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s Dating Elvis Presley.
J. Anthony Lukas's book on Boston race relations, "Common Ground", notes that a 1968 Brown performance the day after the Rev. Martin Luther King's assassination helped keep the Massachusetts city from exploding.
Dismayed by the school shootings of the late 1990s, he spoke out against violence in schools, even writing a song, "Killing's Out and School's In.".
Some radicals criticized him for his patriotism and he received death threats after playing to US troops in Vietnam in 1972.
A life-size bronze statue of Brown was unveiled in his honor by the Reverend Al Sharpton in Augusta, east Georgia. The statue was supposed to be unveiled in May 2004, for Brown's 71st birthday, but the city postponed the ceremony because the entertainer was facing domestic violence charges for pushing and threatening his wife, Tomirae Brown [7 May 2005].
In 2003 South Carolina granted him pardons for seven criminal convictions, some involving guns and drugs, over a 10-year period.
US Secretary of State General Colin Powell appointed Brown to be the first US "secretary of soul and foreign minister of funk", but said the job description for the post had not yet been drawn up. (December 2003).
Receiving a Grammy three times prior (1965: "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" as "Best R&B Recording, 1986 for "Living In America" as "Best Male R&B Performance" and 1991 for "Star Times" as "Best Album Notes"), he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 34th Annual Grammy Awards (25 February 1992).
Augusta's 9th street was renamed "James Brown Boulevard" by the city's mayor Charles DeVaney (11 November 1993).
Lived in Beeach Island, South Carolina at the time of his death.
Record holder for the artist who has charted most singles on the Billboard Hot 100 without ever reaching #1 at that chart.
Some of his most popular songs include "Please, Please, Please" (1958), "I Got You (I Feel Good)" (1965), "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" (1966), "Cold Sweat" (1967), "I Got The Feelin'" (1968), "Get Up (I Like Being A) Sex Machine" (1970) and "Living in America" (1985).
Coordinated his dance moves to lead his band. Each movement was actually an instruction to the band.
In live shows, Brown would sometimes add the "I got ya" lyric in a song when he caught a musician making a mistake.
Insisted on using the title Mr. or Ms. for everyone in his band. He felt it was a sign of respect if people called each other by their proper title.
Rev. Jesse Jackson regularly visited Brown while he served time for leading the police on a car chase and other various offenses in South Carolina in 1988.
He is the world's most sampled recording artist, and his song "Funky Drummer" the most sampled individual piece of music in history. The list of artists that sampled Brown ranged from Jay-Z to Eric B. and Rakim to Public Enemy to DJ Shadow.
Brown's hit singles like "Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)" and "Funky President" galvanized black youth during the turbulent '70's.
Good friends with Rev. Al Sharpton since the 1970s and Rev. Jesse Jackson since the 1950s.
His funeral was officiated by his good friend, Rev. Al Sharpton.
Got his start in music singing with Bobby Byrd's group the Famous Flames.
Was planning on singing at B.B. King's blues club in New York on New Year's Eve a week before he died.
Life-long friend of Little Richard, since they were both teenagers.
Due to the timing of Brown's death, there were no flights out of Atlanta to fly Brown's body up to New York for a public viewing at the Apollo Theater. The funeral director and Al Sharpton opted to drive Brown's body from Atlanta to New York, instead.
Portions of James Brown's funeral services in Augusta, GA were shown live on CNN.
Performed at President Richard Nixon's first inauguration on 30 January 1969.
Inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame for his outstanding contribution to British music and integral part of British music culture. [14 November 2006]
He was diagnosed with heart disease in 2003.
One of the personalities mentioned in the song "Genius of Love" by Tom Tom Club. The others were Bob Marley, Smokey Robinson, Hamilton Bohannon, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare (as Sly and Robbie), and Kurtis Blow.
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000.
Voted the tenth greatest singer of the rock era in a Rolling Stone magazine poll in 2008.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1501 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.
[about Elvis Presley] I wasn't just a fan, I was his brother. He said I was good and I said he was good; we never argued about that. Elvis was a hard worker, dedicated, and God loved him. Last time I saw him was at Graceland. We sang "Old Blind Barnabus" together, a gospel song. I love him and hope to see him in heaven. There'll never be another like that soul brother.
Disco is James Brown, hip-hop is James Brown, rap is James Brown; you know what I'm saying? You hear all the rappers, 90% of their music is me.
I would like to pass on the want to do something. The need is there. Good lyrics are good things, but I would like to pass on that drive, that vigorous undying determination.
We need to protect the kids by giving them something to do. It's about making them interested, making them love mom and dad more, love the family more, love themselves more and love their school. So there won't have to be killing in school.
I've been in slavery all my life. Ain't nothing changes for me but the address.
Sometimes, you like to let the hair do the talking!
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(1991) Paroled after serving 3 years of his six years. His crime was in 1988 when he threatened pedestrians with firearms, abused PCP, and led a high-speed car chase down Interstate 20 in Augusta, Georgia.
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