James
Joseph
Brown
(
May
3
,
1933
?
December
25
,
2006
)
was
an
American
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.
One
of
the
founding
fathers
of
funk
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and
a
major
figure
of
20th
-
century
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music
and
dance
,
he
is
often
referred
to
as
"
The
____________________
of
Soul
"
.
Brown
is
ranked
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on
the
music
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Rolling
Stone's
list
of
its
100
greatest
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of
all
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.