Please Please Please (album)

Please Please Please is the debut studio album of The Famous Flames under the billing "James Brown and The 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.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
iTunes Store	(favorable)^[3]
Rolling Stone	^[4]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by James Brown; except where indicated.

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Please, Please, Please"	Brown, John Terry	2:47
2.	"Chonnie-On-Chon"	Brown, Bobby Byrd	2:13
3.	"Hold My Baby's Hand"	Brown, Trevor Smith	2:14
4.	"I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On"	Knox	2:35
5.	"Just Won't Do Right"		2:37
6.	"Baby Cries Over the Ocean"		2:38
7.	"I Don't Know"		2:48
8.	"Tell Me What I Did Wrong"		2:23

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Try Me"		2:33
2.	"That Dood It"	Rudy Toombs	2:29
3.	"Begging, Begging"	Julius Dixson and Rudy Toombs	2:54
4.	"I Walked Alone"		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

...a rare glimpse at the birth of the Godfather.

excerpt from iTunes Review^[3]

Musicians

James Brown - lead vocals

The Famous Flames:
- Bobby Byrd - background vocals
- Johnny Terry - background vocals
- Sylvester Keels - background vocals
- Bill Hollings - background vocals
- Louis Madison - background 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

Please Please Please album liner notes. Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp.

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↑ Ruhlmann, William. "James Brown: Please Please Please at AllMusic. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
↑ 3.0 3.1 "Please Please Please by James Brown". Apple Inc. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th revised ed.). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved 21 September 2011.

Please Please Please Original Album liner notes

James Brown albums

Studio albums	Please Please Please Try Me! Think! The Amazing James Brown Shout and Shimmy (later re-titled Good, Good Twistin') James Brown and His Famous Flames Tour the USA Prisoner of Love Excitement - Mr. Dynamite Showtime The Unbeatable James Brown Grits and Soul Out of Sight (later retitled James Brown Sings Out of Sight) Papa's Got a Brand New Bag I Got You (I Feel Good) James Brown Plays James Brown Today and Yesterday Mighty Instrumentals James Brown Plays New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo) It's a Man's Man's Man's World James Brown Sings Christmas Songs Handful of Soul Sings Raw Soul James Brown Plays the Real Thing Cold Sweat I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me I Got the Feeling James Brown Plays Nothing But Soul Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud Gettin' Down to It The Popcorn It's a Mother Ain't It Funky Soul on Top It's a New Day - Let a Man Come In Hey America Super Bad Sho' Is Funky Down Here Hot Pants There It Is Get on the Good Foot Black Caesar Slaughter's Big Rip-Off The Payback Hell Reality Sex Machine Today Everybody's Doin' the Hustle and Dead on the Double Bump Hot Get Up Offa That Thing Bodyheat Mutha's Nature Jam 1980's Take a Look at Those Cakes The Original Disco Man Nonstop! Soul Syndrome Bring It On Gravity I'm Real Love Overdue Universal James I'm Back The Merry Christmas Album The Next Step

Live albums	Live at the Apollo Pure Dynamite! Live at the Royal The James Brown Show Live at the Garden Live at the Apollo, Volume II Sex Machine Revolution of the Mind: Recorded Live at the Apollo, Vol. III Hot on the One Live in New York Live at Chastain Park Soul Session Live Love Power Peace: Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971 Live at the Apollo 1995 Say It Live and Loud: Live in Dallas 08.26.68

Notable compilation albums	James Brown Presents His Band/Night Train (later re-titled Twist Around, then Jump Around) Soul Classics Soul Classics, Volume 2 Solid Gold: 30 Golden Hits Can Your Heart Stand It? The Best of James Brown The Federal Years, Part 1 The Federal Years, Part 2 Roots of a Revolution - The James Brown Story 1956-1965 Ain't That a Groove - The James Brown Story 1966-1969 Doing It to Death - The James Brown Story 1970-1973 Dead on the Heavy Funk 1974-1976 The CD of JB: Sex Machine and Other Soul Classics The LP of JB In the Jungle Groove The CD of JB II: Cold Sweat and Other Soul Classics Motherlode Messin' With the Blues Star Time 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! Soul Pride: The Instrumentals (1960-1969) Roots of a Revolution JB40: 40th Anniversary Collection Foundations of Funk – A Brand New Bag: 1964-1969 Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang Make It Funky – The Big Payback: 1971-1975 Dead On The Heavy Funk: 1975-1983 The Godfather - The Very Best of James Brown 50th Anniversary Collection The Singles, Volume One: The Federal Years: 1956–1960 Number 1's The Singles, Volume Two: 1960–1963 Jazz Gold The Singles, Volume Three: 1964–1965 A Family Affair The Singles, Volume Four: 1966–1967 The Singles, Volume Five: 1967-1969 The Singles, Volume Six: 1969-1970 The Singles, Volume 7: 1970-1972 The Singles, Volume 8: 1972-1973 The Singles, Volume 9: 1973-1975 Icon The James Brown Complete Christmas The Singles, Volume 10: 1975-1979 The Singles, Volume 11: 1979-1981 Best of Live At The Apollo: 50th Anniversary Live At The Apollo, Vols. I-IV

