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James Brown — Please, Please, Please

The hardest working man in show business, for your viewing and listening pleasure. From the 1964 T.A.M.I. show.

This entry was posted by brianS on Wednesday, December 24th, 2008 at 12:01 am and is filed under WGOM Videos. It is one of 750 entries by the author. We are no longer accepting Letters to the Editor on this post.

6 comments to James Brown — Please, Please, Please

  • Jeff A
    December 24th, 2008 at 9:45 am

    This may be a silly question, but what is or was the T.A.M.I. show?

    • E-6
      December 24th, 2008 at 10:11 am

      A 1964 concert film featuring: Marvin Gaye, Chuck Berry, Smokey Robinson, The Rolling Stones, and The Beach Boys, among others.

      • brianS
        December 24th, 2008 at 10:56 am

        see also the Wikipedia entry.

        The concert was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium over a 2 day period in late October, 1964. Free tickets were distributed to local high school students. Jan and Dean emceed the event and performed its theme song, "Here They Come (From All Over the World)". Jack Nitzsche was the show's music director. The acronym "T.A.M.I." was used inconsistently in the show's publicity to mean both Teenage Awards Music International and Teen Age Music International.

        The T.A.M.I. Show is particularly well known for James Brown's performance, which features his legendary dance moves and remarkable energy. In interviews, Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones has claimed that choosing to follow Brown & The Famous Flames was the biggest mistake of their careers, because no matter how well they performed, they could not top him. In a web-published interview, Binder takes credit for persuading the Stones to follow James Brown, and serve as the centerpiece for the grand finale where all the performers dance together onstage.

  • E-6
    December 24th, 2008 at 12:04 pm

    Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones has claimed that choosing to follow Brown & The Famous Flames was the biggest mistake of their careers, because no matter how well they performed, they could not top him.

    Keef acts like that's the only time they ever got blown off the stage. Anyone who has seen Rock and Roll Circus knows otherwise. I'd say the biggest mistake of Richards' career was getting caught with 22 grams of heroin at his Toronto hotel in '77.