Here are 12 James Brown songs that everyone should listen ... Brown’s command over his band, The J.B.’s, is on full display, as the song locks into a relentless groove that never lets up.

As "the hardest working man in show business," Brown turned ballads into virtuosic theatrical turns—falling hard on his knees, busting into splits and half spins, popping the mike to the floor and ...

Fred Wesley was musical director of The James Brown Band, spin-off group James Brown and The J.B.'s and George Clinton's Parliament-Funkadelic. He plays The Grand Social, Dublin on 27 March.

Brown (b. 1957) grew up in the shadow of... Bruce Tucker, With, James Brown, Author Thunder's Mouth Press $13.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-938410-97-3 Published in hardcover in 1986--before ``the hardest ...