut Your Process Yet)
6 . Doin' the Do [#]
7 . Pick Up the Pieces One by One
8 . Give It up or Turnit a Loose
9 . Hang Out and Hustle
10 . There Was a Time
11 . If You Don't Give Me What I Want (I Gotta Get It Some Other Place)
12 . It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who to Sock It To) [Live]

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James Brown - Zaire Soul - 2000



1 . Intro - PaybackRip
2 . SoulpowerlE
3 . The BossulE
4 . Make It FunkyS=Rip
5 . Doing It To Deathp
6 . BewilderdlE
7 . Sex MachineN
8 . Cold Sweat - I Can't Stand Iterdam 2000??
9 . Papa's Got A Brand New Bagew
10 . Gimme Some More - Good Footd
11 . Good FootlE
12 . Zaire SoulE
13 . Sax Solo Maceo - Man's World
14 . Try MeSoulE
15 . For Yhe Love Of Money Moneyn
16 . Payback (Reprise)p
17 . My ThangulE
18 . Say It LoudN
19 . Please, Please, PleasePlease

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James Brown - At Studio 54 - 2001



1 . Gonna Have A Funky Good Time
2 . Get Up Off A That Thing
3 . Body Heat
4 . Sex Machine
5 . Try Me
6 . Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
7 . Get On The Good Foot
8 . Medley: It's A Man's Man's Man's World, Lost Someone, It's A Man's Man'
9 . I Got The Feelin'
10 . Cold Sweat
11 . Please, Please, Please
12 . Jam
13 . Medley: The Payback, It's Too Funky In Here

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James Brown - Santa's Got A Brand New Bag - 2003



1 . Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto
2 . Santa Claus, Santa Claus
3 . Christmas In Heaven
4 . It's Christmas Time (Part 1)
5 . Go Power At Christmas Time
6 . Let's Make Christmas Mean Something This Year
7 . The Christmas Song (Version 2)
8 . Soulful Christmas
9 . Please Come Home For Christmas
10 . Merry Christmas Baby
11 . Merry Christmas, I Love You
12 . Let's Unite The Whole World At Christmas
13 . Tit For Tat (Ain't No Taking Back)
14 . Sweet Little Baby Boy (Part 1)
15 . Santa Claus Is Definitely Here To Stay
16 . Hey America

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James Brown - The Godfather The Very Best Of - 2007



1 . Pap's Got A Brand New Bag
2 . I Got You (I Feel Good)
3 . It's A Man's Man's Man's World
4 . Please Please Please
5 . Think
6 . Night Train
7 . Cold Sweat
8 . Give It Up Or Turn It A Loose
9 . Funky Drummer Pts 1 & 2
10 . Get Up, I Feel Like Being A Se
11 . Sould Power
12 . Get On The Good Foot
13 . Doing It To Death
14 . Get Up Offa That Thing
15 . I'm Real
16 . It's Too Funky In Here
17 . Living In America
18 . Super Bad
19 . The Boss
20 . The Payback Mix

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