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James Brown and His Famous Flames scored an R&B Top Ten hit in 1956 with "Please, Please, Please," but Brown's next nine singles for Federal Records flopped. It was the next, "Try Me," his third single of 1958, that finally scored. That was when King Records (Federal's parent label) assembled this, Brown's debut album, out of some of those singles sessions. You can hear the sound of a group and its enthusiastic singer looking for a hit, sometimes in the rock & roll of "Chonnie-On-Chon" (1957) or the 1956 B-side "I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On," sometimes by remaking "Please, Please, Please" under another name, such as "I Don't Know" (1956), sometimes by tackling Coasters-like novelty material such as "That Dood It" (1958), sometimes by aping the smooth Sam Cooke, as on the 1958 B-side "That's When I Lost My Heart," and once by rewriting "My Bonnie (Lies Over the Ocean)" as the 1958 B-side "Baby Cries over the Ocean." Only the two hits were really memorable, but the album presented the sound of a major star-to-be in search of his sound.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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JAMES BROWN, MainArtist - Brown James, Composer - JADAR MUSIC CORP, MusicPublisher - Terry Johnny, Composer
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JAMES BROWN, MainArtist - FORT KNOX MUSIC CO / TRIO MUSIC COMPANY, MusicPublisher - SMITH WILBERT, Composer
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JAMES BROWN, MainArtist - FORT KNOX MUSIC CO, MusicPublisher - Scott Nafloyd, Composer - SMITH WILBERT, Composer
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JAMES BROWN, MainArtist - FORT KNOX MUSIC CO, MusicPublisher - Scott Nafloyd, Composer - Knox Nashpendle, Composer
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JAMES BROWN, MainArtist - Brown James, Composer - Armo Music Corp, MusicPublisher
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JAMES BROWN, MainArtist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Brown James, Composer
(C) 2012 Sinetone AMR (P) 2012 Smith & Co
JAMES BROWN, MainArtist - BROWN DENNIS EMANUEL, Composer - OBSERVER PUBLISHING / DENNIS EMANUEL BROWN MUSIC, MusicPublisher - HOLNESS WINSTON, Composer
(C) 2012 Sinetone AMR (P) 2012 Smith & Co
JAMES BROWN, MainArtist - Brown James, Composer - Fort Knox Music Inc, MusicPublisher
(C) 2012 Sinetone AMR (P) 2012 Smith & Co
JAMES BROWN, MainArtist - Brown James, Composer - JADAR MUSIC CORP, MusicPublisher
(C) 2012 Sinetone AMR (P) 2012 Smith & Co
JAMES BROWN, MainArtist - Mc Coy Rose Marie, Composer - Toombs Rudolph, Composer
(C) 2012 Sinetone AMR (P) 2012 Smith & Co
JAMES BROWN, MainArtist - Dixon Julius, Composer - FORT KNOX MUSIC CO, MusicPublisher - Toombs Rudolph, Composer
(C) 2012 Sinetone AMR (P) 2012 Smith & Co
JAMES BROWN, MainArtist - FORT KNOX MUSIC INC / TRIO MUSIC COMPANY, MusicPublisher - Scott Nafloyd, Composer - KNOX NASH, Composer
(C) 2012 Sinetone AMR (P) 2012 Smith & Co
JAMES BROWN, MainArtist - Brown James, Composer - Byrd Bobby, Composer - Terry Johnny, Composer - FORT KNOX MUSIC INC / TRIO MUSIC COMPANY, MusicPublisher
(C) 2012 Sinetone AMR (P) 2012 Smith & Co
JAMES BROWN, MainArtist - Brown James, Composer - Fort Knox Music Inc, MusicPublisher
(C) 2012 Sinetone AMR (P) 2012 Smith & Co
JAMES BROWN, Composer, MainArtist - FORT KNOX MUSIC CO, MusicPublisher
(C) 2012 Sinetone AMR (P) 2012 Smith & Co
JAMES BROWN, MainArtist - Brown James, Composer - Fort Knox Music Inc, MusicPublisher
(C) 2012 Sinetone AMR (P) 2012 Smith & Co
Album review
James Brown and His Famous Flames scored an R&B Top Ten hit in 1956 with "Please, Please, Please," but Brown's next nine singles for Federal Records flopped. It was the next, "Try Me," his third single of 1958, that finally scored. That was when King Records (Federal's parent label) assembled this, Brown's debut album, out of some of those singles sessions. You can hear the sound of a group and its enthusiastic singer looking for a hit, sometimes in the rock & roll of "Chonnie-On-Chon" (1957) or the 1956 B-side "I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On," sometimes by remaking "Please, Please, Please" under another name, such as "I Don't Know" (1956), sometimes by tackling Coasters-like novelty material such as "That Dood It" (1958), sometimes by aping the smooth Sam Cooke, as on the 1958 B-side "That's When I Lost My Heart," and once by rewriting "My Bonnie (Lies Over the Ocean)" as the 1958 B-side "Baby Cries over the Ocean." Only the two hits were really memorable, but the album presented the sound of a major star-to-be in search of his sound.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:16
- Main artists: James Brown
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: SINETONE AMR
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
(C) 2012 Sinetone AMR (P) 2012 Smith & Co
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