Brown,James & Famous Flames Federal & King Singles As & Bs 1956-61 CD

James Brown was a singer songwriter and bandleader who was one of the primary originators of funk and souls music in the 1950s and '60s and became known as "The Godfather Of Soul", underlining his status as one of the most influential figures in pop music in the latter half of the 20th century, ranking seventh in Rolling Stones magazine's greatest artists of all time. Beginning his career in gospel music, he moved into secular R&B in the mid-50s, acquiring a reputation as a dynamic 'live' performer and started recording for the Federal label in 1956 with his band The Famous Flames. This great-value 57-track 2-CD set covers the era when developed his trademark style and laid the groundwork for his pioneering funk performances during the '60s and '70s - it comprises all the A and B sides of his singles on the Federal and King labels, both with The Famous Flames and solo, during these significant early years of his career up to 1961, plus some bonus tracks from 1962.. It naturally features all his nineteen pop and R&B hits from this era, including his Top 5 R&B debut "Please Please, Please" the R&B No. 1 "Try Me", and the R&B No. 2s "Lost Someone" and "Baby You're Right". It's an entertaining insight into the musical roots of his later landmark successes, and is a great showcase for one of the most sensational soul and funk voices of all time.

1. Please, Please, Please 2. Why Do You Do Me? 3. I Don't Know 4. I Feel That Old Feeling Coming on 5. No, No, No, No 6. Hold My Baby's Hand 7. Just Won't Do Right 8. Let's Make It 9. I Won't Plead No More 10. Chonnie-On-Chon - James Brown 11. Gonna Try 12. Can't Be the Same 13. Love or a Game - James Brown 14. Messing with the Blues - James Brown 15. I Walked Alone 16. You're Mine, You're Mine 17. Baby Cries Over the Ocean 18. That Dood It 19. Begging, Begging 20. That's When I Lost My Heart 21. Try Me 22. Tell Me What I Did Wrong 23. I Want You So Bad 24. There Must Be a Reason 25. I've Got to Change 26. It Hurts to Tell You 27. Don't Let It Happen to Me 28. Good Good Lovin' 29. Got to Cry 30. It Was You 31. I'll Go Crazy 32. I Know It's True 33. Think 34. You've Got the Power 35. This Old Heart 36. I Wonder When You're Coming Home 37. The Bells - James Brown 38. And I Do Just What I Want - James Brown 39. The Scratch - James Brown Presents His Band 40. Hold It - James Brown Presents His Band 41. Bewildered 42. If You Want Me 43. I Don't Mind 44. Love Don't Love Nobody 45. Sticky - James Brown Presents His Band 46. Suds - James Brown Presents His Band 47. Night Flying - James Brown Presents His Band 48. Cross Firing - James Brown Presents His Band 49. Baby You're Right 50. I'll Never, Never Let You Go 51. Just You and Me, Darling 52. I Love You, Yes I Do 53. Lost Someone 54. Night Train 55. Why Does Everything Happen to Me 56. Shout and Shimmy 57. Come Over Here