| LC control no. | n 85266946 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML420.B818 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Brown, James, 1933-2006 |
| Variant(s) | Godfather of Soul, 1933-2006 |
| See also | Corporate body: James Brown Band Corporate body: James Brown Orchestra |
| Birth date | 1933-05-03 |
| Death date | 2006-12-25 |
| Place of birth | Barnwell, S.C. |
| Place of death | Atlanta, Ga. |
| Profession or occupation | Musician |
| Found in | James Brown, the godfather of soul, c1986: t.p. (James Brown) p. 1 (b. May 3, 1933, Barnwell, S.C.; full legal name: James Joe Brown, Jr.) LC data base, 5-14-86 (hdg.: Brown, James, 1934- ) Premarc (hdg.: Brown, James, 1934- ) Enc. of pop, rock, and soul, c1974 (Brown, James; b. June 17, 1928, Pulaski, Tenn.; "Some records indicate he was born in Tennessee, but Brown himself places his birth at Macon, Georgia, in the '30s.") Biogr. dict. of Afro-Amer. and African musicians (Brown, James; b. June 17, 1928, Pulaski, Tenn.) James Brown, 1989: CIP introd. (soul singer James Brown) text (b. May 3, 1933 in a cabin near Barnwell, S.C.) Int. dict. of Black composers, 1999 (Brown, James; b. June 17, 1933, Barnwell, Tenn. [sic]) Int. ww in mus., v. 2, pop. mus., 1st ed. (Brown, James; b. May 3, 1928, Barnwell, S.C.; soul singer) Enc. of pop. mus., 3rd ed. (Brown, James; b. May 3, 1928, Barnwell, S.C.; Brown claims he was born 1933, Macon, Ga.) New Rolling stone enc. of rock & roll (Brown, James; b. May 3, 1933, Barnwell, S.C.; some records give his birthdate as 1928) Contemporary musicians: v. 2 (Brown, James; b. June 17, 1928 (some sources cite May 3, 1928, others cite May 3, 1933), Pulaski, Tenn. (some sources cite Augusta, Ga.); singer, songwriter) Contemporary musicians: v. 16 (Brown, James; b. May 3, 1933, Barnwell, SC (some sources say Augusta, GA, or Pulaski, TN); singer, bandleader) New Grove dict. of Amer. mus. (Brown, James; b. May 3, 1933, near Augusta, GA; popular singer, dancer, songwriter, and bandleader) New York times WWW site, Dec. 26, 2006 (James Brown; b. May 3, 1933, Barnwell, S.C.; d. early yesterday [Dec. 25, 2006], Atlanta, aged 73; singer, songwriter, bandleader, and dancer who indelibly transformed 20th-century music) |
| Invalid LCCN | n 90723539 n 2007070412 |
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