Soul music wasn't exactly born on October 24th, 1962, but on that day it took a great leap to becoming the dominant form of African-American popular song. For it was on that autumn Wednesday in ...

Released in May 1963, “Live at the Apollo” ended up spending a whopping 66 weeks on the Billboard album chart and selling more than a million copies, giving Brown his first hit album and ...

Live at the Apollo (1963) James Brown This sweat-drenched soul masterpiece is regarded by many as the greatest live album of all time. Recorded in October 1962, at Brown's own expense, the album ...

By 1962, Brown intended to showcase his act with a live album, especially after seeing Ray Charles hit with In Person in 1959. ... Live at the Apollo was issued in 1963 and became an instant hit.

It showed the cover of James Brown’s album “Live at the Apollo, Volume 2,” released in 1968 — not, as the caption said, the original “Live at the Apollo,” released in 1963.