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