James Brown discography
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for the "Godfather of Soul", James Brown
.
singles
James Brown released on the Federal
record label between 1956 and 1960. Many of the songs also feature The Famous Flames
on backing vocals.
record label between 1960 and 1971.Several of these songs feature The Famous Flames
on background vocals through 1965.
label between 1964 and 1967.
label between 1971 and 1981.
label among others.
Discography
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for the "Godfather of Soul", James Brown
James Brown
James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...
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Federal releases
Listed below are the chartingRecord chart
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singles
Single (music)
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James Brown released on the Federal
Federal Records
Federal Records was an American record label founded in 1950 as a subsidiary of Syd Nathan's King Records and based in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was run by famed record producer Ralph Bass and was mainly devoted to Rhythm & Blues releases. But also hillbilly and rockabilly recordings were released,...
record label between 1956 and 1960. Many of the songs also feature The Famous Flames
The Famous Flames
The Famous Flames was an R&B vocal group founded by Bobby Byrd that recorded and performed with James Brown during the early years of his career...
on backing vocals.
| Year | Song title | U.S. Pop Singles Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
U.S. R&B Singles Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
U.K. Singles UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 1956 | "Please, Please, Please Please, Please, Please "Please, Please, Please" is an R&B song written by James Brown and Johnny Terry and recorded by Brown and The Flames. Released in 1956 as a single on the Cincinnati, Ohio-based label Federal Records, it was Brown's first professional recording and his first hit, eventually selling over a million... " |
105 | 5 | - |
| 1958 | "Try Me Try Me (song) "Try Me" is a song written and performed by James Brown. He recorded it with his singing group The Famous Flames in 1958. A plaintive ballad, it was the group's second R&B hit , and early in 1959 it became their first song to reach #1 on the R&B chart and was also the first time the group hit the... " |
48 | 1 | - |
| 1959 | "I Want You So Bad" | - | 20 | - |
| 1960 | "I'll Go Crazy" | - | 15 | - |
| "Think" | 33 | 7 | - | |
| "You've Got the Power" (b-side of "Think") | 86 | 14 | - | |
| "This Old Heart" | 79 | 20 | - | |
King releases
Listed below are the charting singles James Brown released on the KingKing Records (USA)
King Records is an American record label, started in 1943 by Syd Nathan and originally headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.-History:At first it specialized in country music, at the time still known as "hillbilly music." King advertised, "If it's a King, It's a Hillbilly -- If it's a Hillbilly, it's a...
record label between 1960 and 1971.Several of these songs feature The Famous Flames
The Famous Flames
The Famous Flames was an R&B vocal group founded by Bobby Byrd that recorded and performed with James Brown during the early years of his career...
on background vocals through 1965.
| Year | Song title | U.S. Pop Singles Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
U.S. R&B Singles Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
U.K. Singles UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 1960 | "The Bells" | 68 | - | - |
| 1961 | "Bewildered Bewildered "Bewildered" is a popular song written in 1936 by Teddy Powell and Leonard Whitcup. It was a 1938 hit for Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, and was also recorded by Mildred Bailey in the same year. The song was revived in the late forties when two different versions, by the Red Miller Trio and Amos... " |
40 | 7 | - |
