Please Please Please is the debut studio album by the Famous Flames under the billing "James Brown and His Famous Flames", featuring the first album of recordings during Brown's long career. It was released in December 1958 by King Records and includes the group's first two hit singles, the title track and "Try Me" (R&B No. 1, Pop No. 48),White, Cliff (1991). "James Brown Discography". In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records. along with all the non-charting singles and B-sides they had recorded up to that time. The album was reissued in 2003 by Polydor on a Japanese 24-bit remastered import CD packaged in a miniature LP sleeve.
Track listing
Personnel Musicians James Brown – lead vocals The Famous Flames Bobby Byrd – backing vocals, piano Johnny Terry – backing vocals Sylvester Keels – backing vocals Nashpendle Knox – backing vocals Bill Hollings – backing vocals J.W. Archer – backing vocals Louis Madison – backing vocals, piano Nafloyd Scott – guitar
Additional personnel George Dorsey – alto saxophone Ray Felder, Cleveland Lowe, Wilbert “Lee Diamond” Smith, Clifford Scott, Hal Singer – tenor saxophone Lucas "Fats" Gonder, Ernie Hayes – piano Kenny Burrell, John Faire, Eddie Freeman, Thomas Gable, Bobby Roach – guitar Edwyn Conley, Clarence Mack, Carl Pruitt – bass Panama Francis, Edison Gore, Reginald Hall – drums
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