Currently
touring in the U.S. and abroad, Mr. James Brown's dynamic showmanship
remains timeless. His style has been celebrated throughout generations.
As one of the most sampled artists to date, he has more honors attached
to his name than any other performer in music history.
Mr.
Brown is a three-figure hitmaker with 114 total entries on Billboard's
R&B singles charts and 94 that made the Hot 100 singles chart. Seventeen
of these hits reached number one, a feat topped only by Stevie Wonder
and Louis Jordan. Mr. Brown is still putting that "Good Foot" forward
with new recordings and protoges such as Derrick Monk, Laurice Monica
and Roosevelt Johnson.
He
was born in South Carolina during the Great Depression. As a child,
he picked cotton, danced for spare change and shined shoes. At 16,
he landed in reform school for three years where he met Bobby Byrd,
leader of a gospel group and life-long friend.
Mr.
Brown tried semi-pro boxing and baseball, but a leg injury put him
on the path to pursue music as a career. James Brown joined his friend
Bobby Byrd in a group that sang gospel in and around Toccoa, Georgia.
After seeing Hank Ballard and Fats Domino in a blues revue, Byrd and
Brown were lured into the realm of secular music. Naming their band
the Flames, they formed a tightly knit ensemble of singers, dancers
and multi-instrumentalists.
Over
the years, while maintaining a grueling touring schedule, James Brown
amassed 800 songs in his repertoire. Mr. Brown became an icon of the
music industry. With his signature one-three beat, James Brown directly
influenced the evolutionary beat of soul music in the Sixties, funk
music in the Seventies and rap music in the Eighties.
Dimensions
approx: 100mm L x 88mm W x 100mm H
Colours: as shown.
Material: PVC rubber, non toxic.
Packaging: Each Celebriduck comes in a clear gift box with hang tag.
...We produce our Celebriducks in limited editions and make changes
as we release each new edition. All first editions done before the
year 2000 were done in editions of 5000 and a number of them are
getting close to being sold out. The early first editions are a
bit larger and a little more firm, but subsequent editions after
the year 2000 reflect a duck which now squeaks, is a little smaller
and softer, has all new packaging, and floats as well or better
than any duckie on the market.
Celebriducks is a registered trademark & licensed product.
Any reproduction or infringement will result in litigation. All
items are licensed. Celebrity ducks cannot be imprinted without
authorisation of the licensor.
