James Brown was an iconic American musician who is recognized as one of the most influential figures in rhythm and blues, soul, funk and protest civil rights music. Born and raised in Augusta, Georgia ...

Taking soul onto the R&B charts, James Brown helped push the genre further into the mainstream by the mid-1960s with his first No. 1 hit, “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag,” which earned him his first ...

Whether you call him “The Hardest Working Man in Show Business,” “Soul Brother Number One” or “The Godfather of Soul,” you’d be hard pressed to find someone who would argue that James Brown wasn’t one ...