His James Brown, the godfather of soul, c1986 t.p. (James Brown) p. 1 (b. May 3, 1933, Barnwell, S.C.; full legal name: James Joe Brown, Jr.)
LC data base, 5-14-86 (hdg.: Brown, James, 1934- )
Premarc (hdg.: Brown, James, 1934- )
Stambler, I. Enc. of pop, rock, and soul, c1974 (Brown, James; b. 6-17-28, Pulaski, Tenn.; "Some records indicate he was born in Tennessee, but Brown himself places his birth at Macon, Georgia, in the '30s.")
Southern, E. Biogr. dict. of Afro-Amer. and African musicians (Brown, James; b. 6-17-28, Pulaski, Tenn.)
Loewen, N. James Brown, 1989 CIP introd. (soul singer James Brown) text (b. 5-3-33 in a cabin near Barnwell, S.C.)
Int. dict. of Black composers, 1999 (Brown, James; b. June 17, 1933, Barnwell, Tenn. [sic])
Int. ww in mus., v. 2, pop. mus., 1st ed. (Brown, James; b. May 3, 1928, Barnwell, S.C.; soul singer)
Enc. of pop. mus., 3rd ed. (Brown, James; b. May 3, 1928, Barnwell, S.C.; Brown claims he was born 1933, Macon, Ga.)
New Rolling stone enc. of rock & roll (Brown, James; b. May 3, 1933, Barnwell, S.C.; some records give his birthdate as 1928)
Contemporary musicians v. 2 (Brown, James; b. June 17, 1928 (some sources cite May 3, 1928, others cite May 3, 1933), Pulaski, Tenn. (some sources cite Augusta, Ga.); singer, songwriter)
Contemporary musicians v. 16 (Brown, James; b. May 3, 1933, Barnwell, SC (some sources say Augusta, GA, or Pulaski, TN); singer, bandleader)
New Grove dict. of Amer. mus. (Brown, James; b. May 3, 1933, near Augusta, GA; popular singer, dancer, songwriter, and bandleader)
New York times WWW site, Dec. 26, 2006 (James Brown; b. May 3, 1933, Barnwell, S.C.; d. early yesterday [Dec. 25, 2006], Atlanta, aged 73; singer, songwriter, bandleader, and dancer who indelibly transformed 20th-century music)
