James Brown
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer and musician. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is referred to by various honorific nicknames, some of which include "the Hardest-Working Man in Show Business", "Godfather of Soul", "Mr. Dynamite", and "Soul Brother No. 1". In a career that lasted more than 50 years, he influenced the development of several music genres. Brown was one of the first 10 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at its inaugural induction in New York on January 23, 1986.
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| Full name at birth | James Joseph Brown Jr.
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| Claim to fame | 'I Got You (I Feel Good)' (1965)
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| Date of birth | 3 May 1933
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| Place of birth | Barnwell, South Carolina, USA
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| Date of death | 25 December 2006
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| Age | 73 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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| Cause of death | Congestive heart failure; complicated by pneumonia
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| Resting place | Thomas Family Home Crypt, Beech Island, Aiken County, South Carolina, USA
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| Occupation | Singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer, bandleader
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| Height | 5' 6" (168 cm)
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| Net worth | $100,000,000 USD
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- Voted the tenth greatest singer of the rock era in a Rolling Stone magazine poll in 2008.
- Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000.
- 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.
- He was diagnosed with heart disease in 2003.
- Inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame for his outstanding contribution to British music and integral part of British music culture. [14 November 2006]
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