If one were to name James ... Brown’s greatest contribution to sampling culture. Showing up in hundreds if not thousands of songs, “Funky Drummer” has helped to shape the future of music ...

And the music always came from the groove, whereas for so many R&B and Motown artists at the time it was more about conventional songs. James ... of top-notch compilations and anthologies. Brown ...

Both Marsden and Brown have some velvet pipes, which they put to good use in between takes. Sterling K. Brown and James ...

James Brown set the standard for dynamic live performance in American music. Inspired by preachers in the Black church, Brown started out singing in gospel quartets. As the "Godfather of Soul," he ...