The Knoxville News-Sentinel from Knoxville, Tennessee • 11

I '11 1'snAV MX 1MIMR 3WL A11 KNOX yC from A1 in a fight with Knoxville Police Department officers after a show at the Knoxville Owe Coliseum Some witnesses said people in party were using profanity and had refused to leave the coliseum after a show Others blamed a police officer for starting foe fight pulling aides from a car and i racial epithet i Brown and two assistants were charged with assaulting a police officer and disorderly conduct That spuned hundreds of protesters who marched a week later to the Safety Building demanding the firing of three officers involved in the confionta-tion i Brown and his group filed a $2 million civil-rights suit against the officers and the city Authorities later dropped charges against Brown and hs poun The performer lost his federal lawsuit in 1974 i After WJBE suffered a series of legal setbacks in the 1970s NEWS SENTINEL RadfoDIEddte Beacon spins records at James Knoxville radio station WJBE in this undated file phota Brown sold it in 1979 He stayed away from Knoxville for many years after the ugjy run-in with police By 2000 however Mr Dynamite and the city were ready to make up was dramatic to foe end dying on Christmas said foe Rev Jesse Jackson a friend of Brown's since 19551 a dramatic poetic moment HeU be all over the news all over foe world today He would have it no other The at The Apollo? in 1962 is widely considered one of the 'greatest conceit records ever He often talked of a 1964 concert in which organizers made the mistake of having the Rolling Stones not him close the bill remembering Mick Jagger waiting off- he pulled off his matchless show "Ib this day there has been no one near as funky No com- even dose" rapper Chuck Brown routinely lost two or three pounds each time he performed and kept his furious concert schedule in his later years even as he fought prostate cancer Ross said With his tight pants eye makeup and outrageous hair Blown set the stage for younger stars such as Michael Jadoon and Prince: And the early rap generation over- voice as they hud the foundation of hip-ho culture is James Brown hiphop is James Brown rap is James Brown you know what I'm saying? You hear all the rappers 90 percent of their music is Brown told The AP in 20031 Bom in poverty in BamwdL SC 1933 Brown was abandoned as to foe care of relatives friends He grew up on the streets of Augusta Ga in an as he once called it learning how to hustfe to survive By the eighth grade in 1949 Brown had served3'A years in reform school for breaking into cars White there he met Bobby Byrd whose femOy took ETOwn hto their home Byrd also took Brown into his group the Gospel Stariighters Soon they changed their name to die Famous Flames and their style to hard In January 1956 King Records ofCinrinnad signed the group and four months later riease was in the TbpTfen Brown is survived by his fourth a4yeavold and friends children two daughters and sons Daryl and James Brown BROWN from A1 inducted into the Rock and KoU Hall ofRnne along with Elvis Healey ChudtBeny and other fcund- was an innovator he was an emancipator he was an originate Rap music all that stuff came from James Brown" entertainer Little Richard a longtime friend of Brown'S told MSNBC Btown changed said the Rev A1 Shaipton who toured with Brown in the 1970s and imitates his hairstyle to this day I made soul music a worid Sharpton said James Brown was to music in terms of soul and hmhop rapt all cfthaT is what Bacm was to classical music This is a guy who literally changed die music industry He put everybody on a different beat a different style of music He pioneered Sharptm will officiate Brown's funeral service details which are stiQ incomplete Oopsidas said 1 Brown won a Granuny for lifetime achievement in 1992 as well Ckamns in 1965 fcr Got a Brand New (best recording) and for In America? in 1987 (best vocal performance makO I He even had a brief but memorable role on the big screen as a mane preacher the 1980s movie Hues Brothers" Brown who lived in Beech Island SXL near the Georgia line had a turbulent personal life that included charges of abiding drugs andalcohol After a widely publicized drug-foeled confrontation with police in 1988 that ended in an interstate car chase Brown 1 15 months in a South Car-i prison and 10 months in a work release program I From the 1950s when Brown had his first hit Ffease in 1956 through the mid-197Qs Brown went on a frenzy of crosscountry tours concerts and new songs He earned the nickname The Hardest ltoddng Man in Show and often tried toprove it tohis fens said Jay Ross his lawyer of 15 years i stage act was as memorable and as imitated as his records with his twirls and spins and flowing cape his repeated faints to the floor at the end Georgia line sonal life that GUARANTEED LOW typ- Brown headlined a Summer concert that month at the Chilhowee Park Amphitheater Then-Mayor Victor Ashe welcomed him back with a proclamation and a hey to file city HEART AND SOUL 1956: Please Please" This begging ballad about a man trying to keep his woman 1962: Train" -One of the first songs to feature the tight jumping horn section that would become a cornerstone of most of his major hits 1965: Got a Brand New Bag (Part I)" Another classic dance' track about what else dancing 1965c Got You (I Feel Good)" Perhaps Brown's most famous tune and one of the all-time greatest songs in rock's canon 1966: a World" Though the title may suggest a chauvinistic ode this passionate downbeat track really pays homage to a eternal need for a woman by Ns side it Loud Black and Proud (Part Released at the height of the civil-rights movement 1970: Up (I Feel Like Being Like A) Sex (Part I)" Despite its somewhat risque title this frenetic groove is more of a call to move your feet 1971: It Funky (Rart I) This could be the theme song of entire career It begins with Brown saying what would become Ns motto: I play got to be 1974: Take No Mess (Part I) Brown's amazing funky tribute to a hard-nosed stem dad 1976: Up Offa That A killer bass instead of horns are the real glue of this James Brown classic dance groove 1985: "Living in This rousing patriotic song from the fourth installment of the movies Sourer Associated Press wwwwindowworidinccom 219-7151 PRICE WITH MONEYBACK GUARANTEE! 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