James Brown

Biography

“Soul Brother NUMBER 1,” “the Godfather of Spirit,” “the Hardest Functioning Man in Present Business,” “Mr. Dynamite” — those are mighty game titles, but no-one can issue that James Dark brown earned them a lot more than every other performer. Various other singers had been popular, others had been equally qualified, but few various other African-American musicians had been so influential during the period of well-known music. No various other musician, pop or elsewhere, put on a far more interesting, exhilarating stage display: Brown’s shows had been marvels of athletic endurance and split-second timing. With the gospel-impassioned fury of his vocals as well as the complicated polyrhythms of his beats, Dark brown was an essential midwife in not only one, but two revolutions in dark American music. He was among the numbers most in charge of turning R&B into spirit and he was, most would acknowledge, the number most in charge of turning spirit music in to the funk from the past due ’60s and early ’70s. Following the middle-’70s, he do bit more than tread drinking water artistically; his monetary and drug complications ultimately got him a questionable prison sentence. However in a way, his music is currently more influential than ever before, as his tone of voice and rhythms have already been sampled on countless hip-hop recordings, and critics possess belatedly hailed his improvements as being among the most essential in every of rock and roll or spirit. Brown’s rags-to-riches-to-rags tale provides heroic and tragic proportions of mythic resonance. Blessed into poverty within the South, he went afoul of regulations with the past due ’40s with an equipped robbery conviction. By using vocalist Bobby Byrd’s family members, Brown obtained parole and began a gospel group with Byrd, changing their concentrate to R&B because the rock and roll revolution gained vapor. The Flames, because the Georgian group was known within the middle-’50s, agreed upon to Government/Ruler and had an enormous R&B hit right from the start using the wrenching, churchy ballad “Make sure you, Make sure you, Make sure you.” By that time, the Flames acquired become James Dark brown & the Famous Flames; the charisma, energy, and skill of Brown produced him the organic star attraction. Most of Brown’s singles on the next 2 yrs flopped, as he wanted to determine his own design, recording materials which was certainly derivative of heroes like Roy Dark brown, Hank Ballard, Small Richard, and Ray Charles. In retrospect, it could be seen that Dark brown was in exactly the same placement as a large number of additional R&B one-shot: talented performers looking for better tracks, or not completely on the path to a truly unique audio. What made Dark brown succeed where a huge selection of others failed was his superhuman dedication, operating the chitlin circuit to loss of life, sharpening his music group, and keeping track of new tendencies. He was over the verge to be dropped from Ruler in past due 1958 when his determination finally paid, as “Try Me” became lots one R&B (and little pop) hit, and many follow-ups set up him as a normal visitor towards the R&B graphs. Brown’s design of R&B got harder because the ’60s started; he added more technical, Latin- and jazz-influenced rhythms on strikes like “Great Great Lovin’,” “I’ll Proceed Crazy,” “Believe,” and “Night time Teach,” alternating these with torturous ballads that presented a few of the most frayed screaming to become noticed beyond the church. Dark viewers already understood that Brown got the most thrilling live work around, but he really started to turn into a phenomenon using the launch of Live in the Apollo in 1963. Taking a James Dark brown concert in every its whirling-dervish energy and computed spontaneity, the record reached number 2 over the record graphs, an unparalleled feat for the hardcore R&B LP. Live on the Apollo was documented and released contrary to the wishes from the Ruler label. It had been this sort of creative standoff that led Dark brown to get better opportunities somewhere else. In 1964, he disregarded his Ruler agreement to record “Out of View” for Smash, igniting an extended legal fight that avoided him from issuing vocal recordings for approximately per year. When he finally resumed documenting for Ruler in 1965, he previously a new agreement that granted him a lot more creative control over his produces. Brown’s new period had truly started, nevertheless, with “Out of View,” which topped the R&B graphs and produced the pop Best 40. For quite a while, Brown have been shifting toward even more elemental lyrics that threw in as much chants and screams because they do words, and much more intricate beats and horn graphs that took a few of their cues through the ensemble function of jazz clothes. “Out of View” wasn’t known as funk when it arrived, but it experienced a lot of the important ingredients. They were amplified and perfected on 1965’s “Papa’s Got a whole new Handbag,” a monster that finally broke Dark brown towards the white target audience, reaching the TOP. The a lot more exciting follow-up, “I ACQUIRED You (PERSONALLY I THINK Great),” do even better, producing number 3. These strikes kicked off Brown’s amount of ideal commercial achievement and public presence. From 1965 to the finish from the 10 years, he was seldom from the R&B graphs, often in the pop entries, and all around the concert circuit and nationwide television, even ending up in Vice Leader Hubert Humphrey as well as other essential politicians on your behalf from the dark community. His music became also bolder and funkier, as melody was dispensed with nearly altogether and only chunky rhythms and magnetic interplay between his vocals, horns, drums, and scratching guitar (noticed to greatest advantage on strikes like “Cool Perspiration,” “I ACQUIRED the Feelin’,” and “THERE IS a period”). The lyrics weren’t so much words and phrases as chanted, stream-of-consciousness slogans, frequently aligning themselves with dark pride in addition to great old-fashioned (or new-fashioned) sex. A lot of the credit for the audio he devised belonged to (and has been belatedly related to) his top-notch assisting musicians such as for example saxophonists Maceo Parker, St. Clair Pinckney, and Pee Wee Ellis; guitarist Jimmy Nolen; back-up vocalist and longtime faithful associate Bobby Byrd; and drummer Clyde Stubblefield. Dark brown was both an excellent bandleader along with a stern taskmaster, the second option leading his music group to go out on him in past due 1969. Amazingly, he flipped the problems to his benefit by recruiting a Cincinnati outfit known as the Pacemakers offering guitarist Catfish Collins and bassist Bootsy Collins. Although they just remained with him for approximately a year, these were essential to Brown’s development into actually harder funk, emphasizing the tempo and underneath a lot more. The Collins brothers, for his or her part, place their apprenticeship to great use, assisting define ’70s funk as associates from the Parliament-Funkadelic axis. In the first ’70s, some of the most essential associates of Brown’s past due-’60s band came back towards the fold, to become billed because the J.B.’s (in addition they made records independently). Brown continuing to score intensely in the R&B graphs throughout the initial fifty percent of the ’70s, the music becoming a lot more elemental and beat-driven. At the same time, he was retreating in the white market he previously cultivated through the middle- to past due ’60s; information like “ENSURE IT IS Cool,” “Scorching Slacks,” “Can get on the Good Feet,” and “The Payback” had been huge spirit sellers, but just modest pop types. Critics billed, with some justification, the fact that Godfather was needs to do it again and recycle himself way too many moments. It should be appreciated, though, these music had been designed for the singles radio jukebox marketplace and not designed to end up being played one following the various other on Compact disc compilations (because they are today). With the middle-’70s, Dark brown was starting to burn up artistically. He appeared shorn of fresh ideas, had been out-gunned within the graphs by disco, and was operating into issues with the IRS and his monetary empire. There have been sporadic strikes, and he could constantly depend on enthusiastic live viewers, but from the ’80s, he didn’t possess a label. Using the explosion of rap, nevertheless, which regularly sampled classic J.B.’s information, Dark brown became hipper than ever before. He collaborated with Afrika Bambaataa within the essential smash solitary “Unity” and reentered the very best Ten in 1986 with “Surviving in America.” Rock and roll critics, who got always ranked Brownish substantially below Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin within the spirit canon, begun to reevaluate his result, particularly the materials from his funk years, occasionally anointing him not only “Spirit Brother NUMBER 1,” however the most important dark musician from the rock and roll period. In 1988, Brown’s personal lifestyle emerged crashing down in a well-publicized occurrence where he was accused by his wife of assault and electric battery. After a calendar year skirting hazy legal and personal issues, he led the authorities with an interstate car run after after allegedly intimidating people who have a handgun. The event finished in a six-year jail sentence that lots of felt was extreme; he was paroled after offering two years. Through the entire ’90s Brown continuing to execute and launch new materials like Like Over-Due (1991), Common Wayne (1992), and I’m Back again (1998). While non-e of the recordings could possibly be considered as essential as his previously work and do little to improve his recognition, his traditional catalog became popular within the American mainstream during this time period than it turned out because the ’70s, and not simply among youthful rappers and samplers. One of many reasons for this is a proper demonstration of his documented legacy. For a long period, his troublesome, byzantine discography was mainly away from print, with parts available just on skimpy greatest-hits series. Some extremely well-packaged reissues on PolyGram transformed that circumstance; the Star Period box set may be the greatest overview, with various other superb compilations specialized in specific stages of his lengthy job, from ’50s R&B to ’70s funk. In 2004, Dark brown was identified as having prostate cancers but effectively fought the condition. By 2006, it had been in remission and Dark brown, then 73, started a worldwide tour dubbed the Seven Years of Funk Globe Tour. Later in the entire year while at a regular dentist session, the vocalist was identified as having pneumonia. He was accepted to a healthcare facility for treatment but passed away of heart failing a few times later, in the first early morning of Christmas Time. A public observing happened at Apollo Movie theater in Harlem, accompanied by a private wedding ceremony in his hometown of Augusta, GA.

