{"product_id":"magnet-luther-vandross-forever-for-always-for-love-miniature-lp-cover-magnet-copy","title":"Magnet: James Brown – Say It Loud I'm Black And I'm Proud [Miniature LP Cover Magnet]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn 3 May 1933 near Barnwell, South Carolina; died 25 December 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia (aged 73).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRaised in poverty in Augusta, Georgia. Prior to his career in music, he worked as a shoe-shiner, car washer, and cotton-picker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1950s: Joined the Gospel Starlighters in 1953, a vocal quartet led by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/41425\"\u003eBobby Byrd\u003c\/a\u003e, after completing a four-year stint in prison for robbery. As Brown became the focal point of the act, the group changed its name to 'The Famous Flames' and its focus from gospel to R\u0026amp;B. In 1955 The Famous Flames record \"Please Please Please\" at the studio of WIBB in Macon, Georgia. In 1958 James Brown's first #1 hit, \"Try Me\", is released. It was the best-selling R\u0026amp;B single of 1958, and the first of 17 chart-topping R\u0026amp;B singles by Brown over the next two decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1965: Records \"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag\", a revolutionary single that ushers in a whole new era of soul music. Released that summer, it tops the R\u0026amp;B chart for eight weeks and even cracks the pop Top Ten.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1971: Signs with Polydor Records, for which he recorded extensively throughout the decade. \u003cbr\u003e1974: The Payback, the most successful of James Brown's seventies albums—many of which were double-LPs with lengthy, extended tracks—makes its debut on Billboard's album chart. It is the only gold-certified (500,000 copies sold) album of his career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1984: Bronx DJ \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/17531\"\u003eAfrika Bambaataa\u003c\/a\u003e teams up with Brown to record the single \"Unity\".\u003cbr\u003e1986: \"Living In America\", the theme song from Rocky IV, reaches #4 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, becoming Brown's biggest pop hit since \"I Got You (I Feel Good)\" reached #3 in 1965.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1992: Receives a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 34th annual Grammy Awards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2006: Hospitalized with pneumonia, died on Christmas Day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 (Performer).\u003cbr\u003eInducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000.[Discogs]\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eItem Description:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2.65” x 2.65\" magnet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSuper high quality, with a glossy finish, to help keep them durable and clean.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFlexible and ready to stick on any magnetic appropriate surface: fridges, desks, lockers, doors, or other metal surface.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[Drawer05.2026]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Magnetic Images","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49030825246948,"sku":"MI_ James Brown – Say It Loud I'm Black And I'm Proud_MagLP","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/3860\/8612\/files\/5E91A7CD-4268-44B7-852F-86DD7037AA77.jpg?v=1779794192","url":"https:\/\/abrodosmusic.com\/products\/magnet-luther-vandross-forever-for-always-for-love-miniature-lp-cover-magnet-copy","provider":"Abrodos Music Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}