Rick James

Born
February 1, 1948
in Buffalo, NY 
Active Decades
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by William Ruhlmann
In the late '70s, when the fortunes of Motown Records seemed to be flagging, Rick James came along and rescued the company, providing funky hits that updated the label's style and saw it through into the mid-'80s. Actually, James had been with Motown earlier, though nothing had come of it. After growing up in Buffalo and running away to join the Naval Reserves, he ran away from the Navy to Toronto, where he was in a band with future Buffalo Springfield members Neil Young and Bruce Palmer, and with Goldy Mcjohn, later of Steppenwolf. As The Mynah Birds, they signed to Motown and recorded, though no record was ever released.



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