Quick Facts

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#	Fact
1	His first name James is named after James B Anderson. James Was born in small wooden shack in williston s.c. We're his father live and work for James M Anderson.
2	Sons with first wife Velma were Teddy (1954-1973), Terry (1955-), and Larry (1958-).
3	Daughters with second wife Deidre or "Deedee" are Deanna Brown and Yamma Brown.
4	Mentioned in the hit song "Genius of Love" by Tom Tom Club.
5	Mentioned in the song "When The World is Running Down" by The Police.
6	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. [1991]
7	He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1501 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.
8	Voted the tenth greatest singer of the rock era in a Rolling Stone magazine poll in 2008.
9	Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000.
10	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.
11	He was diagnosed with heart disease in 2003.
12	(November 14 2006) Inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame for his outstanding contribution to British music and integral part of British music culture.
13	Performed at President Richard Nixon's first inauguration on 30 January 1969.
14	Portions of James Brown's funeral services in Augusta, GA were shown live on CNN.
15	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.
16	Life-long friend of Little Richard, since they were both teenagers.
17	Was planning on singing at B.B. King's blues club in New York on New Year's Eve a week before he died.
18	Got his start in music singing with Bobby Byrd's group the Famous Flames.
19	His funeral was officiated by his good friend, Rev. Al Sharpton.
20	Good friends with Rev. Al Sharpton since the 1970s and Rev. Jesse Jackson since the 1950s.
21	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.
22	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.
23	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.
24	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.
25	In live shows, Brown would sometimes add the "I got ya" lyric in a song when he caught a musician making a mistake.
26	Coordinated his dance moves to lead his band. Each movement was actually an instruction to the band.
27	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).
28	Holds the record for holder for charting the most singles on the Billboard Hot 100 without ever reaching #1.
29	Lived in Beeach Island, South Carolina at the time of his death.
30	Augusta's 9th street was renamed "James Brown Boulevard" by mayor Charles DeVaney. [November 1993]
31	Receiving 3 Grammys: Best R&B Recording ("Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", 1965), Best Male R&B Performance ("Living In America", 1986) and "Best Album Notes" ("Star Times," 1991). On February 25 1992, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 34th Annual Grammy Awards.
32	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]
33	In 2003 South Carolina granted him pardons for seven criminal convictions, some involving guns and drugs, over a 10-year period.
34	[May 7, 2005] Reverend Al Sharpton unveiled a life-size bronze statue of Brown in Augusta, Georgia. The statue was supposed to be unveiled in May 2004, for Brown's 71st birthday, but the city postponed the ceremony because Brown was facing domestic violence charges for pushing and threatening his fourth wife, Tomirae Brown .
35	Some radicals criticized him for his patriotism. He received death threats after playing to US troops in Vietnam in 1972.
36	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.".
37	J. Anthony Lukas's book on Boston race relations, "Common Ground", notes that a 1968 Brown performance the day after Rev. Martin Luther King's was assassinated helped keep the city from exploding.
38	Was a friend of Elvis Presley.
39	Underwent surgery for prostate cancer in December 2004.
40	In 1991, the Techno group L.A. Style released a highly irreverent and controversial single entitled "James Brown Is Dead". There were two songs quickly made in response: "James Brown Is Still Alive" by Holy Noise, and "Who the F*** Is James Brown?" by Traumatic Stress.
41	He was voted the 7th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
42	28 January 2004 - Arrested for allegedly pushing his wife at their South Carolina home. Brown later filed for an annulment of their marriage.
43	One of 5 recipients of the 2003 Kennedy Center Honors. The other recipients were Carol Burnett, Loretta Lynn, Mike Nichols, and Itzhak Perlman.
44	Charter member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.
45	Son, with girlfriend Tomirae Brown, James Brown II, was born. [June 2001]
46	He served 26 months in prison for leading police on a high speed chase in Georgia in 1988.
47	His third wife, Adrienne Rodriguez, charged him 4 times with felony assault. She died of heart failure following plastic surgery.
48	Singer, songwriter, band leader and record producer.
49	Released from hospital following treatment for addiction to painkillers. [January 1998]



Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Dukes of September Live at Lincoln Center	2012	TV Movie documentary writer: "People Get Up And Drive Your Funky Soul"
Summer School	1987	"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"
Kinect Sports: Season Two	2011	Video Game music: "Check It Out" / publisher: "Check It Out" / writer: "Check It Out"
Eye of the Tiger	1986	performer: "Gravity"
Tu cara me suena	2011	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Saturday Night Live		TV Series writer - 3 episodes, 1980 - 1986 performer - 2 episodes, 1980 - 1986
Fresh Meat		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2011 writer - 1 episode, 2011
Iron Eagle	1986	performer: "There Was A Time" / writer: "There Was A Time"
Rude Tube		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2011 writer - 1 episode, 2011
Rocky IV	1985	performer: "Living In America"
Friends with Kids	2011	performer: "Sweet Little Baby Boy"
EastEnders	1985	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Roaring 20s: Mick Jagger's Glory Years	2011	Video documentary performer: "Out of Sight" / writer: "Out of Sight"
Moving Violations	1985	writer: "I Got You I Feel Good"
20 to 1		TV Series documentary performer - 2 episodes, 2006 - 2011 writer - 1 episode, 2006
Doctor Detroit	1983	performer: "Get Up Offa That Thing / Doctor Detroit", "King Of Soul"
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding		TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode, 2011 writer - 1 episode, 2011
Android	1982	performer: "It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World" / writer: "It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World"
The Interrupters	2011	Documentary writer: "Soul Power '74"
WKRP in Cincinnati		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1981 writer - 1 episode, 1981
Runaway	2010/I	Short writer: "Lost in the World" - uncredited
The Fan	1981	performer: "IT'S TOO FUNKY IN HERE"
X Factor	2010	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Blues Brothers	1980	performer: "THE OLD LANDMARK", "JAILHOUSE ROCK" - uncredited
Detroit 1-8-7		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2010 writer - 1 episode, 2010
Quadrophenia	1979	performer: "Night Train"
Prozhektorperiskhilton	2010	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Kids Are Alright	1979	Documentary writer: "Shout and Shimmy"
Glee	2010	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Black Caesar	1973	performer: "Down and Out in New York City", "Mama's Dead", "Boss", "Big Daddy", "Blind Man Can See It", "Sportin' Life", "Dirty Harri", "Make It Good to Yourself", "White Lightning I Mean Moonshine", "Chase", "Like It Is, Like It Was" / writer: "Mama's Dead", "Boss", "Blind Man Can See It", "Sportin' Life", "Dirty Harri", "Make It Good to Yourself", "Mama Feelgood", "White Lightning I Mean Moonshine", "Chase", "Like It Is, Like It Was"
Formula 1: BBC Sport	2010	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Cycle Sluts	1971	performer: "Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine" - uncredited / writer: "Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine" - uncredited
SOKO Stuttgart	2010	TV Series 1 episode
Music Scene		TV Series performer - 2 episodes, 1969 writer - 2 episodes, 1969
Iron Man 2	2010	writer: "It Takes Two"
The Hollywood Palace		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1969 writer - 1 episode, 1969
Unsung		TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode, 2010 writer - 1 episode, 2010
Mondo Trasho	1969	performer: "Why Does Everything Happen to Me?" / writer: "Why Does Everything Happen to Me?"
Barney's Version	2010	writer: "Out of Sight"
Opportunity Knocks	1968	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Dancing on Ice	2010	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
The Go!! Show	1966	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Live from Studio Five		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2010 writer - 1 episode, 2010
Shindig!		TV Series writer - 12 episodes, 1965 performer - 1 episode, 1965
The Cleveland Show		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2010 writer - 1 episode, 2010
Hollywood a Go Go		TV Series writer - 3 episodes, 1965 performer - 2 episodes, 1965
The Runaways	2010	writer: "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
Where the Action Is		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1965 writer - 1 episode, 1965
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball	2010	Video performer: "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" / writer: "It's A Man's Man's Man's World"
Ski Party	1965	performer: "I Got You I Feel Good"
Dancing on Ice Friday		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2010 writer - 1 episode, 2010
The T.A.M.I. Show	1964	Documentary performer: "Night Train", "Please Please Please", "Out of Sight", "Prisoner of Love" / writer: "Please Please Please", "Out of Sight"
Crazy on the Outside	2010	performer: "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" / writer: "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"
The Simpsons		TV Series writer - 4 episodes, 1993 - 2010 performer - 3 episodes, 1993 - 2010
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series	2009	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	2009	performer: "There Was a Time - Kenny Dope Remix" / writer: "There Was a Time - Kenny Dope Remix"
Los nuevos y clásicos bloopers		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2009 producer - 1 episode, 2009 writer - 1 episode, 2009
Dzi Croquettes	2009	Documentary performer: "Transmorgrapfication", "Hot Pants... I'm Coming, Coming, I'm Coming", "There It Is" / writer: "Transmorgrapfication", "Hot Pants... I'm Coming, Coming, I'm Coming", "There It Is"
America's Got Talent		TV Series performer - 2 episodes, 2009 writer - 1 episode, 2009
The Proposal	2009/I	writer: "It Takes Two"
Fish Tank	2009	performer: "Get Up Offa That Thing"
Komedy Klub	2009	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Diverso da chi?	2009	performer: "This Is A Man's, Man's, Man's World" / writer: "This Is A Man's, Man's, Man's World" - as J. Brown
Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W Bush	2009	TV Special writer: "Cross the Track We Better Go Back"
Everybody Hates Chris		TV Series performer - 7 episodes, 2005 - 2009 writer - 1 episode, 2005
Türkisch für Anfänger	2007-2008	TV Series performer - 2 episodes
So You Think You Can Dance Canada		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2008 writer - 1 episode, 2008
Entourage	2007-2008	TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Sex: The Revolution		TV Mini-Series documentary performer - 1 episode, 2008 writer - 1 episode, 2008
Soul Power	2008	Documentary performer: "Soul Power", "Payback", "Cold Sweat", "I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me", "Say It Loud I'm Black And I'm Proud" / writer: "Soul Power", "Payback", "Cold Sweat", "I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me", "Say It Loud I'm Black And I'm Proud", "Same Beat"
Pig Hunt	2008	performer: "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" / writer: "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
Seuls Two	2008	performer: "People Get Up And Drive Your Funky Soul" / writer: "People Get Up And Drive Your Funky Soul"
Premiya Muz-TV 2008	2008	TV Special writer: "Megamiks"
You Don't Mess with the Zohan	2008	writer: "It Takes Two"
The Wackness	2008	performer: "Can't You See" / writer: "Can't You See"
ER		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2007 writer - 1 episode, 2007
Secret Diary of a Call Girl		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2007 writer - 1 episode, 2007
Damages	2007	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Esti showder	2007	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Run, Fatboy, Run	2007	writer: "Ghetto Love" - as Brown
[email protected]	2007	Documentary performer: "I Got You I Feel Good" / writer: "I Got You I Feel Good"
Transformers	2007	performer: "I Got You I Feel Good" / writer: "I Got You I Feel Good"
La tele de tu vida	2007	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Spider-Man 3	2007	performer: "People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul" / writer: "People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul"
Are We Done Yet?	2007	performer: "Take It to da House" / writer: "The Payback", "Take It to da House"
The Reaping	2007	performer: "Tell Me What I Did Wrong" / writer: "Tell Me What I Did Wrong"
Pride	2007	performer: "THE PAYBACK" / writer: "THE PAYBACK"
Talk to Me	2007	performer: "It's a Man's Man's Man's World", "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud" / writer: "It's a Man's Man's Man's World", "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud"
Banished	2007	performer: "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" / writer: "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
