If there’s one song that embodies James Brown’s influence on funk, it’s “Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine.” Released ...

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If you wanted to play with James Brown, you would play by his rules ... in funk-infused tunes like “Get Up (I Feel Like Being) a Sex Machine,” Brown’s music is the id unleashed.

James Brown set ... man in show business," Brown turned ballads into virtuosic theatrical turns—falling hard on his knees, busting into splits and half spins, popping the mike to the floor and back, ...

James Brown always ... He followed that up with a bridge table that shuffled four decks of cards at a time. In the early 1930s he was tearing up pianos, pondering how to get the big boom of ...