To promote the James Brown biopic that opened Aug. 1, Get on Up, executive producer Peter Afterman called jazz bassist and big-time Godfather of Soul fan Christian McBride to ask if he had any ideas. McBride said he would think about it and a few minutes after hanging up, placed a call to the Hollywood Bowl […]
He couldn’t have known it at the time, but James Brown’s debut recording and first chart hit — made in 1956 with The Famous Flames — is a question that contains its own answer. The lyrics to “Please, Please, Please” speak, pretty obviously, of sexual desire. But Brown’s voice is so hungry that a hundred […]
Check out Get On Up James Brown and discover WHO SAMPLED Mr. Dynamite. Take a deep dive into all the artists (Jay Z, Public Enemy and many more) that James Brown influenced along with discovering where his music is featured in many of the classic hip hop, R&B and rap songs of today. Discover Who […]
Even by the standards of early rock ‘n’ roll songs, the 1956 “Please, Please, Please” is primitive, in fact primal. It’s the “Hare Krishna” of sexual desperation: one word is repeated a couple dozen times in a lover’s mantra, prayer or threat, as crooned by the vocal group, The Famous Flames, and howled by their lead singer. […]
Mick Jagger has been a James Brown fan for actual decades. The Rolling Stones lead singer, who turned 71 on Sunday, has admitted he copied many of Brown’s dance moves on stage. As the men rose to prominence as two of the biggest singers of the 1960s, they even became acquaintances. It was a relationship […]
“The Beatles: The Night That Changed America,” the CBS special that commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” received six Emmy Awards nominations Thursday morning. The special, produced by CBS and AEG Ehrlich Ventures, is up for Outstanding Variety Special and in the categories of direction (Gregg Gelfand), music […]
NEIL DIAMOND’S ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS SET FOR RELEASE JULY 8 ON CAPITOL/UMe, WITH 23 ORIGINAL STUDIO RECORDINGS Includes Rare and Original Solo Version Of “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” New Studio Album Due This Fall Los Angeles, California – July 2, 2014 – Grammy® winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Neil Diamond gets a […]
POLYDOR/UMe TO RELEASE SOUNDTRACK FOR UNIVERSAL PICTURES’ UPCOMING JAMES BROWN BIOPIC, GET ON UP Brown’s Top Hits, Plus Two Previously Unreleased Concert Recordings, Featured on Funk-Fueled Soundtrack to be Released July 29 Los Angeles – July 1, 2014 – “The Godfather of Soul.” “The Hardest Working Man in Show Business.” “Mr. Dynamite.” “Soul Brother […]
On July 31, 2003, roughly eight weeks after releasing his acclaimed Trouble No More, John Mellencamp performed the entire album for a sold-out audience at New York’s Town Hall. That performance is finally surfacing on July 8 as part of a newly inked agreement with Universal Music Enterprises to curate and release material from Mellencamp’s vault. […]
THE BEATLES GET BACK TO MONO THE BEATLES’ ORIGINAL MONO STUDIO ALBUMS REMASTERED AT ABBEY ROAD DIRECTLY FROM THE ANALOGUE MASTERS FOR VINYL RELEASE 180-Gram LPs Available September 8, Individually and in a Limited 14-LP Boxed Edition with Hardbound Book London – June 16, 2014 – The Beatles in mono: This is how most listeners […]
The people who brought you “Despicable Me” and “Jurassic Park” are adding a bit of funkiness to theaters around the country. Universal Pictures announced in conjunction with their upcoming James Brown biopic, the launch of the “Get On Up” tour. The event will mark an immersive storytelling experience set to the sounds of James Brown’s legendary funk. Beginning Friday, […]
BON JOVI CELEBRATE THREE DECADES IN A CAREER THAT GETS BIGGER & BIGGER EXTENSIVE ISLAND/UMe CATALOG CAMPAIGN LAUNCHING JULY 1 WITH ‘NEW JERSEY’ IN REMASTERED, DELUXE, AND SUPER DELUXE EDITIONS Los Angeles, California – May 20, 2014 – For three decades, the iconic, world renowned BON JOVI has steadfastly earned and maintained a […]
