"2012 interview with ""Goldmine"", the famous Oldies music magazine, Bobby Bennett, the last surviving member of the Famous Flames, when asked how he'd like the group to be remembered, said: ""I want (people) to know one thing,” replied Bennett. “We were the Famous Flames… James Brown was a Famous Flame, Bobby Byrd was a Famous Flame, Lloyd Stallworth was a Famous Flame and Bobby Bennett was a Famous Flame…wherever we played, we were the Famous Flames. We were never the band, ""never"". We were the 3 guys who danced (and sang) with him and the 3 guys who performed with"
"Blue Caps"" (Gene Vincent) and ""The Miracles"" (Smokey Robinson), received their induction, Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson, who inducted all six groups, including his own Miracles, said, and; King Records, never put The Famous Flames' faces on any of their album covers.(only Brown was pictured) This limited their future market potential. For a short time, after leaving ""The Famous Flames"", Stallworth took a position as a member of James Brown's clerical staff. Stallworth died in 2002, at the age of 61, from complications of diabetes. (Some sources report 2001 as his year of death). Choreographer Codie Wiggins played Famous Flame"
"Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames were a noted British rhythm and blues/soul, jazz, ska, pop group during the 1960s. They were also the backing band for Billy Fury. At the end of 1961, their piano player Georgie Fame took over as vocalist and they went on to enjoy great success without Fury. They were influenced by Jon Hendricks, Mose Allison and blues musicians such as Willie Mabon. The group found other influences in ska, which could be heard in Jamaican cafes in and around Ladbroke Grove frequented by the group's Jamaican born trumpeter"
"left because Brown refused to pay them. Brown said they were asked to leave because of alcohol and drug use while touring. By this time, with the departure of original group leader/founder Bobby Byrd, Brown had taken full control of ""The Famous Flames"". In 1958, Stallworth was recruited as a replacement group member. He was nicknamed ""Baby Lloyd"" because he was the youngest member of the group. Bobby Bennett, along with original members Bobby Byrd and Johnny Terry also rejoined, and with James Brown, became the permanent ""Famous Flames"" lineup. Stallworth sang with the group on several hit singles, including"
"of the bands' lead singers or front men. The Famous Flames (Byrd, Bennett, Terry and Stallworth) were inducted in April 2012 alongside other ""backing groups"" such as The Midnighters (Hank Ballard), The Comets (Bill Haley), The Crickets (Buddy Holly), The Blue Caps (Gene Vincent) and The Miracles (Smokey Robinson). Since all these lead singers were actually members of these groups, these were not really ""backing groups"" at all. This was highlighted by Smokey Robinson, who did the induction honors for all of the groups, including his own Miracles, who stated, ""These people do not stand ""behind"" you. They stand ""with"""
"Please"", most of the original Famous Flames (including founder Bobby Byrd) had walked out on him; only Johnny Terry remained. Brown continued to perform with a backing band and a new Flames lineup consisting of members of Little Richard's former vocal group, the Dominions. (""Big Bill"" Hollings, Louis Madison, and J.W. Archer). They recorded more songs for Federal Records, but nine of their singles in a row failed to chart. On the way back to Macon, Georgia after a disappointing West Coast tour, Brown approached his guitar player Bobby Roach with a tune he said he had been given by"
"seventeen chart-topping R&B hits. Shortly afterwards, he recruited his first band, led by J. C. Davis, and reunited with Bobby Byrd who joined a revived Famous Flames lineup that included Eugene ""Baby"" Lloyd Stallworth and Bobby Bennett, with Johnny Terry sometimes coming in as the ""fifth Flame"". Brown, the Flames, and his entire band debuted at the Apollo Theater on April 24, 1959, opening for Brown's idol, Little Willie John. Federal Records issued two albums credited to Brown and the Famous Flames (both contained previously released singles). By 1960, Brown began multi-tasking in the recording studio involving himself, his singing"
"which Byrd failed to gain credit. The Flames without Brown changed their name to Byrd's Drops of Joy. However, they found little success; when Brown approached them to reform the Flames they agreed. At this point, The Famous Flames ceased being a vocal/instrumental group, and became a straight vocal group, since Brown had begun to employ the old J.C. Davis outfit as his road band. Original Flames members Bobby Byrd and Johnny Terry returned, and new Flames members Bobby Bennett and Baby Lloyd Stallworth were added. Along with Brown, these four men comprised the longest-lasting lineup of The Famous Flames."
