James Brown / Ellie Greenwich

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🗓️ 3 September 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

We continue our series of great music interviews from our archive with "The Godfather of Soul," "the Hardest Working Man in Show Business," "Soul Brother #1" — James Brown. He spoke with Terry Gross in 2005.

Also, we hear Terry's 1986 interview with songwriter Ellie Greenwich. She collaborated on teenage pop hits from the early '60s like "Be My Baby," "Leader of the Pack" and "Da Doo Ron Ron."

And, Justin Chang reviews the new film Three Thousand Years of Longing by director George Miller who made the Mad Max films. It stars Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton.

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0:00.0	From the WHYY in Philadelphia, I'm Terry Gross with Fresh Air Weekend.
0:07.6	Today we continue the Fresh Air series of some of our favorite music interviews from our
0:12.5	archive.
0:14.2	We start with the Godfather of Soul, the hardest working man in show business, Soul Brother
0:19.0	Number One.
0:20.0	They all mean the same thing.
0:21.8	James Brown.
0:22.8	I got it!
0:23.8	I need the days!
0:26.6	We'll listen back to my 2005 interview with him.
0:30.8	Also we'll hear my 1986 interview with songwriter Ellie Greenwich.
0:35.4	She co-wrote hits from the early 60s like Be My Baby, Litograph the Pack and Chapel of
0:40.3	Love.
0:41.7	And just in Changla review the new film, 3,000 years of longing, directed by George Miller
0:47.2	who made the Mad Max film.
0:49.2	It stars Idris Elba until the Swinton.
0:57.7	We're celebrating this holiday weekend with a couple of our favorite music interviews from
1:01.7	our archive.
1:05.8	Starting with James Brown.
1:08.1	He was called the Godfather of Soul, but it's impossible to imagine funk or even hip-hop
1:13.0	without the rhythmic innovations of James Brown.
1:16.2	As a singer, band leader and performer, he influenced generations of musicians around the world.
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