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The J.B.'s (sometimes punctuated The JB's or The J.B.s) was James Brown's band from 1970 through the early 1980s. On records, the band was sometimes billed under alternate names such as Fred Wesley and the JBs, The James Brown Soul Train, Maceo and the Macks, A.A.B.B., Fred Wesley and the New JBs, The First Family, and The Last Word. [1]
The Famous Flames were an American rhythm and blues, soul vocal group [1] founded in Toccoa, Georgia, in 1953 by Bobby Byrd. James Brown first began his career as a member of the Famous Flames, emerging as the lead singer by the time of their first appearance in a professional recording, "Please, Please, Please", in 1956.
In 2015, Bobby Byrd was nominated for a second induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The J.B.'s, a group which he discovered in 1970 to replace the Original James Brown Band, who left Brown in 1970 (as the Famous Flames left him in 1968) due to salary disputes.
In 1970, music icon James Brown recorded a track that millions of his fans have never heard – until now. ... Brown’s tight backup band through the 1970s and early 1980s. ...
James Joseph Brown was born on May 3, 1933, in Barnwell, South Carolina, to 16-year-old Susie (née Behling; 1917–2004) and 21-year-old Joseph Gardner Brown (1912–1993) in a small wooden shack. [16]
We were not no 'band'. We were the group that worked hard on stage and did a wonderful performance on stage for the whole public." [17] Bobby's statement about The Famous Flames being a singing group and not "backup musicians" was also confirmed by Flames lead singer James Brown in a 1982 interview on The David Letterman Show. [18]
This category is for vocalists who performed with James Brown, whether as backing vocalists, duet partners, or as featured solo singers in the James Brown Revue. It also includes vocalists whose recordings he produced and released on his labels Try Me Records and People Records .
Elsie Mae worked as an American singer in James Brown’s backup band in the late 1960s. She recorded a number of songs as a backup singer and a few songs herself, which among others can be found on the James Brown produced album James Brown's Original Funky Divas. [1]