Eventually the Famous Flames left him in 1968 as did his James Brown band by 1970 and Brown hired The J.B.'s who helped contribute to his continuing success in the 1970s. By the time of ' Papa's Got a Brand New Bag', he used the Flames less and less as he became a full-fledged solo artist who was now involved in the development of a new R&B subgenre, funk. Brown's solo aspirations started around 1962. Later becoming The Famous Flames, they signed with Federal Records in 1956 and recorded their first hit single, ' Please, Please, Please', which sold over a million copies.Īfter the hit release of ' Try Me', following nine relative failures, the group scored a series of hit albums and recordings in the early 1960s. Brown joined Bobby Byrd's vocal group The Flames in 1953, first as a drummer, and then as leading front man.
This is a discography chronicling the musical career of James Brown. James Brown during the NBA All Star Game jam session in 2001.
