Taking soul onto the R&B charts, James Brown helped push the genre further into the mainstream by the mid-1960s with his first No. 1 hit.

(ThyBlackMan.com) When discussing the foundations of modern music, James Brown is a name that cannot be ignored. Known as the “Godfather of Soul” and the inventor of funk, Brown’s influence ...

These songs show James Brown’s full range—his power as a performer, yes, but also his depth as a storyteller, a thinker, and a man who understood the world around him.

James Brown is known as the 'Godfather of Soul' yet that distinction never landed him a number 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

"Godfather of Soul" James Brown spoke to Fresh Air in 2005. Justin Chang reviews Three Thousand Years of Longing. Greenwich co-wrote some of the most popular girl group songs of the early 1960s.

"This is the biggest thing I've I've ever done in my whole career," the Dutch producer says of his rework of Brown's 1971 classic.

Earlier in his career, Brown worked closely with a number of singers and musicians within his community. Here are five songs he wrote or co-wrote for other artists in the 1960s through ’70s. 1.