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Early life. Brown was born on May 3, 1933, in Barnwell, South Carolina, to 16-year-old Susie (née Behling; 1917–2004) and 21-year-old Joseph Gardner Brown (1912–1993) in a small wooden shack. [16] .
Oct 25, 2024 · James Brown (born May 3, 1933, Barnwell, South Carolina, U.S.—died December 25, 2006, Atlanta, Georgia) was an American singer, songwriter, arranger, and dancer, who was one of the most important and influential entertainers in 20th-century popular music and whose remarkable achievements earned him the sobriquet “the Hardest-Working Man in ...
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Apr 25, 2020 · He was born James Joseph Brown in either 1933 or 1928 in the pine forest of Barnwell, South Carolina, in a lean, wooden shack devoid of windows, water, toilet, electricity, gas or running...
Sep 15, 2014 · James Joe Brown Jr. on May 3, 1933, in a one-room shack in the woods of Barnwell, South Carolina, a few miles east of the Georgia border. His parents split when he was very young, and at the...
May 3, 2023 · James Joseph Brown was born on 3rd May 1933 in Barnwell, South Carolina, United States. His name was intended to be Joseph James Brown, but the order of his names were confused on his birth certificate.
Jun 4, 2024 · James Brown was born to Joseph James and Susie Brown in a small wooden shack during the Great Depression. He is of African, Chinese and Native American ancestry. His parents broke up when he was small and he spent his life in extreme poverty, often living with relatives.
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Oct 29, 2003 · James Brown is born in South Carolina on May 3. Moves into his Aunt Honey's house, a brothel, at 944 Twiggs Street in Augusta, Georgia. Taught "some piano" by a neighborhood friend, Robert...