Bobby Byrd, a longtime collaborator with James Brown and co-founder of the Famous Flames, died this week at his home near Atlanta. He was 73. By The Associated Press Bobby Byrd, a longtime ...

Bobby Byrd, a longtime collaborator with the late “godfather of soul” James Brown, has died. He was 73. A singer, songwriter, keyboard player and arranger, Byrd died Wednesday at his home in ...

Without Bobby Byrd, James Brown's Famous Flames might not have burned so brightly. Byrd put the group together and bestowed the name, and Byrd's family helped Brown gain parole from a prison term for ...

Actor Nelsan Ellis, who is also the star of “True Blood,” discussed Playing Bobby Byrd In James Brown Biopic “Get On Up.” In his follow-up to the four-time Academy Award-nominated blockbuster “The ...

Bobby Byrd – known to his birth certificate and no one else as Robert James Byrd – died on July 11, 2022. He celebrated his 80th birthday with a party in his backyard on April 15. He was a poet, ...