James Brown had lost the original members of his group with the exception of Johnny Terry. He took on Little Richard's former back-up vocalists and kept going. Try me was suggested by someone Brown met in a nightclub and he asked his guitarist and singers to work on it. He took full solo credits however.
Try me Try me
Darlin tell me
I need you
Try me Try me
And your love will always be true
Oh I need you (I need you)
"The Godfather of Soul", founding father of funk and "Soul Brother No. 1.",would become known as a tireless, electrifying live performer who the Rolling Stone would name as #7 in their 100 Greatest Artists list. The crew here at Monahan's Song of the Week will never forget his performance in the concert film "The T.A.M.I. Show" released in 1964.
A biopic. "Get On Up" was released in 2014 to great acclaim. It was produced by Mick Jagger.
"Mr. Dynamite", would eventually place 16 No. 1 hits on the R & B charts, and set a record for the most songs on the charts that did not make it to the top slot. He is a member of the Rock and Roll and Songwriters Hall of Fame respectively. He died of heart failure on Christmas Day 2006.
He would be married four times, fight drug addiction and have many a run in with the law.
But the time of "Try Me" was all before that. Brown referred to it as a pop song. There is great feeling in his vocals...
