James Brown (May 3, 1933 — December 25, 2006) was an American soul singer who was active as a performer and recording artist for more than five decades, issuing his first singles on King Records-subsidiary Federal in 1956. For the ensuing twelve years, he was backed by the Georgian R&B instrumental group The Famous Flames. […]
Funkadelic was an American soul-funk/psych band from Detroit that released eight albums on Westbound between 1970 and 1976, followed by four further albums on Warner Bros. over the subsequent five-year period. They combined psychedelic rock, soul, and funk with distorted guitars, driving basslines, and layered vocals to produce dense, high-energy compositions. Their Westbound albums, from […]
Parliament was an American R&B band that existed in two phases between 1955 and 1981. The first incarnation, as The Parliaments, yielded a string of doo-wop and soul singles on Revilot and other labels between 1959 and 1968, culminating with the 1970 album Osmium, released as Parliament on Invictus. Singer–producer George Clinton reactivated Parliament as […]
Hell is a double album by soul/funk vocalist/musician James Brown, released in 1974 on Polydor. Tracklist: A1. “Coldblooded” (4:45) A2. “Hell” (5:03) A3. “My Thang” (4:20) A4. “Sayin’ It and Doin’ It” (3:05) A5. “Please, Please, Please” (4:07) B1. “When the Saints Go Marching In” (2:43) B2. “These Foolish Things Remind Me of You” (3:14) […]
Fred Wesley (born July 4, 1943) is an American R&B/jazz-funk trombonist who emerged in the 1968–70 James Brown backing band, which morphed into the J.B.’s. Wesley headed the band on two 1973/74 albums on Brown’s People imprint. Between 1977 and 1980, Wesley headed two Atlantic titles with the Horny Horns and cut a solo album […]