Celebrity Big Brother	2007	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Music Within	2007	performer: "Papas' Got a Brand New Bag" / writer: "Papas' Got a Brand New Bag"
Wo ist Fred?	2006	performer: " Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine" / writer: " Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine"
Ygeia gia olous	2006	TV Series documentary performer: "I Feel Good" / writer: "I Feel Good"
Torvill & Dean's Dancing on Ice		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2006 writer - 1 episode, 2006
Malcolm in the Middle	2006	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Parashat Ha-Shavua		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2006 writer - 1 episode, 2006
Idols!	2006	TV Series writer - 1 episode
In the Mix	2005	performer: "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" / writer: "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
Sunday Driver	2005	Documentary writer: "Damn Right I Am Somebody"
Kinky Boots	2005	performer: "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" 1964 / writer: "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" 1964
AMV Hell 3: The Motion Picture	2005	performer: "Sex Machine"
Australian Idol	2003-2005	TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Romance & Cigarettes	2005	performer: "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" / writer: "Hot Pants", "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
Elizabethtown	2005	performer: "That's Life" 1966
The 40-Year-Old Virgin	2005	performer: "I Got Ants in My Pants" 1971 / writer: "I Got Ants in My Pants" 1971
Lost	2005	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Guess Who	2005	performer: "Papa Don't Take No Mess" 1974 / writer: "Papa Don't Take No Mess" 1974
Robots	2005	performer: "SUPER BAD DANCE REMIX", "GET UP OFFA THAT THING" / writer: "SUPER BAD DANCE REMIX"
Be Cool	2005	performer: "The Boss" / writer: "The Boss"
The 47th Annual Grammy Awards	2005	TV Special performer: "Sex Machine" / writer: "Sex Machine"
The Wedding Date	2005	performer: "I Got the Feeling" / writer: "I Got the Feeling"
Gran Turismo 4	2004	Video Game performer: " Call Me Super Bad Parts 1, 2 & 3" Gran Turismo 4 Pop Rox / writer: " Call Me Super Bad Parts 1, 2 & 3" Gran Turismo 4 Pop Rox
Flight of the Phoenix	2004	performer: "Night Train"
Blade: Trinity	2004	performer: "Hard Wax"
The Wire		TV Series performer - 2 episodes, 2003 - 2004 writer - 2 episodes, 2003 - 2004
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	2004	Video Game performer: "Funky President", "The Payback" / writer: "I Know You Got Soul", "It Takes Two", "Cross the Tracks We Better Go Back", "Hot Pants", "Funky President", "Rock Me Again and Again", "Soul Power '74", "The Payback", "Think About It", "Grunt"
München 7		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2004 writer - 1 episode, 2004
Riding the Bullet	2004	performer: "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag Part 1" / writer: "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag Part 1"
Mr 3000	2004	performer: "Call Me Super Bad", "I Got You I Feel Good" / writer: "Call Me Super Bad", "It Takes Two", "I Got You I Feel Good"
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	2004	performer: "Dunkie Butt" / writer: "Dunkie Butt"
Garfield	2004	performer: "I Got You I Feel Good" 1965 / writer: "Call Me Super Bad" 1970, "I Got You I Feel Good" 1965
Cold Case		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2004 writer - 1 episode, 2004
Twisted	2004/I	"Get Up I Feel Like Being Like a Sex Machine", "Papa Don't Take No Mess" / performer: "Get Up I Feel Like Being Like a Sex Machine", "Papa Don't Take No Mess"
The Woodsman	2004	performer: "Papa Don't Take No Mess Pt. 1" 1991 / writer: "Papa Don't Take No Mess Pt. 1" 1991
Idol	2003	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
South Park	2003	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Get Up, Stand Up	2003	TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
Idols	2003	TV Series writer - 1 episode
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection	2003	Video "Living with a Hernia"
Get Up!	2003	performer: " I Feel Like Being Like A Sex Machine", "It's a Man's World" / writer: " I Feel Like Being Like A Sex Machine", "It's a Man's World"
The Bernie Mac Show	2003	TV Series 1 episode
The Real Cancun	2003	Documentary performer: "Take It To Da House", "Get Up I Feel Like Being Like a Sex Machine" / writer: "Take It To Da House", "Get Up I Feel Like Being Like a Sex Machine", "It Takes Two"
Scrubs		TV Series performer - 2 episodes, 2003 writer - 2 episodes, 2003
Biker Boyz	2003	performer: "Call Me Super Bad Parts 1, 2, 3" / writer: "Call Me Super Bad Parts 1, 2, 3"
Kangaroo Jack	2003	writer: "2 Way"
DysFunktional Family	2003	Documentary performer: "Get Up offa That Thing", "Kansas City"
Two Weeks Notice	2002	performer: "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" / writer: "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag"
Beat the Devil	2002	Short performer: "Funky Drummer, Pts. 1 & 2", "I Got the Feelin", "Get It Together, Pts. 1 & 2", "Please Please Please", "Super Bad Super Slick", "Give It Up or Turnit Loose", "Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine", "The Payback", "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Pts. 1 & 2", "Introduction/Out of Sight/Bring It Up Live", "I Got You I Feel Good", "Cold Sweat, Pts. 1 & 2" / writer: "Funky Drummer, Pts. 1 & 2", "I Got the Feelin", "Get It Together, Pts. 1 & 2", "Please Please Please", "Super Bad Supe
Boat Trip	2002	performer: "I Got You I Feel Good" / writer: "I Got You I Feel Good"
The Tuxedo	2002	performer: "Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine" / writer: "Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine"
Love and a Bullet	2002	performer: "Night Train"
Barbershop	2002	performer: "Blind Man Can See It" / writer: "Blind Man Can See It" - as Brown
Drumline	2002	performer: "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" / writer: "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
Juwanna Mann	2002	performer: "I Got You I Feel Good" / writer: "I Got You I Feel Good"
Poolhall Junkies	2002	performer: "Payback" / writer: "Payback"
Undercover Brother	2002	performer: "Say It Loud, I'm Black And I'm Proud", "I Got The Feelin'", "I Got You I Feel Good", "Rapp Payback Where iz Moses" / writer: "Say It Loud, I'm Black And I'm Proud", "I Got The Feelin'", "I Got You I Feel Good", "Rapp Payback Where iz Moses"
City of God	2002	performer: "Get Up I Feel Like Being Like Sex Machine" / writer: "Get Up I Feel Like Being Like Sex Machine", "Hot Pants Road"
The New Guy	2002	performer: "Call Me Super Bad", "The New Guy" / writer: "Call Me Super Bad", "The New Guy"
Hey Arnold! The Movie	2002	writer: "2 Way"
Crossing Jordan	2002	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Showtime	2002	performer: "I Got You I Feel Good" 1964 / writer: "I Got You I Feel Good" 1964
Asterix and Obelix Meet Cleopatra	2002	performer: "I Feel Good"
How High	2001	performer: "The Payback" / writer: "The Payback"
Black Knight	2001	performer: "GET US OFFA THAT THING"
Bones	2001	writer: "Revenge of Jimmy Bones"
Riding in Cars with Boys	2001	performer: "I Got You I Feel Good" / writer: "I Got You I Feel Good"
Life as a House	2001	writer: "Rearranged"
Osmosis Jones	2001	"Take it to Da House" / writer: "Take it to Da House" - as J. Brown
Rush Hour 2	2001	writer: "Pass the Peas"
Legally Blonde	2001	performer: "Sex Machine" / writer: "Sex Machine"
What's the Worst That Could Happen?	2001	performer: "The Boss" / writer: "Mama Feelgood", "The Boss"
Exit Wounds	2001	performer: "I Got You I Feel Good" / writer: "I Got You I Feel Good"
All stars: De serie		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2001 writer - 1 episode, 2001
Scratch	2001	Documentary performer: "Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine", "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" / writer: "Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine", "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"
Acústico MTV: Os Paralamas do Sucesso	2000	TV Movie documentary writer: "I Feel Good"
Eat Me!	2000	performer: "Superbad, Pts. 1 & 2" / producer: "Superbad, Pts. 1 & 2" / writer: "Superbad, Pts. 1 & 2"
Snatch	2000	writer: "CROSS THE TRACKS WE BETTER GO BACK", "HOT PANTS I'M COMING, COMING, I'M COMING"
The Crew	2000	performer: "The Boss" / writer: "The Boss"
The Original Kings of Comedy	2000	Documentary writer: "Doing it to Death"
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	2000	performer: "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" / writer: "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970)	2000	TV Movie documentary performer: "I Got You", "Please Please Please" / writer: "I Got You", "Please Please Please"
