There are suits, and then there are suits. But at the same time, there are soul singers, and then there's James Brown. Ladies and gentlemen, may we present to you the original Godfather of Soul himself? Notice how adoringly his wife Deedee Jenkins is looking at him. That's the sort of look he would get from any record company executive in the world around the time. Brown was a bona fide star for decades, but this particular image was taken in 1973. And no, we don't know why there's a sink in the corner either. It doesn't seem to bother the man himself.
Brown was a ball of energy on stage, with an infectious smile and an easy charm that kept him popular throughout the years, with a string of hit singles and albums to his name. To us, he'll always be the man who played Apollo Creed to the stage in Rocky IV. RIP, Apollo...