James Brown (May 3, 1933 ? December 25, 2006) was an American R&B and funk singer . ^[1] He was known as the "Godfather of Soul".

He was born in Barnwell , South Carolina and grew up in Augusta , Georgia . Brown was arrested by police on many occasions. When he was 16, he was convicted of armed robbery , for which he spent three years in a youth detention center . ^[2] His other convictions include assaults .

Four of Brown's albums were in Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Brown's most well known song is " Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine ".

In 2006, Brown died of pneumonia and heart disease in Atlanta . There was a public memorial service at Apollo Theater . Michael Jackson , Stevie Wonder , and Prince were there. In 1993 Brown was in The Simpsons episode Bart's Inner Child .

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