James Brown
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, and record producer. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is referred to by Honorific nick ...
. Released in October 1967 as a two-part
single
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* Single (music), a song release
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* "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008
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* "Single", by ...
, it charted #11 R&B and #40 Pop. Both parts also appeared on the album ''I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me''. Donald A. Guarisco of
Allmusic
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described the song as "a taut, minimalist tune that combines soulful but frantically paced verse melodies with a bubbling, two-note staccato chorus."
Brown performs "Get It Together" in the
concert films
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One ...
* James Brown - lead vocal
''with the James Brown Orchestra:''
* Waymond Reed - trumpet
* Joe Dupars - trumpet
* Levi Rasbury - trombone
*
Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis
Alfred James Rogers (April 21, 1941 – September 23, 2021), known as Pee Wee Ellis due to his diminutive stature, was an American saxophonist, composer, and arranger. With a background in jazz, he was a member of James Brown's band in the 19 ...
- alto saxophone
*
Maceo Parker
Maceo Parker (; born February 14, 1943) is an American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s and Prince in the 2000s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many of ...
- tenor saxophone
* Eldee Williams - tenor saxophone
*
St. Clair Pinckney
St. Clair Pinckney (September 17, 1930 – February 1, 1999) was an American saxophonist who performed with James Brown as a member of the James Brown Orchestra and The J.B.'s. He played tenor and baritone saxophone
The baritone saxophone (so ...
- baritone saxophone
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Jimmy Nolen
Jimmy Nolen (April 3, 1934 – December 18, 1983) - accessed November 13, 2011 was an American
- guitar
* Alphonso "Country" Kellum - guitar
*
Bernard Odum
Bertrand Odom (June 10, 1932 – August 17, 2004), known professionally as Bernard Odum, was an American bass guitar player best known for performing in James Brown's band in the 1960s.
Biography
Odum started playing with Brown in 1956 and ...
- bass
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John "Jabo" Starks
John Henry "Jabo" Starks (; October 26, 1937 – May 1, 2018), sometimes spelled Jab'o, was an American funk and blues drummer best known for playing with James Brown as well as other notable musicians including Bobby Bland and B.B. King. A self- ...
- drumsLeeds, Alan, and Harry Weinger (1991). "Star Time: Song by Song". In ''Star Time'' (pp. 46–53)
D booklet
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History
Th ...