Before Nashville became a country music hit factory and Memphis laid down the blues, Macon was already shaping the sound of ...

James Brown set the standard for dynamic live performance in American music. Inspired by preachers in the Black church, Brown started out singing in gospel quartets. As the "Godfather of Soul," he ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When discussing the foundations of modern music, James Brown is a name that cannot be ignored. Known as the “Godfather of Soul” and the inventor of funk, Brown’s influence ...

When I first wrote about James Brown, I thought I’d covered enough ground with the big hits—the songs everyone knows and ...

James Brown, aka the Godfather of Soul, is credited as being a pivotal icon - one of the soul pioneers of funk music genre - and while he may have passed away in 2006, his influence in music and ...

To celebrate the Godfather of Soul, James Brown’s 92nd birthday, his family announced the launch of the James Brown’s ‘Don’t ...

Aretha Franklin’s 1967 version of Otis Redding’s Respect, and James Brown’s 1968 Say It Loud ... and gospel to contribute to the founding of soul music in the 1950s. He had a profound ...

two of James' daughters, Deanna Brown and Dr. Yamma Brown, speak candidly about growing up with "the Godfather of Soul," who died at the age of 73 in Atlanta in 2006. At the opening of the video ...