Behold the Human Hurricane: Grammy Museum exhibit proves why James Brown was the Hardest Working Man in Show Business
Kirk Silsbee, Los Angeles Downtown News, 17 October 2011
JAMES BROWN HAD a signature piece of stagecraft that he honed over the years, beginning in the 1950s when he worked his way up through the ranks of rhythm and blues bills around the South and Eastern Seaboard.
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