| "I Don't Mind I Don't Mind (James Brown song) "I Don't Mind" is a 1961 R&B song recorded by James Brown & The Famous Flames. Originally recorded in the studio and released as a single, it was a Top 5 national Billboard R&B hit, peaking at #4, and reached #47 on the Billboard Hot 100... " |
47 | 4 | - | |
| "Baby You're Right" | 49 | 2 | - | |
| "I Love You Yes I Do" | - | 17 | - | |
| "Lost Someone Lost Someone "Lost Someone" is a song recorded by James Brown in 1961. Like "Please, Please, Please" before it, the song's lyrics combine a lament for lost love with a plea for forgiveness. In the US, the single was a #2 R&B hit and reached #48 on the pop chart. Although the single is credited to "James Brown... " |
48 | 2 | - | |
| 1962 | "Night Train Night Train (song) "Night Train" is a twelve bar blues instrumental standard first recorded by Jimmy Forrest in 1951.-Origins and development:"Night Train" has a long and complicated history. The piece's opening riff was first recorded in 1940 by a small group led by Duke Ellington sideman Johnny Hodges under the... " |
35 | 5 | - |
| "Shout and Shimmy Shout and Shimmy "Shout and Shimmy" is an R&B song written by James Brown, and recorded by him and The Famous Flames. It rose to #16 on the R&B chart and #61 on the Billboard Hot 100.... " |
61 | 16 | - | |
| "Mashed Potatoes U.S.A." | 82 | 21 | - | |
| "Three Hearts in a Tangle" | - | 18 | - | |
| "I've Got Money" | 93 | - | - | |
| 1963 | "Like a Baby" | - | 24 | - |
| "Every Beat of My Heart" | 99 | - | - | |
| "Prisoner of Love Prisoner of Love (1931 song) "Prisoner Of Love" is a 1931 popular song with music by Russ Columbo and Clarence Gaskill and lyrics by Leo Robin. The song was popularized by Columbo and later became a major hit for Perry Como. It was also recorded by Billy Eckstine.-Perry Como versions:... " |
18 | 6 | - | |
| "These Foolish Things These Foolish Things These Foolish Things is a 1973 album by Bryan Ferry, containing cover versions of standard songs. It was his first solo effort, still being Roxy Music's lead singer... " |
55 | 25 | - | |
| "Signed, Sealed and Delivered" | 77 | - | - | |
| "Oh Baby Don't You Weep - Pt. 1" | 23 | - | - | |
| 1964 | "Please, Please, Please" (overdubbed) | 95 | - | - |
| "Have Mercy Baby Have Mercy Baby "Have Mercy Baby" is a popular rhythm and blues song, written by Billy Ward and Rose Marks, recorded by The Dominoes in Cincinnati, produced by Ralph Bass, and released by Federal Records in 1952... " |
92 | - | - | |
| 1965 | "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag - Pt. 1 Papa's Got a Brand New Bag "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" is a song written and recorded by James Brown. It was released as a two-part single in 1965, and is considered seminal in the musical genre of funk.-The hit single:... " |
8 | 1 | 25 |
| "I Got You (I Feel Good) I Got You (I Feel Good) "I Got You " is a hit song by James Brown. Released as a single in 1965, it was one of Brown's signature songs, and is arguably his most widely-known recording.-Description:... " |
3 | 1 | 29 | |
| "Lost Someone" (live) | 94 | - | - | |
| "I'll Go Crazy" (live) | 73 | 28 | - | |
| 1966 | "Ain't That a Groove - Pts. 1 & 2" | 42 | 6 | - |
| "It's a Man's Man's Man's World It's a Man's Man's Man's World "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" is a song by James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome. Brown recorded it on February 16, 1966 in a New York studio and released it as a single later that year. It reached #1 on the Billboard Top R&B Singles charts and #8 in the Billboard Hot 100... " |
8 | 1 | 13 | |
| "Money Won't Change You - Pt. 1" | 53 | - | - | |
| "Don't Be a Drop-Out" | 50 | 4 | - | |
| "Sweet Little Baby Boy - Pt. 1" | 8 | - | - | |
| "Bring It Up (Hipster's Avenue)" | 29 | 7 | - | |
| 1967 | "Kansas City" | 55 | 21 | - |
| "Think" (duet with Vicki Anderson Vicki Anderson Vicki Anderson is a soul singer best known for her performances with the James Brown Revue. She recorded a number of singles under both her birth and stage names... ) |
100 | - | - | |
| "Let Yourself Go" | 46 | 5 | - | |
