In December 1958, “King” label released “Please Please Please”, the debut James Brown and His Famous Flames studio album. It was recorded February 1956 – September 1958, and was produced by Ralph Bass.

Personnel:

• James Brown – lead vocals
• Bobby Byrd – piano, backing vocals
• Nafloyd Scott – guitar
• Johnny Terry – backing vocals
• Sylvester Keels – backing vocals
• Bill Hollings – backing vocals
• Louis Madison – backing vocals
• Kenny Burrell – guitar
• John Faire – guitar
• Eddie Freeman – guitar
• Alvin “Fats” Gonder – piano
• Ernie Hayes – piano
• Clarence Mack – bass
• Carl Pruitt – bass
• Edwyn Conley – bass
• David “Panama” Francis – drums
• Reginald Hall – drums
• Edison Gore – drums
• George Dorsey – alto saxophone
• Clifford Scott – tenor saxophone
• Wilbert Smith – tenor saxophone
• Ray Felder – tenor saxophone

Track listing:

All tracks by James Brown, except where noted.

1. Please, Please, Please – James Brown, John Terry
2. Chonnie-On-Chon – James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Nafloyd Scott, Wilbert Smith
3. Hold My Baby’s Hand – James Brown, Trevor Smith
4. I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On – Nashpendle Knox, Nafloyd Scott
5. Just Won’t Do Right
6. Baby Cries Over the Ocean
7. I Don’t Know – James Brown, John Terry
8. Tell Me What I Did Wrong
9. Try Me
10. That Dood It – Rudy Thomas, Rosie Marie McCoy
11. Begging, Begging – Julius Dixson, Rudy Toombs
12. I Walked Alone – Nashpendle Knox, Nafloyd Scott
13. No, No, No, No
14. That’s When I Lost My Heart
15. Let’s make It
16. Love or a Game