"after seeing a performance by Little Richard, the group left gospel behind and again changed their name, to The Flames. While performing at his club in Macon, Georgia, Clint Brantley (agent for Little Richard) advised the group to add ""Famous"" to their name. That year, Doyle Oglesby and Fred Pulliam left the group and were replaced by Nashpendle ""Nash"" Knox and Nafloyd's cousin Roy, who left before the group signed their first recording deal. When Little Richard left Macon for Los Angeles after the September 1955 release of ""Tutti Frutti"", Brantley included the band at every venue Richard had performed,"
"of Byrd's 1971 hit ""I Know You Got Soul"" and numerous other Famous Flames hits over the years. Despite rumors of bad blood, Byrd contended he ""still loved"" Brown and felt the matter was more due to issues with Universal than with Brown. Lloyd Stallworth died in 2001, followed by Johnny Terry in 2005 and Brown in December 2006. An emotional Byrd performed at Brown's public funeral in Augusta, singing ""Sex Machine"" and ""I Know You Got Soul"". Byrd himself would die nine months later, in September 2007. Bobby Bennett, the last living member of The Famous Flames, lived long"
"Flames when Brown asked Byrd for a spot in the group, with Brown first settling as a drummer. Eventually Brown was driven to perform as lead singer, as he felt lead vocalists got more attention from women. Byrd recognized early that Brown was unique and that it would be impossible to control him: ""I didn't need him in competition, I needed him with me, that's why I worked so hard to get him over to my group."" In 1956, Clint Brantley signed on as the group's manager. With Johnny Terry and Nash Knox on board, the group became ""The Famous"
"saying:""One would be hard put to find many better combos in the world than this particular sextet of Aussie Blue Flames"". Fame continued to tour in Australia until 2006, however the visits were more sporadic than before 1988. Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames were a noted British rhythm and blues/soul, jazz, ska, pop group during the 1960s. They were also the backing band for Billy Fury. At the end of 1961, their piano player Georgie Fame took over as vocalist and they went on to enjoy great success without Fury. They were influenced"
"with Willie Johnson, another interim member, went on to form a San Francisco-based splinter group, The Fabulous Flames. This group issued several unsuccessful singles on the tiny ""Bay-Tone Records"" label, before fading into obscurity. By then, Brown and Terry had asked Bobby Byrd to return, which he did, and they added new Flames members Bobby Bennett and Lloyd Stallworth. This was the longest-lasting lineup of The Famous Flames, which became a straight vocal group at this point, as Brown, with Byrd's help, had employed the old J.C. Davis outfit, The Bucketheads, as his instrumental backup band. The group (now James"
"not credited on album covers though ironically enough on recordings in which Brown appeared by himself, the group was credited, leaving fans to erroneously believe the Famous Flames were actually Brown's backing band, instead of the singing group that they actually were. The group continued performing together until 1968 when they left over monetary issues. The last Flames-associated recording to be released was the pre-funk soul hit, ""Licking Stick - Licking Stick"", to which Byrd contributed vocals without the other members, who had departed before Byrd did that summer. After two years away, Byrd reunited with Brown in 1970. He"
"Baby Lloyd Stallworth Lloyd Eugene Stallworth (April 15, 1941 – October 27, 2002), also known as Baby Lloyd, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist, choreographer and dancer who was a member of the R&B vocal group, The Famous Flames, on King Records from 1958 to 1967. Stallworth was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 as a member of ""The Famous Flames"". Stallworth was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1941. In 1957, he was employed by James Brown as his valet and part-time driver. Stallworth's mother arranged the job in order to"
"left the Flames shortly after the group's first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in early 1966, leaving Brown, Byrd, and Bennett. Dissension continued to grow throughout 1966 and 1967, and in 1968 the rest of the members of the Famous Flames decided to go on with their own separate careers, and the group quietly disappeared. In 1968, King released the group's ""Live at the Apollo, Volume II"" but edited out the Famous Flames' introduction, since the group had left Brown by then. The 2003 CD re-release of the album corrected that by restoring The Famous Flames' name credit. Although"
