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| "The Washington Post" (USA) | 29 December 2006, Vol. 130, Iss. 24, pg. C1-C2, by: David Segal, "The Godfather Fills the Apollo One Last Time: Thousands Pay Their Respects At Wake for James Brown" |
| "The Independent" (UK) | 27 December 2006, Iss. 6300, pg. 32 - 33, by: James Maycock, "'Godfather of Soul' who in the culturally explosive Sixties became an icon of black America" |
| "The Independent" (UK) | 27 December 2006, Iss. 6301, pg. 3, by: David Usborne, "Hours after his death, James Brown's 'widow' is barred from mansion" |
| "The Independent" (UK) | 27 December 2006, Iss. 6300, pg. 14 - 15, by: Andrew Gumbel, "A Colossus of Popular Music [Godfather of Soul]" |
| "The Washington Post" (USA) | 26 December 2006, Vol. 130, Iss. 21, pg. C1-C2, by: Richard Harrington, "Appreciation: Eternal Soul: James Brown's Musical Impact Is Everlasting" |
| "The Washington Post" (USA) | 26 December 2006, Vol. 130, Iss. 21, pg. A1+A12- A13, by: Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb, "James Brown, 1933-2006: Hardworking Godfather of Soul" |
| "The Washington Post" (USA) | 26 December 2006, Vol. 130, Iss. 21, pg. C1-C2, by: Wil Haygood, "Essay: On a Resilient Southern Spirit, Prison Could Place No Bars" |
| "Erga kai imeres" (Greece) | 22 July 2006, Iss. 80, pg. 9, by: Nikos Ralis, "Mavro diamanti tragoudaei akoma" |
| "Radiotileorassi" (Greece) | 22 July 2006, Iss. 1901, pg. 32,33, "O nonos tis soul stin Ellada" |
| "City231" (Greece) | 21 July 2006, Iss. 250, pg. 14, by: Stathis Panagiotopoulos, "Soul brother number one" |
| "The Washington Post" (USA) | 7 December 2003, Vol. 127, Iss. 2, pg. N1+N4, by: Wil Haygood, "James Brown, The Sultan Of Sweat And Soul" |
| "Spin" (USA) | December 1988, Vol. 4, Iss. 9, pg. 36-37+120, by: Bob Mack and John Brodie, "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen: James Brown Discography of Crime" |
| "Spin" (USA) | August 1986, Vol. 2, Iss. 5, pg. 82, by: Scott Cohen, "The Philosophy of James Brown" |
| "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution" (USA) | 26 December 2006, by: Bo Emerson, "James Brown: 1933-2006 An American Voice, a Worldwide Star" |
| "The Washington Post" (USA) | 30 December 2006, by: J. Freedom du Lac, "James Brown at 9:30: The Dampened Blast of Mr. Dynamite" |
| "Atlanta Journal-Constitution" (USA) | 29 December 2006, by: Bo Emerson, "Augusta Prepares for Grieving Fans" |
| "Atlanta Journal-Constitution" (USA) | 29 December 2006, by: Rosalind Bentley, John Blake and Sonia Murray, "Godfather of Soul Packs the Apollo One Last Time" |
| "The Boston Globe" (USA) | 27 December 2006, by: Sarah Rodman, "Brown's Musical Pulse Lives On" |
| "The New York Times" (USA) | 27 December 2006, by: Kelefa Sanneh, "Godfather of Soul, and C.E.O. of His Band" |
| "Atlanta Journal-Constitution" (USA) | 26 December 2006, by: Nick Marino and Bo Emerson, "James Brown: 1933-2006" |
| "The New York Times" (USA) | 26 December 2006, by: Alan Feur, "Fans Remember a Legend Who Worked Up a Sweat" |
| "The New York Times" (USA) | 26 December 2006, by: Jon Pareles, "James Brown, 'Godfather of Soul,' Dies at 73" |
| "The New York Times" (USA) | 20 February 2005, by: Ishmael Reed, "'I Feel Good': The Godfather of Everything" |
| "The New York Times" (USA) | 3 February 2005, by: John Leland, "A Legend of Soul and Voice of a Race" |
| "The New York Times" (USA) | 24 April 2008, Vol. 157, Iss. 54,290, pg. C3, by: Lynnley Browning, "Stewards of James Brown Estate Sue Morgan Stanley" |