Songwriters from South Carolina - Andy Kubiszewski, Billy Roberts, Brook Benton, Cootie Stark, Don Covay, Drink Small, Horace Ott, James Brown, Johnny (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Andy Kubiszewski, Billy Roberts, Brook Benton, Cootie Stark, Don Covay, Drink Small, Horace Ott, James Brown, Johnny Mars, John Brannen, John Phillips (musician), Julius Daniels, Julius Dixson, Kip Anderson, Marshall Chapman, Matt Goldman, Reverend Billy C. Wirtz, Travis Hunter, Walter Hyatt. Excerpt: James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 - December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of funk music and is a major figure of 20th century popular music and dance. In a career that spanned six decades, Brown profoundly influenced the development of many different musical genres. Brown moved on a continuum of blues and gospel-based forms and styles to a profoundly "Africanized" approach to music making. First coming to national public attention in the mid 1950's as a member of the R&B singing group The Famous Flames, Brown performed in concerts, first making his rounds across the Chitlin' Circuit, and then across the country and later around the world, along with appearing in shows on television and in movies. Although he contributed much to the music world through his hitmaking, Brown holds the record as the artist who charted the most singles on the Billboard Hot 100 without ever hitting number one on that chart. For many years, Brown's touring show was one of the most extravagant productions in American popular music. At the time of Brown's death, his band included three guitarists, two bass guitar players, two drummers, three horns and a percussionist. The bands that he maintained during the late 1960s and 1970s were of comparable size, and the bands also included a three-piece amplified string section that played during ballads. Brown employed between 40 and 50 people for the James Brown Revue, and members of the revue traveled with him in a bus to cities...