The whole James Brown Show depended on having someone with musical knowledge remember the show, the individual parts, and the individual songs, then relay these verbally or in print to the other musicians.
The group's first recording and single, credited to "James Brown with the Famous Flames," was "Please, Please, Please," in 1956.
In 2003 he participated in the PBS American Masters television documentary James Brown: Soul Survivor, directed by Jeremy Marre.
James Brown has received numerous prestigious music industry awards and honors.
From these and other relationships, James Brown had five sons—Teddy Brown, Terry Brown, Larry Brown, Daryl Brown (a member of Brown's backing band) and James Joseph Brown II, in addition to three daughters—Dr.
By 1970, most of the members of James Brown's classic 1960s band had quit his act for other opportunities.