(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 ...
No matter how comparable two artists might be in talent, the nature of commercial performance dictates that only one person can be at the top at a time, which is a lesson James Brown reviewed often ...
The funk singer is best known for her 1969 version of "It's My Thing" and for the widely sampled track "Unwind Yourself." By Marc Schneider, Billboard Marva Whitney, a fiery-voiced funk singer who ...