Black History Month on Set List - Play it, James Brown

James Joseph Brown

"Godfather of Soul"

"Mr. Dynamite"

May 3, 1933 - December 25, 2006

American singer, dancer, & musician

Genres considered - Soul, R&B, Funk

James Brown recorded 17 singles that reached No. 1 on Billboard R&B charts.  

James holds the record for the most singles on Billboard Hot 100 that did not reach No. 1.

Honors -

No. 7 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time

No. 44 on Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Singers of All Time

Inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame (1983)

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 (inaugural class)

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1992)

Lifetime Achievement Award at the Rhythm & Blues Foundation Pioneer Awards (1993)

Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (1997)

Inducted into the New York Songwriters Hall of Fame (2000)

BMI Urban Icon Award (Broadcast Music, Inc. - 2002)

BMI - 10 R&B Awards ... 6 Pop Awards

Kennedy Center Honors (2003)

Inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame (2006)

Posthumously inducted into the Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame in 2013 (inaugural class - artist) ... Second induction in 2017 - songwriter

Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame 

Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame

(Wikipedia)

Discography

Filmography

James Brown is a legend in entertainment and music.  James Brown was also a person with vices to contend with.  I will not write them here as I want the last note of interest, induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, to be a positive one.  Remember James Brown, and so many other music legends, in impressive and profound ways.