"home. Brown and Bart hired members of the vocal group the Dominions to replace the original Flames. After several other recordings failed to chart, the Famous Flames were in danger of being dropped by Federal in 1958. Johnny Terry gave Brown a ballad that was based on the song ""For Your Precious Love"" by Jerry Butler & The Impressions titled ""Try Me"". The song became the Famous Flames' first number-one R&B hit in early 1959. Following the song's success, Brown suddenly fired the interim group members of the Dominions/Flames, ""Big Bill"" Hollings, J.W. Archer, and Louis Madison. These men, along"
"Original Flames guitarist Nafloyd Scott also returned and was added to the band.The rest of the original Flames faded into obscurity. With this lineup the group would have a series of hits between 1959 and 1964 and participated on many of the albums that helped to bring R&B to a crossover audience, including the landmark million-selling 1963 live album, ""Live at the Apollo"". Byrd and the Famous Flames also performed together on a few episodes of ""The Ed Sullivan Show"", made a brief appearance in the film, ""Ski Party"" and upstaged headliners The Rolling Stones on the landmark 1964 rock"
"known as Jackie Lee, died on July 12, 2008. The song ""Buzz-Buzz-Buzz"" was featured in the 2001 film ""Blow"". The Hollywood Flames The Hollywood Flames were an American R&B vocal group in the 1950s, best known for their number 5 hit ""Buzz-Buzz-Buzz"" in 1957. They formed as The Flames in 1949, in Watts, Los Angeles, at a talent show where members of various high school groups got together. The original members were Bobby Byrd (lead), David Ford, Curlee Dinkins and Willie Ray Rockwell. Rockwell was sometimes replaced by Clyde Tillis, and Ford sometimes sang lead. Their first paying gig was"
"who formerly was the lead singer for fellow Tampa band the Outsiders. Although Dial's ex-group did not achieve the same notoriety as the Rovin' Flames, they did record two regionally popular singles for the Knight label which included their best known song, an interpretation of ""Summertime Blues"". In February 1966, the group released their follow-up single ""I Can't"", a tune written by record producer John Brumage. The notoriety stemming from the two records earned the Rovin' Flames the opportunity to record the rhythm tracks for deejay Brooke Chamberlain. Jeff Lemlich, a close associate of the band and former member of"
"two appearances on ""The Ed Sullivan Show"", both with The Famous Flames. Stallworth was with the group on the first appearance (May 1, 1966), but he left the group before the second (October 30, 1966). Only Brown was given billing or payment (the group members were salaried) and this caused discord within the group. In 2012, in an interview published in ""Goldmine"", Bobby Bennett said, and and By 1968, Byrd and Bennett had also left, effectively spelling the end of the Famous Flames. Byrd returned for a time, then left permanently in 1973. Brown's career continued successfully in the funk"
"Bobby invites James into the Byrd household. Years later, James joins Bobby's gospel group and they put on a show at a club as The Famous Flames, following a performance by Little Richard. Another flashback from James's childhood shows him and other black boys forced into a battle royal boxing match while a band plays. Inspired by the funky band, James wins the match. In the 1950s, James and Bobby meet an agent from King Records, with whom The Flames record their first single, ""Please, Please, Please"", on the Federal Records label in 1956. King Records executive Syd Nathan initially"
"The Famous Flames to chart. ""I'll Go Crazy"" has inspired cover versions by many different artists, including The Rolling Stones, The Kingsmen, the Blues Magoos, The Residents, The Moody Blues, The Buckinghams, Chris Isaak, Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, Buddy Guy, The Nighthawks, Tommy Quickly, Graham Bonnet, The Honeycombs live in Tokyo, and Clarence Clemons. Tommy James and the Shondells released a cover version of the song on their debut album, ""Hanky Panky"". It was performed by Dan Aykroyd in the actor's tribute to Brown on his induction at the 2003 Kennedy Center Honors. This song was used on the"
"Flames"" and won a deal with Ralph Bass' Federal label, which was a subsidiary of Syd Nathan's King label, in February 1956. Their first record, ""Please, Please, Please"", which Byrd said he wrote with Johnny Terry, featured a lead vocal by James Brown and was issued with the billing, ""James Brown and the Famous Flames"", which did not go well with the rest of the group. After three sessions, the original Flames broke up. At the final session Byrd and Brown wrote the rhythm and blues dancer ""Can't Be the Same"", which was one of many collaborations with Brown for"
"times, starting with him returning to the Famous Flames at Brown's request after the group's initial breakup in 1957, helping him to coach the re-formed group, re-joining them at that point, and later hiring Bootsy and Phelps Collins to back Brown up in 1970 and who co-produced the hit recording, ""Sex Machine"", later helping with other artists on People Records. In the Famous Flames' Rock & Roll Hall of Fame page, Byrd is regarded as ""one of the more important auxiliary figures in the career of a major artist in music history."" In October 2004 Bobby Byrd's songs ""I Know"