| "Cold Sweat - Pt. 1 Cold Sweat "Cold Sweat" is a song performed by James Brown and written by his bandleader Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis. Brown recorded it in May 1967. An edited version of "Cold Sweat" released as a two-part single on King Records was a #1 R&B hit, and reached number seven on the Pop Singles chart... " |
7 | 1 | - | |
| "Get It Together - Pt. 1" | 40 | 11 | - | |
| "I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)" | 28 | 4 | - | |
| "There Was a Time" | 36 | 3 | - | |
| 1968 | "You've Got to Change Your Mind" (duet with Bobby Byrd Bobby Byrd Bobby Byrd born Robert Howard Byrd was an American funk/soul/R&B/gospel musician, songwriter and record producer. He was born in Toccoa, Georgia, and is a 1998 winner of the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's prestigious Pioneer Award... ) |
- | 47 | - |
| "I Got The Feelin' I Got the Feelin' "I Got the Feelin" is a funk song by James Brown. Released as a single in 1968, it reached #1 on the R&B charts and #6 on the pop charts. It also appeared on a 1968 album of the same name.... " |
6 | 1 | - | |
| "Licking Stick - Licking Stick, Pt. 1" | 14 | 2 | - | |
| "America is My Home" | 52 | 13 | - | |
| "I Guess I'll Have to Cry, Cry, Cry" | 55 | 15 | - | |
| "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud, Pt. 1 Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud "Say It Loud — I'm Black and I'm Proud" is a funk song written and recorded by James Brown in 1968. It is notable both as one of Brown's signature songs and as one of the most popular Black Power anthems of the 1960s. The song was released as a two-part single which held the number-one spot on the... " |
10 | 1 | - | |
| "Goodbye My Love" | 31 | 9 | - | |
| "Tit For That (Ain't No Taking Back)" | 86 | - | - | |
| "Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose Give It Up or Turnit a Loose "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" is a funk song recorded by James Brown. Released as a single in 1969, it was a #1 R&B hit and also made the top 20 pop singles chart... " |
15 | 1 | - | |
| 1969 | "Soul Pride" | - | 33 | - |
| "I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door, I'll Get It Myself)" |
20 | 3 | - | |
| "The Popcorn" | 30 | 11 | - | |
| "Mother Popcorn (You Got To Have A Mother For Me), Pt. 1" | 11 | 1 | - | |
| "Lowdown Popcorn" | 41 | 16 | - | |
| "World, Pt. 1" | 37 | 8 | - | |
| "Let A Man Come In and Do the Popcorn, Pt. 1" | 21 | 2 | - | |
| "Ain't It Funky Now" | 24 | 3 | - | |
| "Let A Man Come In and Do the Popcorn, Pt. 2" | 40 | 6 | - | |
| 1970 | "It's a New Day" | 32 | 3 | - |
| "Funky Drummer - Pt. 1 Funky drummer "Funky Drummer" is a funk song recorded by James Brown and his band. The recording's drum break, performed by drummer Clyde Stubblefield, is one of the most frequently sampled rhythmic breaks in hip hop and popular music; indeed, it lays a strong claim to being the most sampled recording ever,... " |
51 | 20 | - | |
| "Brother Rapp - Pt. 1 & 2" | 32 | 2 | - | |
| "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine, Pt. 1 Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine "Get Up Sex Machine" is a funk song recorded by James Brown in 1970 and released as a two-part single on King Records.... " |
15 | 2 | 32 | |
| "Super Bad - Pt. 1 Super Bad (song) "Super Bad" is a 1970 James Brown song. Originally released as a three-part single, it went to number one on the soul singles chart and number 13 on the Hot 100.... " |
13 | 1 | - | |
| "Santa Claus Is Definitely Here to Stay" | 7 | - | - | |
| "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved, Pt. 1" | 34 | 4 | - | |
| 1971 | "Spinning Wheel" | 90 | - | 78 |
| "I Cried" | 50 | 15 | - | |
| "Soul Power Pt. 1 Soul Power "Soul Power" is a song by James Brown. Recorded in 1971 with the original J.B.'s and released as a three-part single, it was a Top Ten R&B hit. The song also appeared on the 1972 album Soul Classics... " |
29 | 3 | 78 | |
- BillboardBillboard (magazine)Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
issued no Billboard R&B SinglesHot R&B/Hip-Hop SongsHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
charts between November 1963 and January 1965.