Gun Shy	2000	performer: "It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World" / writer: "It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World"
Boiler Room	2000	performer: "New York Ya Out There", "Funky Child" / writer: "Funky Child"
Isn't She Great	2000	performer: "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", "Ain't That a Groove", "I've Got You I Feel Good" / writer: "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", "Ain't That a Groove", "I've Got You I Feel Good"
Aleph, lectures contades	2000	TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Liberty Heights	1999	performer: "Chonnie-on-Chon", "I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On", "Please, Please, Please" / writer: "Chonnie-on-Chon", "Please, Please, Please"
Skate and Destroy	1999	Video Game writer: "I Know You Got Soul"
Julien Donkey-Boy	1999	writer: "I Got You I Feel Good"
Bowfinger	1999	performer: "Super Bad, Super Slick" / writer: "Super Bad, Super Slick"
Muppets from Space	1999	performer: "Get Up Offa That Thing"
Edtv	1999	performer: "That's Life"
The Sopranos	1999	TV Series writer - 1 episode
My Favorite Martian	1999	performer: "I Got You I Feel Good" / writer: "I Got You I Feel Good"
The '60s	1999	TV Movie performer: "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud" / writer: "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud"
Payback	1999/I	performer: "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" / writer: "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
Warfreak	1998	performer: "I Got You I Feel Good" / writer: "I Got You I Feel Good"
Janet: The Velvet Rope	1998	TV Movie documentary performer: "That's the Way Love Goes" - uncredited / writer: "That's the Way Love Goes" - uncredited
Rush Hour	1998	performer: "Night Train"
Simon Birch	1998	performer: "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag Part 1" / writer: "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag Part 1"
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	1998	performer: "The Boss", "The Payback" / writer: "The Boss", "The Payback"
Why Do Fools Fall in Love	1998	performer: "Say It Loud I'm Black and I'm Proud Part I", "I Got You I Feel Good" / writer: "Say It Loud I'm Black and I'm Proud Part I", "I Got You I Feel Good"
How Stella Got Her Groove Back	1998	performer: "Ain't That A Groove" / writer: "Ain't That A Groove"
Doctor Dolittle	1998	writer: "I Got You I Feel Good"
Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train	1998	performer: "That's Life"
Goodbye Lover	1998	performer: "I Got You I Feel Good" / writer: "I Got You I Feel Good"
Blues Brothers 2000	1998	performer: "Please, Please, Please" / writer: "Please, Please, Please"
Pistvakt - en vintersaga	1998	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Food of Love	1997	writer: "Free Spirit Slow Burn"
Kiss the Girls	1997	performer: "I'll Go Crazy" / writer: "I'll Go Crazy"
Steel	1997	writer: "I Got You I Feel Good"
How to Be a Player	1997	performer: "Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine", "The Payback" / writer: "Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine", "The Payback", "It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World"
One Eight Seven	1997	writer: "Better Things"
Face/Off	1997	performer: "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag Part I" / writer: "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag Part I"
The Ditchdigger's Daughters	1997	TV Movie writer: "I Got You" "I Feel Good"
Das Leben ist eine Baustelle.	1997	performer: "I Got You I Feel Good" / writer: "I Got You I Feel Good"
Love Jones	1997	performer: "Blues and Pants" / writer: "Blues and Pants"
Ernst & lyset	1996	Short performer: "I Got You I Feel Good" / writer: "I Got You I Feel Good"
The Closest Thing to Heaven	1996	performer: "Get On Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine" / writer: "Get On Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine"
Homicide: Life on the Street	1996	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Strictly Come Dancing	2016	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Jerry Maguire	1996	writer: "Pass the Peas"
Mafia III	2016	Video Game performer: "I Got You I Feel Good" - uncredited / writer: "I Got You I Feel Good" - uncredited
Alles nur Tarnung	1996	performer: "I Got You I Feel Good", "Get Up I Feel Like Being Sex Machine" / writer: "I Got You I Feel Good", "Get Up I Feel Like Being Sex Machine"
Who's Doing the Dishes?	2016	TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Head Above Water	1996	performer: "Please, please please"
Nunca es tarde		TV Series producer - 1 episode, 2016 writer - 1 episode, 2016
Muppets Tonight		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1996 writer - 1 episode, 1996
Wimbledon		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2016 writer - 1 episode, 2016
Get on the Bus	1996	performer: "Papa Don't Take No Mess" / writer: "Papa Don't Take No Mess"
The Voice	2012-2016	TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Fled	1996	performer: "I Got The Feelin'" / writer: "I Got The Feelin'"
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest	2016	TV Movie documentary performer: "Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine", "The Boss" - uncredited
Harriet the Spy	1996	performer: "Get Up Offa That Thing"
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	2016	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Nutty Professor	1996	performer: "Super Bad", "I Got You I Feel Good" / writer: "Super Bad", "I Got You I Feel Good"
Live Another Day	2016	Documentary performer: "Living In America"
Stars in Their Eyes	1996	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Barbershop: The Next Cut	2016	performer: "People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul" / writer: "People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul"
Ballykissangel		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1996 writer - 1 episode, 1996
Vinyl	2016	TV Series performer - 3 episodes
Duro de acostar	1996	TV Series performer: "Gravity"
Independent Lens		TV Series documentary writer - 2 episodes, 2004 - 2016 performer - 1 episode, 2004
Und täglich grüßt der Marienhof	1996	Video documentary short performer: "I Feel Good" - uncredited
The Blacklist		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2016 writer - 1 episode, 2016
When We Were Kings	1996	Documentary performer: "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud", "In a Cold Sweat", "Gonna Have A Funky Good Time" / writer: "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud", "In a Cold Sweat", "Gonna Have A Funky Good Time"
Sisters	2015/III	writer: "It Takes Two"
En el aire	1995	performer: "I Got You I Feel Good" / writer: "I Got You I Feel Good"
The X Factor	2010-2015	TV Series writer - 5 episodes
It Takes Two	1995	performer: "I Got You I Feel Good" / writer: "I Got You I Feel Good"
Late Night with Seth Meyers	2015	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Married with Children	1995	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Pretty Little Liars		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2015 writer - 1 episode, 2015
Dead Presidents	1995	performer: "I Got The Feelin'", "Ain't That A Groove", "Say It Loud I'm Black And I'm Proud", "The Payback" / writer: "I Got The Feelin'", "Ain't That A Groove", "Say It Loud I'm Black And I'm Proud", "The Payback"
Glastonbury 2015	2015	TV Series writer - 1 episode
To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar	1995	writer: "This Is A Man's World"
Britain's Got Talent		TV Series writer - 4 episodes, 2012 - 2015 performer - 3 episodes, 2012 - 2015
Apollo 13	1995	performer: "Night Train"
Entourage	2015	writer: "Peaches N Cream"
Panther	1995/I	performer: "I Got You I Feel Good", "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag", "Say It Loud I'm Black and I'm Proud" / writer: "I Got You I Feel Good", "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag", "Say It Loud I'm Black and I'm Proud"
Scandal		TV Series 1 episode, 2012 performer - 3 episodes, 2012 - 2015 writer - 1 episode, 2014
Friday	1995	performer: "Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine" / writer: "Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine"
Focus	2015/II	writer: "It Takes Two"
Tommy Boy	1995	"I Love It Loud Injected Mix"
Mulaney		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2014 writer - 1 episode, 2014
New York Undercover		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1995 writer - 1 episode, 1995
Paddington	2014	performer: "I Got You I Feel Good" / writer: "I Got You I Feel Good"
Martin	1995	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Big Eyes	2014/I	writer: "I Got You I Feel Good"
Murder Was the Case: The Movie	1995	Video short "Murder Was the Case"
Australian Story	2014	TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight	1995	performer: "RAPP PAYBACK WHERE IZ MOSES!"
