R.I.P. Bobby Byrd

2007 September 17
by learnbyheart

Bobby Byrd, 73; Musician Worked With James Brown

Bobby Byrd, 73, a singer, pianist and songwriter credited with discovering James Brown and who was one of his most important collaborators for two decades, died Sept. 12 at his home in Loganville, Ga. He had lung cancer.

Without Byrd, it has been asserted by some music scholars, Brown might not have become famous beyond the walls of a Georgia youth detention facility, much less become the “godfather of soul.” Byrd was dubbed by some “the godfather’s godfather.”

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