After 1953 regained his freedom, he joined the four-person singing group "Gospel Stars" led by Bobby Byrd and began to sing gospel songs. Because of james brown's joining, Gospel star house quickly adjusted its career direction, from gospel songs to R&; B song, the band changed its name to "Famous Flame", and James became the soul of the band.

1 955165438+1October1,The Famous Flame was recorded as Please in WIBB, Georgia;

1958 10 6 1 day, james brown's first sensational song "Try Me" came out, which quickly became a best-selling R & ampb single, creating a precedent for popular songs in 20 years after James.

On February 1965, James Brown recorded Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, which is a revolutionary music single. After it was released that summer, the song was still R&; B-song ranked first, even in the national 10A pop music charts.

197 1 In July, James signed a contract with Polydor Records for 10 years.

1974 65438+1On October 5th, The Pay Back, the most successful album of James' 70 albums, entered the billboard album list for the first time. This is the only album in his life that has been rated as a gold record, with a sales volume of 500,000 copies.

On September 1984 and 1 day, Bronx rappers Afrika Bambaataa and James jointly recorded the hymn single Unity.

1986 65438+1October1Sunday, James sang the theme song "Living in America" by Loki IV, ranking fourth among the top 100 hit songs on the bulletin board and becoming the most successful pop single since James 1965.

1On February 25th, 992, james brown was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 34th Grammy Music Awards.

He died of pneumonia in the United States on February 25th, 2006 at the age of 73.