Letzte Worte, zu seinem engen Freund Charles Bobbit, zitiert bei CNN Europe, 25. Dezember 2006
Original engl.: "I'm going away tonight." - articles.cnn.com December 26, 2006 http://articles.cnn.com/2006-12-26/entertainment/james.brown.dead_1_doo-dah-james-brown-cough?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ
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James Brown
Geburtstag: 3. Mai 1933
Todesdatum: 25. Dezember 2006
James Brown war ein US-amerikanischer Musiker. Er spielte Orgel, Klavier, Gitarre und Schlagzeug, trat aber fast ausschließlich als Sänger und Tänzer auf. Außerdem war er Bandleader und Musikproduzent. Durch seine herausragende Stellung im Rhythm and Blues und Soul der 1950er und 1960er Jahre, aber vor allem durch seinen maßgeblichen Einfluss bei der Entstehung eines neuen Stils des Rhythm and Blues, des Funk, war James Brown einer der bedeutendsten Musiker des 20. Jahrhunderts. Wikipedia
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Last words as quoted by James Brown to Charles Bobbit, his longtime personal manager, just minutes before death on December 25 2006
Brown, J. & Tucker, B. (2003). James Brown: The Godfather of Soul, p. 266. Thunder's Mouth Press: New York. ISBN 1-56025-388-6
It's a Man's Man's Man's World, written with Betty Jean Newsome, from It's a Man's Man's Man's World (1966)
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"Being James Brown," Rolling Stone Magazine, 2006-06-12.
Try Me, from Please Please Please (album) (1959)
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Brown, J. & Tucker, B.B. (1986). James Brown: The Godfather of Soul. Macmillan: New York. ISBN 0-02517-430-4
Cold Sweat, written with Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis (1967)
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Brown, J. & Tucker, B.B. (1986). James Brown: The Godfather of Soul. Macmillan: New York. ISBN 0-02517-430-4
Statement on national TV during the 1968 riots in Washington, DC after the Martin Luther King assassination. http://likethedew.com/2010/04/26/james-brown-and-his-changing-times-rockin-the-white-house-8
I Got You (I Feel Good), from I Got You (1966)
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Licking Stick – Licking Stick, written with Bobby Byrd and Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis (1968)
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Brown, J. & Tucker, B.B. (1986). James Brown: The Godfather of Soul. Macmillan: New York. ISBN 0-02517-430-4
I Got the Feelin (1968)
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Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine, written with Bobby Byrd and Ron Lenhoff (1970)
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Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud, written with Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis (1968)
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Brown, J. & Eliot, M. (2005). I Feel Good: A Memoir of a Life of Soul , pp. 247-248. New American Library: New York. ISBN 0-45121-393-9
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag' (1965)
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On having children — as quoted in Brown, J. & Eliot, M. (2005). I Feel Good: A Memoir of a Life of Soul, p. 248. New American Library: New York. ISBN 0-45121-393-9