Dancing with the Stars	2010-2014	TV Series writer - 3 episodes
A Low Down Dirty Shame	1994	writer: "SAY IT LOUD I'M BLACK AND I'M PROUD", "GET UP I FEEL LIKE BEING A SEX MACHINE"
Tu cara me suena - Argentina		TV Series writer - 2 episodes, 2014 producer - 1 episode, 2014
Party of Five		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1994 writer - 1 episode, 1994
So You Think You Can Dance		TV Series writer - 6 episodes, 2006 - 2014 performer - 6 episodes, 2006 - 2010
Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge...	1994	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Get on Up	2014	performer: "Get Up Offa That Thing/Release the Pressure", "The Payback", "Out of Sight", "I Got You", "I Got You I Feel Good Live at Latin Casino", "Caldonia", "Please, Please, Please Live in Tampa", "Please, Please, Please", "Night Train Live at the Apollo", "Hold It Live at the Apollo", "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", "It's a Man's Man's Man's World", "Please, Please, Please Live in Paris", "The Christmas Song", "Cold Sweat", "Mother Popcorn", "I Got the Feelin Live in Dallas", "I Can't Stand My
Baseball		TV Mini-Series documentary performer - 1 episode, 1994 writer - 1 episode, 1994
The Sixties		TV Mini-Series documentary performer - 1 episode, 2014 writer - 1 episode, 2014
Crooklyn	1994	performer: "Soul Power" / writer: "Soul Power", "Pass The Peas"
Howard Stern Birthday Bash	2014	Video performer: "Hot Pants" / writer: "Hot Pants"
Florida Lady		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1994 writer - 1 episode, 1994
One Hit Wonderland	2014	TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Mystery Science Theater 3000	1994	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Todd's Pop Song Reviews		TV Series documentary performer - 2 episodes, 2011 - 2014 writer - 1 episode, 2011
Ghost in the Machine	1993	writer: "Mind Power"
About Last Night	2014	performer: "Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine", "Soulful Christmas" / writer: "Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine", "Soulful Christmas"
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit	1993	writer: "Get Up Offa That Thing / Dancing In The Street"
Mike & Mike		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2014 writer - 1 episode, 2014
Mrs. Doubtfire	1993	performer: "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" / writer: "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag"
Buddy	2013/II	writer: "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag"
Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City		TV Mini-Series performer - 1 episode, 1993 writer - 1 episode, 1993
White Collar		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2013 writer - 1 episode, 2013
A Bronx Tale	1993	performer: "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" / writer: "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
Rugby League World Cup		TV Series performer - 2 episodes, 2013 writer - 2 episodes, 2013
Laurel Avenue	1993	TV Series performer: "I Dont Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing" / writer: "I Dont Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing"
Dancing with the Stars		TV Series 1 episode, 2013 writer - 6 episodes, 2008 - 2013 performer - 2 episodes, 2008
Mi vida loca	1993	performer: "Doin' It to Death" / writer: "Doin' It to Death"
Battle of the Year	2013	performer: "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag", "Give It Up Or Turn It Loose In the Jungle Groove Remix" / writer: "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag"
Who's the Man?	1993	performer: "You Don't Have to Worry" / writer: "You Don't Have to Worry" - as Brown
Jimi: All Is by My Side	2013	writer: "Out Of Sight"
Tribeca	1993	TV Series "Keep It Goin'"
The Butler	2013/I	performer: "Out Of Sight" / writer: "Out Of Sight"
Untamed Heart	1993	writer: "Try Me"
The Voice of the Philippines	2013	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Blood In, Blood Out	1993	performer: "Try Me" / writer: "Try Me"
Levenslied		TV Series lyrics - 1 episode, 2013 music - 1 episode, 2013
Boomerang	1992	performer: "Bewildered"
The Great Gatsby	2013	writer: "No Church In The Wild"
Red Shoe Diaries	1992	TV Movie performer: "THE PAYBACK" / writer: "THE PAYBACK"
Finding the Funk	2013	Documentary performer: "Funky Drummer"
Sjans		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1992 writer - 1 episode, 1992
La croisière	2013	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Cosby Show	1992	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		TV Series writer - 4 episodes, 2010 - 2013 performer - 1 episode, 2013
White Men Can't Jump	1992	performer: "I GOT YOU I FEEL GOOD", "SUPER BAD" / writer: "I GOT YOU I FEEL GOOD", "SUPER BAD"
The Rocket	2013	performer: "Get on the Good Foot" / writer: "Get on the Good Foot"
The Wonder Years	1990-1991	TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Identity Thief	2013	writer: "The Payback"
Delirious	1991	performer: "IT'S A MAN'S, MAN'S, MAN'S WORLD" / writer: "IT'S A MAN'S, MAN'S, MAN'S WORLD"
I Give It a Year	2013	writer: "It Takes Two"
Hudson Hawk	1991	performer: "BODY HEAT"
Django Unchained	2012	performer: "Unchained The Payback/Untouchable" / writer: "Unchained The Payback/Untouchable"
Doogie Howser, M.D.		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1991 writer - 1 episode, 1991
The Filthy Frank Show		TV Series short performer - 1 episode, 2012 writer - 1 episode, 2012
Mad Bull 34	1990	TV Mini-Series performer: "Time to Get Busy" / writer: "Time to Get Busy"
Voice - Danmarks største stemme	2012	TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	1990	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Not Fade Away	2012	performer: "There Was A Time" / writer: "There Was A Time"
Quantum Leap		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1990 writer - 1 episode, 1990
Stars 80	2012	performer: "Living in America"
The Return of Superfly	1990	"Somethin' Like Dis"
Criança Esperança 2012	2012	TV Special writer: "Ponta de Lança Africano Umbabarauma / Hit the Road Jack / Superstition / Black or White"
Jacob's Ladder	1990/I	performer: "MY THANG" / writer: "MY THANG" - as J. Brown
Sparkle	2012/I	writer: "When You Gonna Get Respect When You Haven't Cut Your Process Yet"
Mr. Destiny	1990	performer: "I GOT YOU I FEEL GOOD" / writer: "I GOT YOU I FEEL GOOD"
The Voice UK	2012	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Midnight Caller		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1990 writer - 1 episode, 1990
No Church in the Wild	2012	Video short writer: "No Church in the Wild"
Get a Life	1990	TV Series performer - 1 episode
American Idol	2010-2012	TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Pump Up the Volume	1990	writer: "Freedom of Speech"
Katy Perry Live Lounge Special	2012	TV Special writer: "Niggas in Paris" as "Ninjas in Paris"
Another 48 Hrs.	1990	writer: "I GOT THE FEELIN'"
Dancing Stars	2012	TV Series writer - 1 episode
K-9	1989	performer: "I FEEL GOOD" / writer: "I FEEL GOOD"
A Thousand Words	2012/I	performer: "Talking Loud And Saying Nothing" / writer: "Talking Loud And Saying Nothing"
Moonlighting	1989	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Charles Bradley: Soul of America	2012	Documentary writer: "It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World"
Who's Harry Crumb?	1989	performer: "I Got You I Feel Good" / writer: "I Got You I Feel Good"
Smash	2012	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Wilder Westen, inclusive	1988	TV Mini-Series performer: "Living In America" / writer: "Living In America"
Late Show with David Letterman	2012	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Torch Song Trilogy	1988	performer: "Hot Pants" / writer: "Hot Pants"
No me la puc treure del cap		TV Series performer - 2 episodes, 2012 writer - 1 episode, 2012
Off Limits	1988	performer: "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" / writer: "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
Frontline	2012	TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Good Morning, Vietnam	1987	performer: "I Got You I Feel Good" / writer: "I Got You I Feel Good"
Think Like a Man	2012	performer: "It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World" / writer: "It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World", "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
Miami Vice		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1987 writer - 1 episode, 1987
Safe House	2012	performer: "No Church in the Wild" / writer: "No Church in the Wild"
No Man's Land	1987	writer: "I Got You I Feel Good" - uncredited
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap	2012	Documentary performer: "Funky Drummer" / writer: "Funky Drummer", "It Takes Two"
Full House		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1987 writer - 1 episode, 1987

