Bobby Byrd

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Lifespan:
August 15, 1934 - September 12, 2007, he died aged 73 and was American.
Names:
Birthname: Robert Howard Byrd. Also released as: Bobby Day.
Snapshot:
An artist with 24 releases under 2 pseudonyms, a member of 3 groups, and credited 4 times on others' music. 7 collaborations and 1 musical relative.

Biography

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Bobby Byrd is perhaps best known as a sideman and backing singer for James Brown. He founded and led the Famous Flames, who took Brown in after a spell in a youth detention centre. It was only later when Brown's talent became apparent that he became the frontman for the Flames. They went on to have numerous hit singles, and became massively influential on funk music, and later hip-hop.

Byrd recorded many funk tracks as a solo performer too, the best of which were compiled on the 1995 disc The Bobby Byrd Got Soul. His most famous solo song is "I Know You Got Soul", which has been sampled by hip-hop artists such as Eric B. & Rakim, A Tribe Called Quest, Ice Cube and Public Enemy.

Bobby Byrd died of cancer in September 2007, he was 73.

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Genres

Funk, Jazz, Soul, Traditional R&B, Acid Jazz, Hip-Hop, Pop. Vote on Genres

Discography

(42 releases – 18 under his own name, 6 under 1 pseudonym, 14 in other groups and 4 credits on others' music) Edit

Collaborations, Groups and Family

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YouTube videos

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Bobby Byrd "I Need Help" Part 1 & 2 (1970)
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