December 25, 2006 2:15am (AP) James Brown, the legendary singer known as the “Godfather of Soul,” has died, his agent said early Monday. He was 73.
Brown was hospitalized Sunday at Emory Crawford Long Hospital with pneumonia and died around 1:45 a.m. Monday, said his agent, Frank Copsidas of Intrigue Music. Longtime friend Charles Bobbit was by his side, Copsidas said.
The agent said Brown’s family was being notified of his death and that the cause was still uncertain. “We really don’t know at this point what he died of,” Copsidas said.
E.J. Says: This is horrible news and it caught me, like it caught you, totally off guard. James Brown, you will be missed. May Christmas in heaven bring you peace at last.
James Brown – Christmas In Heaven
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James Brown, RIP…
Xeni Jardin : The Godfather of Soul died today. James Brown was one of the most influential musicians…
I bet them angels are shaking booty right now. God bless you Mr Brown, thank you for letting us share a little of your life.
James Brown, RIP: Christmas in Heaven….
Xeni Jardin : The Godfather of Soul died today. He was 73. James Brown was one of the most influential…
[...] Many tributes and obituaries are being written this Christmas Day. I have his “James Brown’s Funky Christmas†going this a.m. On it is a song he recorded probably back in the Sixties titled, “Christmas in Heaven.†I hope James is happy up there because we sure miss him down here. He’s got Soul… and he’s super-baddddd! [...]
the “Um, Dude… Firefox” thing that popped up when I came to your site is thoughtless and rude, and moves me to never bother with Firefox. You’re fooling yourself to think it’s anymore safe, secure, or independent that any other browser.
I was about to delete that comment because it has nothing to do with James Brown and “Robert” could have sent me an email. Instead, I’ll leave it to demonstrate that I’m not inconsiderate enough not to feel sorry for him, for he knows not what he says.
[...] Incluso entre las curiosidades una canción llamada Christmas in Heaven, ‘parecÃa que el ya sabia’, como lo cuenta Andrew Tonkin en BoingBoing. [...]
I can’t believe that someone with the brain capacity of “loludead” (see post #8, if it hasn’t been deleted yet), actually knows how to read, much less use a computer. And, sticking to the topic, James Brown influenced generations of musicians and musical genres. He had groove running through his veins. I had the pleasure of seeing him perform about ten years ago. Even then, I remember thinking how a man that old was dancing and entertaining more than the twenty something rock bands that I normally go see. I could tell that he truly loved what he was doing. There was no pretense and no posturing, just James.
loludead, I wish you a painful death
James Brown, You will be missed. Thank you for your music.
I apologize to my thousands of new visitors about that, it seems like you can’t take a nap these days without getting at least one new comment like that. If anyone has ever called you “ignorant”, at least you can take comfort in knowing that loldead’s comment affirms, if you happen to actually be an ignorant person, you haven’t cornered the market on ignorance.
Shouldn’t be a problem any more.
[...] Posted: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 10:50 AM by Will Femia Being out of reliable Internet range is like being bound in a sensory deprivation chamber. For the record, Web detox takes longer than five days. It was the possibility that I’d miss online audio collections in tribute to James Brown that knocked me off the wagon. If your local radio isn’t doing its civic duty with a James Brown tribute, I clicked WFMU’s tribute (actually the stream of a 2001 show) and also this collection of videos. Also Stereogum has a round-up of links. [...]
[...] A special tribute to James Brown (R.I.P, sex machine) [...]
Your readers might be interested in viewing my tribute to the legendary James Brown at:
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2006/12/25/in-memoriam-the-legendary-james-brown-1933-2006/
I deeply am troubled by the many artist that say they owe their success to Mr. James Brown, but none besides Michael Jackson and Rev Hammer showed up to his funeral. I’m sure we will see them peddling their new cd’s on New Years Eve shows, but none could take the time to be seen at the Apollo, his private funeral, or public homecomming in Atlanta. Let’s remember that..the next time they utter how important James was to them, yet, it wasn’t worth the price of a plane ticket to demonstrate it in person