James Brown died 13 years ago today. Check out our playlist of his essential songs
was blowing the mic out from the first note of his first single. As raw as a begging suitor’s scraped knees, this descendant of the Orioles’ “Baby Please Don’t Go” set the pattern for JB’s early records: wailing, sweating and growling over slow-rolling rhythm & blues. He’s howled it at almost every show for 50 years.
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