Smash releases
Listed below are the charting James Brown singles issued on the SmashSmash Records
Smash Records is an American record label. It was founded in 1961 as a subsidiary of Mercury Records by Mercury executive Shelby Singleton and run by Singleton with Charlie Fach. Fach took over after Singleton left Mercury in 1966...
label between 1964 and 1967.
| Year | Song title | U.S. Pop Singles Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
U.S. R&B Singles Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
U.K. Singles UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 1964 | "Caldonia Caldonia "Caldonia" is a jump blues song, first recorded in 1945 by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five. A version by Erskine Hawkins, also in 1945, was described by Billboard magazine as "rock and roll", the first time that phrase was used in print to describe any style of music.-Louis Jordan recording:In... " |
95 | - | - |
| "The Things That I Used to Do" | 99 | - | - | |
| "Out of Sight Out of Sight (song) "Out of Sight" is an Rhythm and blues song recorded by James Brown in 1964. A twelve-bar blues written by Brown under the pseudonym "Ted Wright", the stuttering, staccato dance rhythms and blasting horn section riffs of its instrumental arrangement were an important evolutionary step in the... "/"Maybe The Last Time" |
24 | - | - | |
| 1965 | "Try Me" (instrumental) | 63 | 34 | - |
Polydor releases
Listed below are the charting James Brown singles issued on the PolydorPolydor Records
Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...
label between 1971 and 1981.
| Year | Song title | U.S. Pop Singles Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
U.S. R&B Singles Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
U.K. Singles UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 1971 | "Escape-ism Pt. 1" | 35 | 6 | - |
| "Hot Pants - Pt. 1" | 15 | 1 | - | |
| "Make It Funky, Pt. 1 Make It Funky "Make It Funky" is a song recorded by James Brown with The J.B.'s. It was released as a two-part single in 1971, which reached #1 on the U.S. R&B chart and #22 on the U.S. Pop chart.. The song features the band members chanting the song's title and a prominent organ part played by Brown himself... " |
22 | 1 | - | |
| "Make It Funky, Pt. 3" | 68 | - | - | |
| "I'm A Greedy Man, Pt. 1" | 35 | 7 | - | |
| "Hey America" | - | - | 47 | |
| 1972 | "Talking Loud and Saying Nothing - Pt. 1" | 27 | 1 | - |
| "King Heroin" | 40 | 6 | - | |
| "There It Is - Pt. 1" | 43 | 4 | - | |
| "Honky Tonk - Pt. 1" | 44 | 7 | - | |
| "Get On The Good Foot - Pt. 1 Get on the Good Foot "Get on the Good Foot" is a funk song performed by James Brown. It was released in 1972 as a two-part single and became a number one R&B hit and also peaked at number eighteen on the Hot 100..The song was also included on the double album of the same name released that year.The song's co-writer... " |
18 | 1 | - | |
| "I Got a Bag of My Own" | 44 | 3 | - | |
| "I Got Ants In My Pants (And I Want to Dance) - Pt. 1" | 27 | 4 | - | |
| "What My Baby Needs Now Is a Little More Lovin' (duet with Lynn Collins)" |
56 | 17 | - | |
| 1973 | "Down And Out In New York City" | 50 | 13 | - |
| "Think '73" | 77 | 15 | - | |
| "Think (alternate version)" | 80 | 37 | - | |
| "Sexy, Sexy, Sexy" | 50 | 6 | - | |
| "Stoned to the Bone - Pt. 1" | 58 | 4 | - | |
| 1974 | "The Payback, Pt. 1 The Payback (song) "The Payback" is a funk song by James Brown, the title track from his 1973 album of the same name. The song's lyrics, originally written by trombonist and bandleader Fred Wesley but heavily revised by Brown himself soon before it was recorded, concern the revenge he plans to take against the man... " |
26 | 1 | - |
| "My Thang - Pt. 1 My Thang "My Thang" is a funk hit song written and recorded by James Brown. It was released as a two-part single which spent two weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart and reached No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1974. The song also appeared on Brown's 1974 double album Hell.... " |
29 | 1 | - | |
| "Papa Don't Take No Mess - Pt. 1 Papa Don't Take No Mess "Papa Don't Take No Mess" is a funk song performed by James Brown. An edited version of the song released as a two-part single in 1974 was Brown's final number one R&B hit and peaked at number thirty-one on the Hot 100... " |
