The one : the life and music of James Brown / / R.J. Smith.

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Smith, R. J., 1959-

The one : the life and music of James Brown / / R.J. Smith.

New York : Gotham Books, c2012.

455 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

A tribute to the life and achievements of the "Godfather of Soul" covers his unconventional youth in a segregated South, his complicated family life, and his work as a civil rights advocate and entrepreneur.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Give the drummer some -- A certain elemental wildness -- The Terry -- The Black Satchel -- Toccoa -- A New Orleans choo-choo -- Top banana -- The traveler -- Star time -- Keep on fighting -- The cape act -- Man's world -- Ghost notes -- America -- How you gonna get respect? -- Color TVs and dashikis -- The other further -- Master of time -- Soul power -- Follow the money -- Emulsified -- The hustle -- I can see the light! -- An uproar all the time -- The dancer -- Hit it and quit it.

Brown, James, 1933-2006.

Soul musicians -- United States -- Biography.

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(OCoLC)ocn706017142

Horizon Information Portal 3.24_7488

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