Things Have Changed

Considered by some to be the first funk song, 1967's Cold Sweat by James Brown runs for seven minutes, with Part 1 as the A side single....

I have about 2100 songs in my iTune library,  many of them organized into playlists, but I often like listening via shuffle to see what the ...

 A rhythmic contrast to our prior entry.  James Brown at his peak.  What a tight band!

James Brown and the Famous Flames performing Out Of Sight at the 1964 T.A.M.I Show.  Lots of us kids in the suburbs had never seen anything ...

You may be cool but you'll never be James Brown standing next to his private jet cool. pic.twitter.com/abTDLihc7s — Super 70s Sports (@S...

James Brown from the soundtrack of the 1973 film Black Caesar, starring Fred Williamson.  Unlike most of Brown's hits which were compose...

He ain't no drag Papa's got a brand new bag Released in July 1965, Papa's Got A Brand New Bag was James Brown's first s...

  On this date in 1905, my grandfather Louis, fleeing Czarist Russia, landed in Boston.  Six weeks later he enlisted in the US Army, serv...

( from New Yorker.com )  (Chadwick Boseman) Chadwick Boseman's first leading movie roles have been as Jackie Robinson in 42 an...

James Brown , that is.  Now that I'm (mostly) retired, I can spend hours practicing my dance moves following the instructions of the mas...

An unlikely pairing - James Brown and Luciano Pavarotti doing "It's A Man's World" at a concert in Pavarotti's hometow...