“Some called him Cape-man because he put on the Cape for James Brown, but for me when a Man Don’t need his head Rubbed to activate Other’s, he becomes Bigger than his [perceived] appearanc ...

On May 3 — the day James Brown would have celebrated his 83rd birthday — we look at the origin of just one tool in this showman’s dazzling belt: the cape routine. Featured in the 1964 ...

At the urging of reporters, she and her husband, Shawn, opened the black bag and pulled out the large, glittering, silver cape with "James Brown Godfather of Soul" stitched in a circle on the back.

NEW YORK - UNDATED: James Brown performs at Madison Square ... He sung that for quite some time Mr. Brown got the idea for the cape routine, which became like a trademark, after seeing Gorgeous ...

except the silver cape," he said. "I was waiting for her to call me about it, but she didn't call back." It didn't have to come to this, he said. "James Brown was a good friend of mine," he said.

writing in his biography “James Brown: The Godfather of Soul” that it was the hardest he probably ever danced. It was also the first time he did his famous cape routine where he faked ...

He put everybody ... shakes the cape off and rushes back to grab the microphone, his voice and feet moving at top speed all over again. "Disco is James Brown, hip-hop is James Brown, rap is ...

In life and in death, James Brown should be remembered ... But Sharpton also had harsh words for people who have put themselves in the spotlight since Brown died of heart failure Christmas morning ...

NEW YORK, July 31 (UPI) --Dan Aykroyd, who plays James Brown's manager in the biopic Get On Up, says he spent an unforgettable night with friends watching the music icon perform on stage decades ago.

Craig Robinson, left, as Maceo Parker and Chadwick Boseman as James Brown in ... artifacts related to Brown in its collection, including Brown’s red suit and black cape, which were on stage ...