Notable singles	"Please, Please, Please" "Try Me" "I'll Go Crazy" "Think" "Bewildered" "I Don't Mind" "Lost Someone" "Night Train" "Shout and Shimmy" "Prisoner of Love" "These Foolish Things" "Have Mercy Baby" "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" "I Got You (I Feel Good)" "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" "Cold Sweat" "I Got the Feelin'" "Licking Stick – Licking Stick" "Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud" "Funky Drummer" "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" "Super Bad" "Caldonia" "Out of Sight" "Hot Pants" "Make It Funky" "Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing" "Get on the Good Foot" "The Payback" "My Thang" "Papa Don't Take No Mess" "Funky President" "Get Up Offa That Thing" "Night Time Is the Right Time" "Unity" "Living in America"

Band members	Bobby Byrd Lyn Collins Phelps "Catfish" Collins William "Bootsy" Collins Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis Maceo Parker Melvin Parker St. Clair Pinckney John "Jabo" Starks Clyde Stubblefield Fred Wesley

Associated acts	The Famous Flames The J.B.'s

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James Brown singles

Billboard charting singles (R&B and Pop)

1950s

1956	"Please, Please, Please"

1958	"Try Me"

1959	"I Want You So Bad"

1960s

1960	"I'll Go Crazy" "Think" "You've Got the Power" "This Old Heart" "The Bells"

1961	"Bewildered" "I Don't Mind" "Baby, You're Right" "Just You and Me, Darling" "Lost Someone"

1962	"Night Train" "Shout and Shimmy" "Mashed Potatoes U.S.A." "Three Hearts in a Tangle" "I've Got Money"

1963	"Like a Baby" "Every Beat of My Heart" "Prisoner of Love" "These Foolish Things" "Signed, Sealed, and Delivered"

1964	"Oh Baby Don't You Weep" "Please, Please, Please" "Caldonia" "The Things That I Used to Do" "Out of Sight" "Have Mercy Baby"

1965	"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" "Try Me" "I Got You (I Feel Good)"

1966	"Lost Someone" "I'll Go Crazy" "Ain't That a Groove" "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" "Money Won't Change You" "Don't Be a Drop-Out" "Sweet Little Baby Boy"

1967	"Bring It Up" "Kansas City" "Think" "Let Yourself Go" "Cold Sweat" "Get It Together" "I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)" "There Was a Time"

1968	"You've Got to Change Your Mind" "I Got the Feelin'" "Licking Stick – Licking Stick" "America Is My Home" "I Guess I'll Have to Cry, Cry, Cry" "Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud" "Goodbye My Love" "Tit for Tat (Ain't No Taking Back)"

1969	"Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" "Soul Pride" "I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door, I'll Get It Myself)" "The Popcorn (James Brown instrumental)" "Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother for Me)" "Lowdown Popcorn" "World" "Let a Man Come In and Do the Popcorn" "Ain't It Funky Now"

1970s

1970	"It's a New Day" "Funky Drummer" "Brother Rapp" "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" "Super Bad" "Santa Claus Is Definitely Here to Stay" "Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved"

1971	"Spinning Wheel" "Soul Power" "I Cried" "Escape-ism" "Hot Pants" "Make It Funky" "I'm a Greedy Man"

1972	"Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing" "King Heroin" "There It Is" "Honky Tonk" "Get on the Good Foot" "I Got a Bag of My Own" "What My Baby Needs Now Is a Little More Lovin'"

1973	"I Got Ants In My Pants (And I Want to Dance)" "Down and Out in New York City" "Think" "Sexy, Sexy, Sexy" "Stoned to the Bone"

1974	"The Payback" "My Thang" "Papa Don't Take No Mess" "Funky President (People It's Bad)" "Coldblooded"

1975	"Reality" "Sex Machine" "Hustle!!! (Dead on It)" "Superbad, Superslick" "Hot (I Need To Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved)"

1976	"(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" "Get Up Offa That Thing" "I Refuse to Lose" "Bodyheat"

1977	"Kiss in 77" "Give Me Some Skin" "If You Don't Give a Doggone About It"

1978	"Eyesight" "The Spank" "For Goodness Sakes, Look at Those Cakes"

1979	"It's Too Funky in Here" "Star Generation"

1980s

1980	"Regrets" "Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses)"

1981	"Stay with Me"

1983	"The Night Time Is the Right Time (To Be With the One That You Love)"

1984	"Unity"

1985	"Living in America"

1986	"Gravity"

1987	"How Do You Stop"

1988	"I'm Real" "Static"

1989	"Gimme Your Love"

1990s

1991	"(So Tired of Standing Still We Got to) Move On"

1993	"Can't Get Any Harder"

UK-only
charting
singles

"Hey America" (1970)
"Bring It On...Bring It On" (1983)
"Froggy Mix" (1985)
"She's the One" (1988)
"The Payback Mix" (1988)
"I Got You (I Feel Good) [James Brown v. Dakeyne]" (1992)
"Funk on Ah Roll" (1999)

Notable
productions

"The Grunt" (1970)
"Gimme Some More" (1971)
"I Know You Got Soul" (1971)
"Pass the Peas" (1972)
"Think (About It)" (1972)
"Doing It to Death" (1973)
"Soul Power 74" (1973)

Other
songs