31 | 1 | - | |
| "Funky President (People It's Bad)" | 44 | 4 | - | |
| "Coldblooded" | 99 | - | - | |
| 1975 | "Hustle!!! (Dead on It)" | - | 11 | - |
| "Reality" | 80 | 19 | - | |
| "Sex Machine '76" | 61 | 16 | - | |
| "Superbad, Superslick, Pt. 1" | - | 28 | - | |
| "Hot (I Need To Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved) Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved) "Hot " is a funk song by James Brown. Released as a single in 1976, it reached #31 on the R&B chart. The song is primarily memorable because its main riff is lifted directly from the song "Fame" by David Bowie, which was recorded in January, 1975, and released as a single in July... " |
- | 31 | - | |
| 1976 | "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" | - | 70 | - |
| "Get Up Offa That Thing Get Up Offa That Thing "Get Up Offa That Thing", sometimes subtitled "'", is a song performed by James Brown. It was released as a two-part single in 1976 and also appeared on an album of the same name... " |
45 | 4 | 22 | |
| "I Refuse to Lose" | - | 47 | - | |
| "Body Heat" | 88 | 13 | 36 | |
| 1977 | "Kiss in '77" | - | 35 | - |
| "Give Me Some Skin" | - | 20 | - | |
| "If You Don't Give a Doggone About It (with the JB's)" | - | 45 | - | |
| 1978 | "Eyesight" | - | 38 | - |
| "The Spank" | - | 26 | - | |
| 1979 | "For Goodness Sakes (Take a Look at Those Cakes) - Pt. 1" | - | 52 | - |
| "It's Too Funky In Here" | - | 15 | - | |
| "Star Generation" | - | 63 | - | |
| "Regrets" | - | 63 | - | |
| 1980 | "Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses)" | - | 46 | 39 |
| 1981 | "Stay With Me" | - | 80 | - |
Other releases
The list of charting singles below are the ones James Brown released on various labels including the Scotti Bros. RecordsScotti Brothers Records
Scotti Brothers Records was a California-based record label founded by Tony and Ben Scotti in 1974. Their first success was releasing albums from teen pop star Leif Garrett. They later helped launch the careers of Felony, Survivor, and "Weird Al" Yankovic...
label among others.
| Year | Song title | U.S. Pop Singles Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
U.S. R&B Singles Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
U.K. Singles UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 1983 | "The Night Time Is the Right Time" (To Be With The One That You Love) | - | 73 | - |
| "Bring It On...Bring It On" | - | - | 45 | |
| 1984 | "Unity Unity (song) "Unity" is a song recorded by Afrika Bambaataa and James Brown as a duet in 1984. It is notable for being the first recording in which James Brown collaborated with a performer associated with hip hop, a then-new idiom heavily influenced by Brown's own funk music. The record's title and its cover... " (w/Afrika Bambaataa Afrika Bambaataa Afrika Bambaataa is an American DJ from the South Bronx, New York who was instrumental in the early development of hip hop throughout the 1980s. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the three originators of break-beat deejaying, and is respectfully known as the "Grandfather" and the Amen Ra of Universal... ) |
- | 87 | 49 |
| 1985 | "Froggy Mix" | - | - | 50 |
| "Living in America Living in America (song) "Living in America" is a 1985 song composed by Dan Hartman and Charlie Midnight, and performed by James Brown. It was released as a single in 1985 and reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart... " |
4 | 10 | 5 | |
| 1986 | "Gravity" | 93 | 26 | 65 |
| 1987 | "How Do You Stop" | - | 10 | 90 |
| 1988 | "She's The One" | - | - | 45 |
| "The Payback Mix, Pt. 1" | - | - | 12 | |
| "I'm Real" | - | 2 | 32 | |
| "Static - Pts. 1 & 2" | - | 5 | 83 | |
| 1989 | "Gimme Your Love" (w/Aretha Franklin Aretha Franklin Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All... ) |
- | 48 | 79 |
| 1991 | "(So Tired of Standing Still We Got to) Move On" | - | 48 | - |
| 1992 | "I Got You (I Feel Good)" (vs. Dakeyne) | - | - | 72 |
| 1993 | "Can't Get Any Harder" | - | 76 | 59 |
| 1998 | "Funk On A Roll" | - | - | 40 |
| 2002 | "Killing Is Out, School is In" | - | - | - |
King releases
