godfather of soul
Soul music pioneer
Godfather of soul is the honorific title for James Brown, the American singer and bandleader whose funk and rhythm-and-blues innovations shaped popular music from the 1960s onward.
The title acknowledges his foundational influence on soul music, much as a godfather presides over a family.
Occasionally applied loosely to other pioneering soul artists, but Brown owns the phrase.
- James BrownHardest working singer
- funkDepression or groove music
- cold sweatFear-triggered perspiration
- capeShouldered sleeveless wrap
- sweatMoisture from skin pores
groove · scream · one more time · splits · rhythm · African American · showmanship · sex machine · hit me · get up · get on up · dancing · horn section · Augusta · polyrhythm · pompadour · microphone · stage
godfather of soulone-hit wonder
Artist famous for one song
flash in the pan · imitator · session musician · backup singer
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