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James Joseph Brown ( May 3 , 1933  December 25 , 2006 ) was an American singer , songwriter , ___MASK55___ producer , dancer and bandleader . The creator of funk music and a major figure of 20th century popular music and dance , he is often referred to as the " Godfather of Soul ". In a career that spanned six decades , he influenced the development of several music genres . Bobby Howard Byrd ( August 15 , 1934  September 12 , 2007 ) was an American R & B / soul singer , songwriter , bandleader , talent scout , ___MASK55___ producer , and musician , who played an integral and important part in the development of soul and funk music in association with James Brown . Byrd began his career in 1952 as member of the gospel group the Gospel Starlighters , who later changed their name to the Avons in 1953 and the Five Royals in 1954 , before settling with the name the Flames in 1955 prior to Brown ' s joining the group ; their agent later changed it to The Famous Flames . Byrd was the actual founder of The Flames and is credited with the discovery of James Brown . As group founder , and one of the longest - serving members of the group , Byrd was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame posthumously in 2012 . Byrd was also a 1998 recipient of the Rhythm and Blues Foundation ' s Pioneer Award . Byrd helped to inspire the musical aspirations of James Brown , who launched his career with Byrd . The Famous Flames were an American rhythm and blues vocal group founded in Toccoa , Georgia , in 1953 by Bobby Byrd . James Brown began his career as a member of the Famous Flames , emerging as the lead singer by the time of their first professional recording , " Please , Please , Please ", in 1956 . ___MASK68___ is a music genre that originated in the mid - 1960s when African American musicians created a rhythmic , danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music , jazz , and rhythm and blues ( R & B ). ___MASK68___ de - emphasizes ___MASK69___ and chord progressions used in other related genres and brings a strong rhythmic groove of a bass line played by an electric bassist and a drum part played by a drummer to the foreground . ___MASK68___ songs are often based on an extended vamp on a single chord , distinguishing them from R & B and soul songs , which are built on complex chord progressions . ___MASK68___ uses the same richly - colored extended chords found in bebop jazz , such as minor chords with added sevenths and elevenths , or dominant seventh chords with altered ninths . Rhythm and blues , often abbreviated as R & B or RnB , is a genre of popular African - American music that originated in the 1940s . The term was originally used by ___MASK55___ companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans , at a time when " urbane , rocking , jazz based music with a heavy , insistent beat " was becoming more popular . In the commercial rhythm and blues music typical of the 1950s through the 1970s , the bands usually consisted of piano , one or two guitars , bass , drums , saxophone , and sometimes background vocalists . R & B lyrical themes often encapsulate the African - American experience of pain and the quest for freedom and joy . Lyrics focus heavily on the themes of triumphs and failures in terms of relationships , freedom , economics , aspirations , and sex . A bandleader is the leader of a music group such as a rock or ___MASK4___ group or jazz quartet . The term is most commonly , though not exclusively , used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band , such as one which plays jazz , blues , rhythm and blues or rock and roll music . Most bandleaders are also performers with their own band , either as singers or as instrumentalists , playing an instrument such as electric guitar , piano , or other instruments . `` I ' ll Go Crazy '' is a rhythm and blues song recorded by James Brown and The Famous Flames . Released as a single in 1960 , It was Brown ' s fourth R & B hit , charting at # 15 . Brown and the Flames also performed it as the first song on their 1963 album Live at the Apollo . The Live at the Apollo performance of `` I ' ll Go Crazy '' was released as the B - side of a single in 1966 , backed with `` Lost Someone '' ( also from the live album ) . It charted # 38 R & B and # 73 ___MASK4___ . It was the last single featuring The Famous Flames to chart . `` I ' ll Go Crazy '' has inspired cover versions by many different artists , including The Rolling Stones , The Kingsmen , The Blues Magoos , The Residents , The Moody Blues , The Buckinghams , Chris Isaak , Jerry Garcia and David Grisman , Buddy Guy , The Nighthawks , Tommy Quickly , Graham Bonnet , The Honeycombs live in Tokyo , and Clarence Clemons . Tommy James And The Shondells released a cover version of the song on their debut album , Hanky Panky . It was performed by Dan Aykroyd in the actor ' s tribute to Brown on his induction at the 2003 Kennedy Center Honors . This song is used on the Late Show with David Letterman as theme music for the `` Who Said It ? '' segment . " Please , Please , Please " is a rhythm and blues song performed by James Brown and the Famous Flames . Written by Brown and Johnny Terry and released as a single on ___MASK98___ in 1956 , it reached number six on the R & B charts . The group ' s debut recording and first chart hit , it has come to be recognized as their signature song .