| Title | Release Year |
|---|---|
| Please Please Please Please Please Please (album) Please Please Please is the debut studio album of American R&B and soul singer James Brown and his backing vocal group, the Famous Flames. It includes Brown's first two hit singles, the title track and "Try Me" , along with all the non-charting singles and b-sides he had recorded up to the time of... |
1958 |
| Try Me | |
| Think! | 1960 |
| The Amazing James Brown | 1961 |
| James Brown Presents His Band/Night Train | |
| Shout and Shimmy | 1962 |
| James Brown and His Famous Flames Tour the USA | |
| Prisoner of Love | 1963 |
| Excitement - Mr. Dynamite | |
| Showtime Showtime (James Brown album) Showtime is a 1964 James Brown album released by Smash Records. Handicapped by contractual obligations with King Records, Brown released an album of remakes overdubbed with canned applause.- Track listing :# "Caldonia"# "Don't Cry Baby"... (contains studio tracks with overdubbed audience) |
1964 |
| The Unbeatable James Brown | |
| Grits and Soul | |
| Out of Sight | |
| Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag | 1965 |
| I Got You (I Feel Good) I Got You (I Feel Good) (album) I Got You is a studio album by James Brown, released in 1966.-Track listing: # "I Got You " # "Good Good Lovin'" # "Lost Someone" # "I Can't Help It"... |
1966 |
| James Brown Plays James Brown Today and Yesterday | |
| Mighty Instrumentals | |
| James Brown Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo) | |
| It's a Man's Man's Man's World It's a Man's Man's Man's World (album) It's a Man's Man's Man's World is an album by James Brown, released in August 1966.-Track listing:#"The Scratch"#"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" #"Bewildered"... |
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| James Brown Sings Christmas Songs | |
| Handful of Soul | |
| Sings Raw Soul | 1967 |
| James Brown Plays the Real Thing | |
| Cold Sweat | 1968 |
| I Can't Stand Myself | |
| I Got the Feelin | |
| James Brown Sings Out of Sight | |
| Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things | |
| A Soulful Christmas | |
| Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud | 1969 |
| Gettin’ Down to It | |
| The Popcorn | |
| It’s a Mother | |
| Ain’t It Funky Ain’t It Funky Ain't It Funky is an album by James Brown, recorded between 1966 and 1969 and originally released in 1970.-Track listing:... |
1970 |
| Soul on Top Soul on Top Soul on Top is an album by James Brown. Brown and saxophonist Maceo Parker worked with arranger/conductor Oliver Nelson to record a big band, funk and jazz vocal album... |
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| It’s a New Day - Let a Man Come In | |
| Hey America | |
| Super Bad (contains studio tracks with overdubbed audience) | 1971 |
| Sho’ Is Funky Down Here | |
Polydor releases
| Title | Release Year |
|---|---|
| Hot Pants | 1971 |
| There It Is There It Is (James Brown album) There It Is is a 1972 album by James Brown. His second release for Polydor Records, it contained five of his early-70's hits. It reached #10 on the Billboard R&B charts and #60 on the Billboard 200.-Track listing:-Personnel:... |
1972 |
| Get on the Good Foot Get on the Good Foot (album) Get On the Good Foot is a double album by James Brown released in 1972.- Track listing :-Credits:* Tracks 1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 12 and 13 produced and arranged by James Brown* Tracks 3 and 8 produced by James Brown, arranged by Sammy Lowe... |
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| Black Caesar Black Caesar (album) Black Caesar is a soundtrack album recorded by James Brown for the film of the same name and released in 1973. The album also features The J.B.'s and Lyn Collins.-Track listing:-References:... |
1973 |
| Slaughter’s Big Rip-Off | |
| The Payback The Payback The Payback is a 1973 double album by James Brown. It was originally scheduled to become the soundtrack for the blaxploitation film Hell Up in Harlem, but was rejected by director Larry Cohen for "not being funky enough." It went to #1 on the Soul Albums chart for two weeks and cracked the Pop... |
1974 |
| Hell | |
| Reality | 1975 |
| Sex Machine Today | |
