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No. 20: James Sullivan, "The Hardest Working Man: How James Brown Saved The Soul Of America" [80 '08 (And Heartbreak)]

Dec 24, 2008, 2:00pm Idolator
No. 20: James Sullivan, "The Hardest Working Man: How James Brown Saved The Soul Of America" [80 '08 (And Heartbreak)] You want a Great Pop Moment? James Brown playing Boston Garden right after MLK's assassination, having it broadcast live on TV, and having the city respond by largely staying home and not destroying the city—that's one for the ages. Which makes it kind of odd that no one thought to write a book about it until now. Not just any book, either. The Hardest Working Man: How James Brown Saved the Soul of America may have been saddled with an ungainly, not-exactly-appropriate subtitle [...]
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