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Voted the tenth greatest singer of the rock era in a Rolling Stone magazine poll in 2008.

(November 14 2006) Inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame for his outstanding contribution to British music and integral part of British music culture.

[May 7, 2005] Reverend Al Sharpton unveiled a life-size bronze statue of Brown in Augusta, Georgia. The statue was supposed to be unveiled in May 2004, for Brown's 71st birthday, but the city postponed the ceremony because Brown was facing domestic violence charges for pushing and threatening his fourth wife, Tomirae Brown .

28 January 2004 - Arrested for allegedly pushing his wife at their South Carolina home. Brown later filed for an annulment of their marriage.

One of 5 recipients of the 2003 Kennedy Center Honors. The other recipients were Carol Burnett, Loretta Lynn, Mike Nichols, and Itzhak Perlman.

Son, with girlfriend Tomirae Brown, James Brown II, was born. [June 2001]

Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000.

Released from hospital following treatment for addiction to painkillers. [January 1998]

Augusta's 9th street was renamed "James Brown Boulevard" by mayor Charles DeVaney. [November 1993]

Receiving 3 Grammys: Best R&B Recording ("Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", 1965), Best Male R&B Performance ("Living In America", 1986) and "Best Album Notes" ("Star Times," 1991). On February 25 1992, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 34th Annual Grammy Awards.

In 1991, the Techno group L.A. Style released a highly irreverent and controversial single entitled "James Brown Is Dead". There were two songs quickly made in response: "James Brown Is Still Alive" by Holy Noise, and "Who the F*** Is James Brown?" by Traumatic Stress.

Dismayed by the school shootings of the late 1990s, he spoke out against violence in schools, even writing a song, "Killing's Out and School's In.".

He served 26 months in prison for leading police on a high speed chase in Georgia in 1988.

Charter member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.

Some radicals criticized him for his patriotism. He received death threats after playing to US troops in Vietnam in 1972.

Good friends with Rev. Al Sharpton since the 1970s and Rev. Jesse Jackson since the 1950s.

Performed at President Richard Nixon's first inauguration on 30 January 1969.

J. Anthony Lukas's book on Boston race relations, "Common Ground", notes that a 1968 Brown performance the day after Rev. Martin Luther King's was assassinated helped keep the city from exploding.

Some of his most popular songs include "Please, Please, Please" (1958), "I Got You (I Feel Good)" (1965), "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" (1966), "Cold Sweat" (1967), "I Got The Feelin'" (1968), "Get Up (I Like Being A) Sex Machine" (1970) and "Living in America" (1985).

Sons with first wife Velma were Teddy (1954-1973), Terry (1955-), and Larry (1958-).

James Brown was born on May 3, 1933 in Barnwell, South Carolina, USA as James Joseph Brown. He was married to Tomirae Brown, Adrienne Rodriguez, Deidra Jenkins and Velma Warren.

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1501 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.