Jan 23, 1978
59 min
Full-HD

James Brown Soul Brother No. 1 (1978)

The James Brown Story

Category

Music Documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

R.M. Productions Ltd. Swallowdale Productions

James Brown

Hubert H. Humphrey

Martin Luther King Jr.

Frank Duncan

Narrator

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