Radios play the song which climbs up the charts of record sales.īut it is in October 1958 that he propelled his first hit try me which will soon become the best-selling single at that time, and the first of his smash hits with king. It is in November 1955 that they record their first single please please please at WIBB Studio in Georgia. With a certain determination and a message to deliver, the band will become The Famous Flames and will mark the beginning of James' career. In 1953, after a few years in prison for theft, he joins the R 'n' B band The Starlighters, a vocal quartet carried out by bobby byrd, his friend who will welcome him into his family. He learns music, gets accustomed to songs, organ, battery via Gospel and the Black community. Later, he was raised in poverty by his aunt 'Minnie' in Augusta, Georgia.
The president !!!! james brown was born 1933 in Barnwell, South Carolina.
