The one : the life and music of James Brown / R.J. Smith.

The definitive biography of James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, with fascinating findings on his life as a Civil Rights activist, an entrepreneur, and the most innovative musician of our time Playing 350 shows a year at his peak, with more than forty "Billboard" hits, James Brown was a dazzling sho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, R. J., 1959-
Language:English
Published: New York : Gotham Books, [2012], ©2012.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Brown, James, > 1933-2006.
Soul musicians > United States > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:455 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Give the drummer some
  • A certain elemental wildness
  • The Terry
  • The Black Satchel
  • Toccoa
  • A New Orleans choo-choo
  • Top banana
  • The traveler
  • Star time
  • Keep on fighting
  • The cape act
  • Man's world
  • Ghost notes
  • America
  • How you gonna get respect?
  • Color TVs and dashikis
  • The other further
  • Master of time
  • Soul power
  • Follow the money
  • Emulsified
  • The hustle
  • I can see the light!
  • An uproar all the time
  • The dancer
  • Hit it and quit it.