"Get on the Good Foot" is a

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James Brown James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century music, he is often referred to by the honor ...

. It was released in

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as a two-part

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that charted #1 R&B and #18 Pop. It also appeared on an album of the same name released that year. Partly due to the unwillingness of Brown's record labels to

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sales of his previous hits, "Get on the Good Foot" was his first

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. ''Billboard'' ranked it as the No. 99 song for 1972. Performances of "Get on the Good Foot" appear on the albums '' Hot on the One'', '' Live in New York'', ''

Live at Chastain Park ''Live at Chastain Park'' is a live album recorded by James Brown in 1985 at Chastain Park, the titular city park in Atlanta, Georgia. Originally released in the UK and Europe in 1988 by Charly Records, it has been reissued numerous times on budget ...

and Live at the Apollo 1995''

Personnel

* James Brown - lead vocal, organ ''with The J.B.'s:'' * Russell Crimes - trumpet * Ike Oakley - trumpet *

Fred Wesley Fred Wesley (born July 4, 1943) is an American trombonist who worked with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s and Parliament-Funkadelic in the second half of the 1970s. Biography Wesley was born the son of a high school teacher and big band lead ...

- trombone * Jimmy Parker - alto saxophone * St. Clair Pinckney - tenor saxophone * Hearlon "Cheese" Martin - guitar * Bobby Roach - guitar * Fred Thomas - bass *

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New York: PolyGram Records.

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Songs which sample "Get on the Good Foot"
1972 singles James Brown songs Songs written by James Brown Songs written by Fred Wesley Polydor Records singles 1972 songs {{1970s-R&B-song-stub