James Brown
James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, and record producer. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is referred to by various nicknames, among them "Mr. Dynamite", "the Hardest-Working Man in Show Business", "Minister of New Super Heavy Funk", "Godfather of Soul", "King of Soul", and "Soul Brother No. 1". In a career that lasted more than 50 years, he influenced the development of several music genres. Brown was one of the first ten inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 23, 1986. His music has been heavily sampled by hip-hop musicians and other artists.
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🎬 Movies
The Godfather of Soul
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2026
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
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2023
The Apollo
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2019
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
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2008
Rock 'N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits
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2005
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
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2004
Beat the Devil
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2002
The Tuxedo
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2002
Undercover Brother
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2002
It's Black Entertainment
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2002
The Sports Pages
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2001
Holy Man
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1998
Blues Brothers 2000
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1998
When We Were Kings
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1996
Rocky IV
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1985
The Blues Brothers
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1980
The Swap
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1979
Adiós Amigo
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1975
Whiffs
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1975
Powderkeg
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1971
Targets
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1968
Ski Party
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1965
Black Spurs
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1965
The T.A.M.I. Show
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1964
The Ceremony
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1963
Irma la Douce
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1963
Gun Street
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1961
Five Guns to Tombstone
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1961
A Star Is Born
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1954
Thunder Over the Plains
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1953
The Charge at Feather River
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1953
Springfield Rifle
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1952
Montana
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1950
Sands of Iwo Jima
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1950
Objective, Burma!
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1945
Going My Way
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1944
Corvette K-225
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1943
Air Force
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1943
Wake Island
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1942