Actor

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Tuxedo	2002		James Brown
The Artist's Journey: Funk Blast	2000	Himself
Blues Brothers 2000	1998		Cleophus James
Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man	1997	TV Series	Hostage Negotiator
Amen	1991	TV Series	James Brown
Miami Vice	1987	TV Series	Lou De Long
Rocky IV	1985		The Godfather of Soul
Doctor Detroit	1983		Bandleader
The Blues Brothers	1980		Reverend Cleophus James
The Phynx	1970		James Brown

Composer

Composer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Future Shock	1976	TV Series
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off	1973
Black Caesar	1973

Music Department

Music Department

Title	Year	Status	Character
Unusual Circumstances	2015	Short stock music
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off	1973	music performer

Producer

Producer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Future Shock	1976	TV Series producer

Thanks

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Life and Times of Gangsta Brown Part 2	2012	special thanks
Edición Especial Coleccionista	2011	TV Series in memory of - 1 episode
The Making of 'Blues Brothers 2000'	1998	Video documentary short special thanks

Self

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Power of Soul	2015	Documentary	Himself
Night of the Proms	2013	TV Series	Himself - Singer / Himself
Sid Bernstein Presents...	2010	Documentary	Himself
Life on the Road with Mr. and Mrs. Brown	2009	Documentary	Himself
James Brown: The Man, the Music, & the Message	2008	Video documentary	Himself
Trailers from Hell	2007	TV Series	Himself (as James Brown and the Flames)
Glastonbury	2006	Documentary	Himself
The World's Greatest Gigs	2005	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Usher's Project Restart	2005	TV Movie	Himself
Hollywood's Master Storytellers: The Blues Brothers	2005	TV Movie	Himself
T in the Park	2005	TV Movie	Himself
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross	2005	TV Series	Himself
Out of Africa: Heroes and Icons	2005	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The 47th Annual Grammy Awards	2005	TV Special	Himself - Performer
Howard Stern	1998-2005	TV Series	Himself
(Inside) Out: James Brown's Last Chance	2005	TV Movie	Himself - Host
The View	2005	TV Series	Himself
Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music	2005	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
Glastonbury 2004	2004	TV Series	Himself
The Olympic Torch Concert Live	2004	TV Special	Himself - Performer
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts	2003	TV Special	Himself - Honoree
Pulse	2003	TV Series documentary	Himself
The CBS Morning News	2003	TV Series	Himself
TV total	2003	TV Series	Himself
Soul Man: Isaac Hayes	2003	TV Movie documentary	Himself
American Masters	2003	TV Series documentary	Himself
Jimmy Kimmel Live!	2003	TV Series	Himself
3rd Annual BET Awards	2003	TV Special documentary	Himself
Paper Chasers	2003	Documentary
Pavarotti & Friends 2002 for Angola	2002	TV Special documentary	Guest Performer
Beat the Devil	2002	Short	Himself (as Mr. James Brown)
HBO First Look	2002	TV Series documentary	Himself
MTV Video Music Awards 2002	2002	TV Special	Himself
Undercover Brother	2002		Himself
Say It Loud: A Celebration of Black Music in America	2001	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll	2000	Video documentary	Himself
James Brown: Live from the House of Blues	2000	Video documentary	Himself
CNN World Beat	2000	TV Series	Himself
VH-1 Where Are They Now?	2000	TV Series documentary	Himself
WCW SuperBrawl 2000	2000	TV Movie	Himself
The Howard Stern Radio Show	1999	TV Series	Himself
30th NAACP Image Awards	1999	TV Special	Himself
Late Show with David Letterman	1996-1999	TV Series	Himself
Holy Man	1998		Himself
Behind the Music	1998	TV Series documentary	Himself
Late Night with Conan O'Brien	1997	TV Series	Himself
Soulmates	1997		Himself
Super Bowl XXXI	1997	TV Special	Himself - Halftime Show Performer
The Caleb Crump Show	1996	TV Series	Himself
When We Were Kings	1996	Documentary	Himself
The History of Rock 'n' Roll	1995	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame	1995	TV Special documentary	Himself
Rock & Roll	1995	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
Si on chantait	1995	TV Series	Himself
New York Undercover	1995	TV Series	Himself
Michael Ball	1994	TV Series	Himself
The Arsenio Hall Show	1994	TV Series	Himself
Wheel of Fortune	1994	TV Series	Himself - Celebrity Contestant
The Simpsons	1993	TV Series	Himself
Late Night with David Letterman	1982-1993	TV Series	Himself
The 35th Annual Grammy Awards	1993	TV Special	Himself
In Living Color	1993	TV Series	Himself
The Howard Stern Interview	1993	TV Series	Himself
The 34th Annual Grammy Awards	1992	TV Special	Himself
The 19th Annual American Music Awards	1992	TV Special	Himself
MTV Video Music Awards 1991	1991	TV Special	Himself
A Party for Richard Pryor	1991	TV Special documentary	Himself
Influences: James Brown and M.C. Hammer	1991	TV Movie	Himself
Ebony/Jet Showcase	1983-1991	TV Series	Himself
Golden Age of Rock'n'Roll	1991	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Word	1990	TV Series	Himself
James Brown & Friends: Set Fire to the Soul	1988	Video documentary	Himself
The 8th Annual Black Achievement Awards	1987	TV Special	Himself
Throb	1986	TV Series	Himself
The 28th Annual Grammy Awards	1986	TV Special	Himself
Arena	1985	TV Series documentary	Himself
American Bandstand's 33 1/3 Celebration	1985	TV Special	Himself
Motown Returns to the Apollo	1985	TV Special	Himself
Les enfants du rock	1985	TV Series	Himself
James Brown: Live at Chastain Park	1985	Video	Himself - Vocals
Super Night of Rock 'n' Roll	1984	TV Movie	Himself - Performer
Salute!	1983	TV Series	Himself
New American Bandstand 1965	1961-1983	TV Series	Himself / Himself - Musical Guest
When the Music's Over	1982	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The John Davidson Show	1982	TV Series	Himself
The 24th Annual Grammy Awards	1982	TV Special	Himself
Tomorrow Coast to Coast	1981	TV Series	Himself
Musikladen	1981	TV Series	Himself
Saturday Night Live	1980	TV Series	Himself - Musical Guest
Sha Na Na	1980	TV Series	Himself
James Brown: Body Heat	1979	Video documentary	Himself
The Mike Douglas Show	1969-1979	TV Series	Himself / Himself - Actor / Himself - Soul Singer
The Midnight Special	1974-1977	TV Series	Himself
Future Shock	1976	TV Series	Himself - Host
Dinah!	1975	TV Series	Himself
Tattletales	1975	TV Series	Himself
World Heavyweight Championship: Muhammad Ali vs. Chuck Wepner	1975		Himself - Ringside Commentator
In Concert	1974	TV Series	Himself
Soul Train	1973-1974	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	1968-1973	TV Series	Himself / Himself - Guest
The David Frost Show	1969-1970	TV Series	Himself
Playboy After Dark	1969-1970	TV Series	Himself
Music Scene	1969	TV Series	Himself
The Joey Bishop Show	1968-1969	TV Series	Himself
Allen Ludden's Gallery	1969	TV Series	Himself
The Match Game	1968-1969	TV Series	Himself - Team Captain
The Hollywood Palace	1968-1969	TV Series	Himself
The Jerry Lewis Show	1969	TV Series	Himself
Beat-Club	1968	TV Series
The Merv Griffin Show	1968	TV Series	Himself
James Brown: Live at the Boston Garden, 1968	1968	TV Movie	Himself
Where the Action Is	1965-1967	TV Series	Himself
The Ed Sullivan Show	1966	TV Series	Himself
Ready, Steady, Go!	1966	TV Series	Himself- / Himself
Shindig!	1965	TV Series	Himself
Ski Party	1965		Himself (as James Brown and The Famous Flames)
Hollywood a Go Go	1965	TV Series	Himself
The T.A.M.I. Show	1964	Documentary	Himself (as James Brown and The Flames)
The KPIX Dance Party	1959	TV Series	Himself - Guest

