He died from pulmonary and cardiac failure with his various health conditions of diabetes, stroke, a pacemaker and a heart attack. On the morning of 6 August 2004, James was found dead in his Burbank, California home.

arranged, and produced by the Super Freak himself with that bass-heavy pop-funk groove that Rick. Kind of a 'best of plus' set from Rick James featuring some of his older work for Motown, plus a few new numbers to round out the set. In 1981, James released his most successful album, Street Songs, which included career-defining hits such as Give It to Me Baby and Super Freak, the latter. Rick James is also credited for establishing the “Punk Funk” style. Marvelettes Greatest Hits LP (Item 75633) Motown, 1966 Condition: Very Good- Add to Watch List. He also helped launch the Mary Jane Girls in the mid-1980s. His first album “Come Get It” reached position #3 on the R&B charts, “You and I” went gold in September and “Mary Jane”, a barely-disguised hymn to marijuana, hit US R&B #3 in October 1977. He also formed the blues band The Main Line, and was singing and writing in The Great White Cane. Nicholas was initially called the Sailor Boys but soon changed their name to The Mynah Birds. His first band, formed in the 1960s with future Steppenwolf member Nick St. In 1964 James went AWOL from the Navy because it interfered with his music career, and he fled to Canada for a few years. Growing up in the Buffalo ghetto as the third oldest child in a family of eight, by age 14 he already had legal troubles. American vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer.īorn: 1 February 1948 in Buffalo, New York, USA.ĭied: 6 August 2004 in Burbank, California, USA (aged 56).

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