DVD. This reissue adds a slew of performances not included on the previous DVD, presenting Brown’s historic April 5, 1968 concert in its most complete form to date. This concert is of great ...

Nothing captures the spirit of music like live performances and this volume of the acclaimed Most Famous Hits series features funk master James Brown in concert showcasing hits such as Papas Got a ...

At 1:21 a.m. on Christmas morning 2006, James Brown drew his last breath. “Three small sighs, they were so soft, if I had been 15 feet away, I would have never heard them,” says Charles Bobbitt, Brown ...

In rock ‘n’ roll’s early days, Hollywood discovered they could package a bunch of musical performances and weave them in between a flimsy plotline. Teenagers lined up and paid their money to watch the ...

James Brown liked Eddie Murphy’s celebrity hot tub skit on “Saturday Night Live” so much that he suggested the comedian play him in a biopic. Murphy explained to Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show” ...

James Brown’s breakout hit “Please, Please, Please” drew directly from the gospel tradition, channeling its pleading repetition and raw emotion into a new sound. Misunderstood by critics but ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When I first wrote about James Brown, I thought I’d covered enough ground with the big hits—the songs everyone knows and loves. But not long after that article went live, I started ...

'Get On Up' star said he worked five to eight hours a day with a choreographer. — -- When Chadwick Boseman was approached about taking on the complicated, soulful, split-loving role of James ...

Nostalgia, like old TV shows, is much-needed comfort in these fast-moving times. For this column, we look back at South Carolina’s iconic moments and notable figures in the world of entertainment and ...