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James Brown - Veteran
rock/soul singer known as "The Godfather of
Soul" and "the hardest working man in
show business."
Over the years, James
Brown has acted on the police drama MIAMI
VICE/NBC/1984-89; hosted the musical variety
show IT'S SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO/SYN/1987+;
appeared on vintage musical snippets on DICK
CLARK'S GOLDEN GREATS/SYN/1988-89; talked about
his career on THE DAVID FROST SHOW/SYN/1969-72;
and performed at the half-time show of SUPERBOWL
XXXI in 1997.
Perhaps his most memorable performance was the
final episode of the sitcom AMEN/NBC/1986-91
where he performed his classic "I Feel Good" on
a telethon to raise money to save The First
Community Church in Philadelphia. His upbeat
antics brought on the labor and delivery of
Deacon Frye's (Sherman Hemsley) pregnant
daughter, Thelma (Anna Maria Horsford).
The soulful James Brown once revealed his secret
of success in an interview for Musician
magazine (4/86) when he said "Back when
everybody was listening to soaps-suds songs and
jingles, I emphasized the beat, not the melody,
understand? Heat the beat, and the rest'll turn
sweet."
On Sunday, December 24,
2006, James Brown was hospitalized with
pneumonia at Emory Crawford Long Hospital in
Atlanta, Georgia. He died Christamas day at
around 1:45 a.m.
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