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"Funky President (People It's Bad)" is a funk song by James Brown. Released as a single in 1974, it charted No. 4 R&B. [1] It also appeared on the album Reality.According to Brown the "funky president" of the song's title was meant to refer to U.S. President Gerald Ford, who had succeeded Richard Nixon in the White House shortly before it was recorded.
Hard Hits (1994; VHS only) Live at The House of Blues (1999) James Brown: Soul Survivor (2004) Live in Montreux 1981 (2005) The Night James Brown Saved Boston (2008) I Got the Feelin': James Brown in the '60s (2008; 3-DVD set featuring The Night James Brown Saved Boston, Live at the Boston Garden 1968, and Live at the Apollo '68 [ 33 ]) Live at ...
James Brown. James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer and musician. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is referred to by various nicknames, among them "King of Soul", "the Hardest-Working Man in Show Business", "Minister of New Super Heavy Funk ...
"The Payback" is a funk song by James Brown, the title track from his 1973 album of the same name. The song's lyrics, originally written by trombonist and bandleader Fred Wesley but heavily revised by Brown himself soon before it was recorded, concern the revenge he plans to take against a man who betrayed him.
"Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" is a funk song recorded by James Brown. Released as a single in 1969, the song was a #1 R&B hit and also made the top 20 pop singles chart. [1] [2] "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" appeared as an instrumental on the Ain't It Funky (1970) album, removing Brown's vocals and adding guitar overdubs, while the vocal version was released on It's a New Day – Let a Man ...
Get on the Good Foot. " Get on the Good Foot " is a funk song performed by James Brown. It was released in 1972 as a two-part single that charted #1 R&B and #18 Pop. [1][2] It also appeared on an album of the same name released that year. Partly due to the unwillingness of Brown's record labels to certify sales of his previous hits, "Get on the ...
Brown also remade the song for his 1992 album Universal James under the title "Make It Funky 2000". The full version, running 12:50, was released on the compilation Make It Funky – The Big Payback: 1971–1975 in 1996.
Doing It to Death. " Doing It to Death ", also known as " Gonna Have a Funky Good Time ", is a funk song recorded by The J.B.'s featuring James Brown. A 10-minute, two-part version of "Doing It to Death" was included on a J.B.'s album of the same name. The complete, unedited and nearly 13-minute-long original recording of the song was first ...