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 ...

James Brown, the trailblazing Godfather of Soul who passed in 2006, places a new song on a Billboard chart for the first time since 1993 as his co-billed collaboration with 310babii, “Bad,” reaches No ...

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 ...