Archive Footage

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Ok! TV	2015	TV Series	Himself
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown	2014	Documentary	Himself
Tu cara me suena - Argentina	2014	TV Series	Himself
The Sixties	2014	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
Finding the Funk	2013	Documentary	Himself
Soul Power!	2013	TV Series documentary	Himself
Too Young to Die	2012	TV Series documentary	Reverend Cleophus James
No me la puc treure del cap	2012	TV Series	Himself
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl	2012	TV Special	Himself
The Real Rocky	2011	TV Movie	Himself
The Roaring 20s: Mick Jagger's Glory Years	2011	Video documentary	Himself
Plages des 60's	2010	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
My Music: Aretha Franklin Presents Soul Rewind	2010	TV Movie	Himself
Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America	2009	Documentary	Himself
Soul Power	2008	Documentary	Himself
Mr. Brown	2008	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Night James Brown Saved Boston	2008	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Glastonbury 2007	2007	TV Series documentary	Himself - Performer
La tele de tu vida	2007	TV Series	Himself
This Is the N	2007	TV Movie documentary	Himself (In Memory Of)
Soul Britannia	2007	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	2007	TV Special	Himself - In Memoriam
TV total	2007	TV Series	Himself
20 to 1	2006	TV Series documentary	Himself
TV Junkie	2006	Documentary	Himself
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer	2006	Video documentary	Himself
Independent Lens	2005	TV Series documentary	Himself
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop	2004	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years	2004	Video documentary	Himself
Get Up, Stand Up	2003	TV Series documentary	Himself
Ed Sullivan's Rock 'n' Roll Classics, Vol. 4: Elvis & Other Rock Greats	2003	Video	Himself
MC Hammer: 2 Legit - The Videos	2002	Video documentary	Himself (segment "Too Legit to Quit")
The New Guy	2002		Himself (uncredited)
American Bandstand's 50th Anniversary Celebration	2002	TV Movie	Himself
It's Black Entertainment	2002	TV Special documentary	Himself
Playboy: The Party Continues	2000	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Top Ten	2000	TV Series documentary	Himself
Isn't She Great	2000		Himself (uncredited)
Smoothie	1992	Documentary	Himself
Shindig! Presents Soul	1991	Video documentary short	Himself
Great Performances	1991	TV Series	Himself
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues	1988	Video documentary	Himself
Rolling Stone Presents Twenty Years of Rock & Roll	1987	TV Movie documentary	Himself
All You Need Is Love	1977	TV Series documentary	Himself
Soul Train	1973	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Hollywood Palace	1970	TV Series	Himself

Won awards

Won awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2012	SLFCA Award	St. Louis Film Critics Association, US	Best Music	Django Unchained (2012)	· Rocky Roberts · Luis Bacalov · Ennio Morricone · Edda Dell'Orso · Jim Croce · John Legend · RZA · Rick Ross · Jerry Goldsmith
2003	BET Award	BET Awards	Lifetime Achievement Award
1997	Star on the Walk of Fame	Walk of Fame	Recording	Awarded on January 10, 1997 at 1501 Vine Street

Nominated awards

Nominated awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2013	Black Reel	Black Reel Awards	Best Song	Safe House (2012)	· Jay Z (Performer, Writer) · The Dream (Writer) · Frank Ocean (Performer, Writer) · Kanye West (Performer, Writer) · Charles Njapa (Writer) · Mike Dean (Writer) · Phil Manzanera (Writer) · Joseph Maloy Roach (Writer) · Gary Wright (Writer)



Title	Salary
The T.A.M.I. Show (1964)	$15,000



#	Quote
1	Sometimes, you like to let the hair do the talking!
2	I've been in slavery all my life. Ain't nothing changes for me but the address.
3	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.
4	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.
5	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.
6	[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.



#	Trademark
1	Cape -- in nearly every performance, James Brown would fall to his knees and a member of his entourage would come onstage and place a cape around his shoulders. He would then feign recovery only to fall onto his knees again - after doing this a couple of times James would break-out in one of his trademark dance moves and drive the crowd wild!
2	Dance moves
3	Pompadour hairstyle



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