1958 studio album by James Brown and the Famous Flames
Please Please Please is the debut studio album by the Famous Flames under the billing "James Brown and His Famous Flames", featuring the first album of recordings during Brown's long career. It includes the group's first two hit singles , the title track and "Try Me " (R&B #1, Pop #48), along with all the non-charting singles and b-sides he had recorded up to the time of the album's release. The album was reissued in 2003 by Polydor on a Japanese 24-bit remastered import CD packaged in a miniature LP sleeve .
Track listing [ edit ] All tracks are written by James Brown; except where indicated
Side one Title Writer(s) 1. "Please, Please, Please " Brown, John Terry 2:47 2. "Chonnie-On-Chon" Brown, Bobby Byrd , Nafloyd Scott, Wilbert Smith 2:13 3. "Hold My Baby's Hand" Brown, Trevor Smith 2:14 4. "I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On" Nashpendle Knox, Nafloyd Scott 2:35 5. "Just Won't Do Right" 2:37 6. "Baby Cries Over the Ocean" 2:38 7. "I Don't Know" Brown, John Terry 2:48 8. "Tell Me What I Did Wrong" 2:23
Side two Title Writer(s) 1. "Try Me " 2:33 2. "That Dood It" Rudy Toombs , Rose Marie McCoy 2:29 3. "Begging, Begging" Julius Dixson , Rudy Toombs2:54 4. "I Walked Alone" Nashpendle Knox, Nafloyd Scott 2:43 5. "No, No, No, No" 2:15 6. "That's When I Lost My Heart" 2:52 7. "Let's Make It" 2:27 8. "Love or a Game" 2:15
Personnel [ edit ] Musicians James Brown – lead vocals The Famous Flames Bobby Byrd – backing vocals, piano Johnny Terry – backing vocals Sylvester Keels – backing vocals Bill Hollings – backing vocals Louis Madison – backing vocals Nafloyd Scott – guitar Additional personnel Clifford Scott – tenor saxophone Kenny Burrell – guitar Edwyn Conley – bass George Dorsey – alto saxophone John Faire – guitar David "Panama" Francis – drums Reginald Hall – drums Ernie Hayes – piano Clarence Mack – bass Carl Pruitt – bass Wilbert Smith – tenor saxophone Ray Felder – tenor saxophone Edison Gore – drums Alvin "Fats" Gonder – piano Eddie Freeman – guitar References [ edit ]
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