| Everybody's Doin’ the Hustle and Dead on the Double Bump | 1976 |
| Hot | |
| Get Up Offa That Thing | |
| Bodyheat | |
| Mutha's Nature | 1977 |
| Jam 1980's | 1978 |
| Take a Look at Those Cakes | 1979 |
| The Original Disco Man | |
| People | 1980 |
| Nonstop! | 1981 |
Other releases
| Title | Release Date |
Label |
|---|---|---|
| Soul Syndrome | 1980 | T.K. Records |
| Bring It On | 1983 | Augusta Sound |
| Gravity Gravity (James Brown album) Gravity is a 1986 album by James Brown and was released on the Scotti Bros. Records label. The album featured the previously-released single "Living in America" which had reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was prominantly featured in the film Rocky IV.The album's title track ... |
1986 | Scotti Bros. |
| I'm Real I'm Real (James Brown album) I'm Real is a 1988 album by James Brown and was released on the Scotti Bros. Records label. All of the tracks were produced, written and arranged by Full Force, with the exception of "I'm Real" and "It's Your Money $" .-Track listing:# "Tribute" - 0:22# "I'm Real" - 5:33# "Static " - 4:51#... |
1988 | Scotti Bros. |
| Love Overdue | 1991 | Scotti Bros. |
| Universal James | 1993 | Scotti Bros. |
| I’m Back | 1998 | Inferno |
| The Merry Christmas Album | 1999 | Waxworks |
| The Next Step The Next Step The Next Step was a television show that aired on KRON in San Francisco and later on The Discovery Channel during the 1990s. It was created and hosted by Richard Hart and showcased the latest in cutting-edge technology and its applications from electric vehicles to virtual reality.The final... |
2002 | Fome Records |
Live Albums
| Title | Release Year |
Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Live at the Apollo Live at the Apollo (James Brown album) Live at the Apollo is a live album by James Brown and The Famous Flames, recorded at the Apollo Theater in Harlem and released in 1963. In 2003, the album was ranked number 24 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time... |
1963 | Re-sequenced and re-released with bonus tracks in 2004 |
| Pure Dynamite: Live at the Royal | 1964 | Includes 2 studio tracks with overdubbed audience |
| The James Brown Show | 1967 | Partly live |
| Live at the Garden | ||
| Live at the Apollo, Volume II Live at the Apollo, Volume II Live At The Apollo, Volume II is a 1968 live album by James Brown, recorded in 1967 at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. The performance is a follow-up to Brown's very successful 1963 recording, Live at the Apollo... |
1968 | Double LP; re-sequenced and re-released with unreleased and extended performances in 2001 |
| Sex Machine Sex Machine (album) Sex Machine is a 1970 double album by James Brown. It showcases the playing of the original J.B.'s lineup featuring Bootsy and Catfish Collins, and includes an 11-minute rendition of the album's title song. This rendition is different from the original recording of the title song, which was... |
1970 | Double LP; 1st record contains studio tracks overdubbed with audience; 2nd record contains live concert with 1 studio track overdubbed with audience |
| Revolution of the Mind: Live at the Apollo, Volume III | 1971 | Double LP |
| Hot on the One | 1980 | Double LP |
| James Brown and Friends: Soul Session Live | 1988 | Includes 1 studio duet with Aretha Franklin |
| Love, Power, Peace: Live at the Olympia, Paris 1971 Love, Power, Peace: Live at the Olympia, Paris 1971 Love Power Peace: Live at the Olympia, Paris 1971 is a live album by James Brown. It is the only recording that documents one of his live performances with the original J.B.'s lineup featuring Bootsy and Catfish Collins... |
1992 | Previously unreleased triple LP |
| Live at the Apollo 1995 | 1995 | Contains 1 studio track |
| Say It Live & Loud: Live in Dallas 08.26.68 | 1998 | Previously unreleased |
Compilations (non-independent label)
- 1972: Soul Classics
- 1973: Soul Classics, Volume 2
- 1977: Solid Gold: 30 Golden HitsSolid Gold: 30 Golden HitsSolid Gold: 30 Golden Hits, also called 30 Golden Hits/21 Golden Years, is a greatest hits compilation album by Rock and Roll Hall of Famer James Brown. The double album set was initially released in 1977 on Polydor, and was re-released by the label in 1986...
