Il cantante e attore James Brown nasce a Barnwell il 3 maggio 1933. Brown ha venduto 10 milioni di copie di dischi nei soli Stati Uniti. Il cantante muore ad Atlanta il 25 dicembre 2006.
Qui di seguito la discografia dei suoi album:
- Please Please Please (1959)
- Try Me! (1959)
- Think! (1960)
- The Amazing James Brown (1961)
- Good, Good, Twistin’ (1962)
- James Brown and His Famous Flames Tour the U.S.A. (1962)
- Live at the Apollo – RS500 (1963)
- Prisoner of Love (1963)
- Showtime (1964)
- The Unbeatable James Brown (1964)
- Grits & Soul (1964)
- Out of Sight (1964)
- Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag (1965)
- I Got You (I Feel Good) (1966)
- James Brown Plays James Brown Today & Yesterday (1966)
- Mighty Instrumentals (1966)
- James Brown Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo) (1966)
- It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World (1966)
- James Brown Sings Christmas Songs (1966)
- Handful of Soul (1966)
- The James Brown Show (1967)
- James Brown Sings Raw Soul (1967)
- James Brown Plays the Real Thing (1967)
- Live at the Garden (1967)
- Cold Sweat (1967)
- James Brown Presents His Show of Tomorrow (1968)
- I Can’t Stand Myself When You Touch Me (1968)
- I Got the Feelin’ (1968)
- Live at the Apollo, Volume II (1968)
- James Brown Plays Nothing but Soul (1968)
- Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things (1968)
- A Soulful Christmas (1968)
- Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud (1969)
- Gettin’ Down to It (1969)
- The Popcorn (1969)
- It’s a Mother (1969)
- Ain’t It Funky (1970)
- Soul on Top (1970)
- Sex Machine (1970)
- Hey America (1970)
- Super Bad (1971)
- Sho Is Funky Down Here (1971)
- Hot Pants (1971)
- Revolution of the Mind: Recorded Live at the Apollo, Volume III (1971)
- There It Is (1972)
- Get on the Good Foot (1972)
- Soul Classics (1972)
- Soul Classics, Volume 2 (1973)
- Black Caesar (1973)
- Slaughter’s Big Rip-Off (1973)
- The Payback (1974)
- Hell (1974)
- Reality (1975)
- Sex Machine Today (1975)
- Everybody’s Doin’ the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump (1975)
- Hot (1976)
- Get Up Offa That Thing (1976)
- Bodyheat (1976)
- Mutha’s Nature (1977)
- Solid Gold: 30 Golden Hits (1977)
- The Fabulous James Brown (1977)
- Jam 1980’s (1978)
- Take a Look at Those Cakes (1979)
- The Original Disco Man (1979)
- People (1980)
- Hot on the One (1980)
- Soul Syndrome (1980)
- The Best of James Brown (1981)
- Nonstop! (1981)
- Live in New York (1981)
- Bring It On! (1983)
- Roots of a Revolution (1984)
- The Federal Years, Part 1 (1984)
- The Federal Years, Part 2 (1984)
- Ain’t That a Groove – The James Brown Story 1966-1969 (1984)
- Doing It to Death – The James Brown Story 1970-1973 (1984)
- Dead on the Heavy Funk 1974-1976 (1985)
- The CD of JB: Sex Machine and Other Soul Classics (1985)
- The LP of JB (1986)
- Gravity (1986)
- In the Jungle Groove – RS500 (1986)
- Motherlode (1988)
- I’m Real (1988)
- Soul Session Live (1989)
- Star Time – RS500 (1991)
- Messin’ with The Blues (1991)
- 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! – RS500 (1991)
- Love Over-Due (1991)
- Chronicles – Soul Pride (1993)
- Universal James (1993)
- Funky President (1993)
- Live at the Apollo 1995 (1995)
- JB40: 40th Anniversary Collection (1996)
- On Stage (1997)
- I’m Back (1998)
- The Merry Christmas Album (1999)
- The Next Step (2002)