GOD REST HIS SOUL; Music legend James Brown dies aged 73.Byline: By Brian McIver MUSIC Legend James Brown
James Joseph Brown (May 3 1933[1][2] – December 25 2006), commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" and " died early yesterday morning at the age of 73. The Godfather of Soul was taken into hospital near his home in Atlanta, Georgia, with pneumonia on Christmas Eve, but died just hours later. Known as The Hardest Working Man in Showbusiness, Brown had even told hospital staff that he planned to make a gig in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of next week. He was raised in poverty in rural South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. and, after a crime-filled youth, became the world's top soul star. In a career that lasted 50 years he sold tens of millions of albums and made in the US singles charts 116 times with hits like I Feel Good, Papa's Got a Brand New Bag and Get Up (I feel like Being a) Sex Machine. He is credited as helping invent the soul genre and was a pioneer of Rhythm and Blues rhythm and blues (R&B) Any of several closely related musical styles developed by African American artists. The various styles were based on a mingling of European influences with jazz rhythms and tonal inflections, particularly syncopation and the flatted blues chords. and funk. He suffered from alcohol and drug dependencies, and was successfully treated for prostate cancer prostate cancer, cancer originating in the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is the leading malignancy in men in the United States and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in men. two years ago. But his death yesterday left the music world in mourning. Former Radio 1 soul DJ Andy Peebles said: "He was described as the Godfather of Soul and that is exactly right. "He was a one-of-a-kind star. There could never be another James Brown." James Joseph Brown James Joseph "J.J." Brown (September 27, 1854 – September 5, 1922) was born in Waymart, Pennsylvania. Early life J.J's father, James Brown, was an Irish immigrant. His mother, Cecilia Palmer, was a schoolteacher. J. Jr. was born into poverty in 1933 and, from the age of four, he had been abandoned by his parents and lived with his Aunt Honey in Augusta, Georgia, where he picked cotton. In his teenage years, he was involved in petty crime and served time in reform school. But that stretch in the A l t o Re form School near Toccoa, Georgia, saw him meet local musician Bobby Byrd. His family adopted the angry young man and he was recruited into Byrd's band the Gospel Starlighters, who later became The Famous Flames. They signed to Cincinnati label King Records in 1956, and Brown had his first topten hit, Please, Please, Please. Brown left and put his own money into recording a live solo album, Live At The Apollo in New York in 1962. The hit album made him an international star and he went on to dominate music in the sixties and brought R'n'B, soul and funk to huge audiences across America and the world. After a decade of civil rights riots, he helped cool the anger of a nation after Martin Luther King Jr was murdered in 1968. And he was lauded for his hit that year Say it Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud. As Brown said: "After that song, we called ourselves black. "The song showed that a song can change society." He was criticised for backing Richard Nixon in 1972 and playing for troops in Vietnam. The late seventies and the rise of disco saw his popularity wane but a role in cult movie The Blues Brothers in 1980 reinvigorated his career. His funky beats were ideal for hip hop DJs and rappers to use as beats for their tunes. Public Enemy's Chuck D said of him: "To this day, there has been no one near as funky. No one's coming even close." He starred in Rocky IV, and theme song Living In America was his only UK top-ten hit. He endure tragedies over the years. His son Teddy died in a car accident in 1973 and he was pursued for tax problems. In the eighties, his drug use led him to clashes with the law. On one occasion in 1988, high on PCP PCP abbr. 1. phencyclidine 2. primary care physician Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) , he threatened a crowd at an insurance seminar with a shotgun because he felt they had used his private toilet. He was sentenced to six years but was released in 1991. In 1996, third wife Adrienne, whom he had been accused of abusing, died of drug abuse. He married fourth wife, Tomi Rue, a back-up singer, in 2002. The soul legend toured right up until his death and rocked Murrayfield at the Live8 gig in Edinburgh in 2005. He was last in Scotland in October this year, when he played the Glasgow Carling car·ling n. One of the short timbers running fore and aft that connect the transverse beams supporting the deck of a ship. [Middle English, from Old French calingue and from Old Norse Academy, and told the Record of his great love for Scotland. He said: "I hope the people in Scotland live 200 years and I live 200 years minus one day so I never know the beautiful people that have passed away." He is survived by wife Tomi, his children James Jr, Deanna, Daryl, Venisha and Yamma. CAPTION(S): UNIQUE: Ayoung James Brown, left, and at the Grammys with Tina Turner |
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