- 1977: The Fabulous James Brown
- 1981: Can Your Heart Stand It?
- 1981: The Best of James Brown
- 1984: The Federal Years, Part 1
- 1984: The Federal Years, Part 2
- 1984: Roots of a Revolution - The James Brown Story 1956-1965
- 1984: Ain’t That a Groove - The James Brown Story 1966-1969
- 1984: Doing It to Death - The James Brown Story 1970-1973
- 1985: Dead on the Heavy Funk 1974-1976
- 1985: The CD of JB: Sex Machine and Other Soul Classics
- 1986: The LP of JB
- 1986: In the Jungle GrooveIn the Jungle GrooveIn the Jungle Groove is a compilation album by American funk and soul musician James Brown, released in August 1986 on Polydor Records in the United States...
(re-released with bonus track in 2003) - 1987: The CD of JB II: Cold Sweat and Other Soul Classics
- 1988: Motherlode (re-released with bonus tracks in 2003)
- 1991: Messin' With the Blues
- 1991: Star TimeStar TimeStar Time is a 1991 71-track, 4-CD box set by James Brown. Its contents span most of the length of his career up to the time of its release, starting in 1956 with his first hit record, "Please, Please, Please", and ending with "Unity, Pt. 1", his 1984 collaboration with Afrika Bambaataa...
- 1991: 20 All-Time Greatest Hits!
- 1992: Greatest Hits of the Fourth Decade
- 1995: Living In America
- 1995: Roots of a Revolution (covers 1956-1964)
- 1996: JB40: 40th Anniversary Collection
- 1996: Foundations of Funk: A Brand New Bag: 1965-1969
- 1996: Funk Power - 1970: A Brand New Thang
- 1996: Make It Funky - The Big Payback: 1971-1975
- 1998: Dead On The Heavy Funk - 1975-1983
- 2001: Classic James Brown - The Universal Masters Collection
- 2002: The Godfather - The Very Best of James Brown
- 2003: Classic James Brown Vol. 2 - The Universal Masters Collection
- 2003: 50th Anniversary Collection
- 2006: The Singles, Volume One: The Federal Years: 1956-1960
- 2007: The Singles, Volume Two: 1960-1963
- 2007: The Singles, Volume Three: 1964-1965
- 2007: A Family Affair (with daughters Yamma and Venisha)
- 2007: The Singles, Volume Four: 1966-1967
- 2007: Gold
- 2008: The Singles, Volume Five: 1967-1969
- 2009: The Singles, Volume Six: 1969-1970
- 2009: The Singles, Volume Seven: 1970-1972
- 2009: The Singles, Volume Eight: 1972-1973
- 2010: Icon
- 2010: The Singles, Volume Nine: 1973-1975
- 2010: The James Brown Complete Christmas
- 2011: The Singles, Volume Ten: 1975-1979
- 2011: The Singles, Volume Eleven: 1979-1981
Film Releases / Home Video
- Live at The House of Blues (1999)
- James Brown: Soul Survivor (2004)
- Live In Montreux 1985 (2005)
- I Got The Feelin': James Brown in the '60s (3-DVD set featuring The Night James Brown Saved Boston, Live At The Boston Garden 1968, and Live At The Apollo '68. (2008)
- The Night James Brown Saved Boston (2009)
- Live At The Boston Garden - April 5, 1968 (2009)
External links
- James Brown discography at Funky Stuff
- [ James Brown discography] at Allmusic
- James Brown discography at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
- Complete James Brown UK singles discography at 45cat