"Brown & The Famous Flames). Brown modeled his first vocal group after the ""5"" Royales, and both Eric Clapton and the legendary Stax guitarist Steve Cropper cited Pauling as a key influence. The Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger covered ""Think"" on his 1993 solo album ""Wandering Spirit"". The ""5"" Royales were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015. Originally the Royal Sons Quintet, the group began recording for Apollo Records in the early 1950s, changing its name to the Royals after abandoning gospel for secular music. The group initially included Lowman Pauling and his brother Clarence,"
"James Brown discography This is a discography chronicling the musical career of James Brown. Brown joined Bobby Byrd's vocal group The Flames in 1953, first as a drummer, and then as leading front man. Later becoming The Famous Flames, they signed with Federal Records in 1956 and recorded their first hit single, ""Please, Please, Please"", which sold over a million copies. Brown was discovered by Famous Flames founder Bobby Byrd, who recruited him for his vocal group. After the hit release of ""Try Me"", following nine relative failures, the group scored a series of hit albums and recordings in the"
"""Bewildered"", ""Good Good Lovin'"", ""This Old Heart"", ""I Don't Mind"", ""Think"", ""I'll Go Crazy"", ""Three Hearts in a Tangle"", and ""Oh Baby Don't You Weep"" and co-wrote Brown's 1961 hit, ""Lost Someone"". He recorded several albums with the group, including the million-selling Top 10 album ""Live at The Apollo"" (1963) . This album was incorrectly marketed by King Records as a ""James Brown"" album, when, in reality, it was an album by ""James Brown & The Famous Flames"" . It was not until the release of the CD, however, that The Famous Flames were credited for their work on the"
"group, the Famous Flames, and his band, a separate entity from The Flames, sometimes named the James Brown Orchestra or the James Brown Band. That year the band released the top ten R&B hit ""(Do the) Mashed Potatoes"" on Dade Records, owned by Henry Stone, billed under the pseudonym ""Nat Kendrick & the Swans"" due to label issues. As a result of its success, King president Syd Nathan shifted Brown's contract from Federal to the parent label, King, which according to Brown in his autobiography meant ""you got more support from the company"". While with King, Brown, under the Famous"
"Collins took over from her. Brown claimed in his autobiography that Anderson was the best singer he ever had in his revue. In 1970 she released her most famous song, the feminist anthem ""The Message from the Soul Sisters."" A single on James' I-Dentify label by Mommie -O appeared in 1975 featuring a cover of Rufus' hit ""Once You Get Started"" and Bobby Womack's ""Stop On By"". Anderson toured the UK with the James Brown Funky People Revue in the late 1980s and again with husband Bobby Byrd, the original founder of The Famous Flames, in the mid-1990s. Anderson married"
"March 1970, most of Brown's mid-to-late 1960s road band walked out on him due to money disputes, a development augured by the prior disbandment of The Famous Flames singing group for the same reason in 1968. Brown and erstwhile Famous Flames singer Bobby Byrd (who chose to remain in the band during this tumultuous period) subsequently recruited several members of the Cincinnati-based The Pacemakers, which included Bootsy Collins and his brother Phelps ""Catfish"" Collins; augmented by the remaining members of the 1960s road band (including Fred Wesley, who rejoined Brown's outfit in December 1970) and other newer musicians, they would"
"the Orioles and Billy Ward and His Dominoes, the group changed its name, first to the Toccoa Band and then to the Flames. Nafloyd's brother Baroy later joined the group on bass guitar, and Brown, Byrd and Keels switched lead positions and instruments, often playing drums and piano. Johnny Terry later joined, by which time Pulliam and Oglesby had long left. Berry Trimier became the group's first manager, booking them at parties near college campuses in Georgia and South Carolina. The group had already gained a reputation as a good live act when they renamed themselves the Famous Flames. In"
"1955, the group had contacted Little Richard while performing in Macon. Richard convinced the group to get in contact with his manager at the time, Clint Brantley, at his nightclub. Brantley agreed to manage them after seeing the group audition. He then sent them to a local radio station to record a demo session, where they performed their own composition ""Please, Please, Please"", which was inspired when Little Richard wrote the words of the title on a napkin and Brown was determined to make a song out of it. The Famous Flames eventually signed with King Records' Federal subsidiary in"