Honors,+awards+and+dedications

James Brown received a variety of awards and honors throughout his lifetime and after his death. At one city, fans voted to honor James Brown by naming a bridge after the entertainer. In 1993 James Brown had a bridge named after him in the town of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The bridge opened in September 1993 and James Brown appeared at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the event. He received several prestigious music industry awards and honors. In 1983, Brown was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. Brown was one of the first inductees into the Rock and Roll hall of fame. A ceremony was held for Brown on January 10, 1997 to honor him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. James Brown was also honored as an inductee for the New York Songwriters Hall of Fame. Also Brown was inducted into the UK Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2004, Rolling stone magazine ranked James Brown as #7 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Brown was also honored in his hometown of Augusta Georgia for his donations to the community. On his 72nd birthday the city of Augusta unveiled a life-sized bronze James Brown Statue on Broad Street. Augusta renamed the city's civic center the James Brown Arena, and James Brown attended a ceremony for the unveiling of the namesake center on October 15, 2006. On Octover 1st,1958, James Brown’s first #1 hit, “Try Me,” is released. It is the best-selling R&B single of 1958 and the first of 17 chart-topping R&B singles by Brown over the next two decades.

During the 49th Annual Grammy Awards presentation held on February 11, 2007, James Brown's famous cape was draped over a microphone in his honor. Earlier that evening, Chrstina Aguleira delivered a performance of one of Brown's hits, "It's a Man's Man's Man's World", while Chris Brown performed a dance routine in honor of James Brown.On December 30, 2006, during the public memorial service at the James Brown Arena, Dr. Shirley A.R. Lewis, president of Paine College, a historicaly black college in Augusta, Georgia, bestowed an honorary doctorate to Brown in recognition and honor of his many contributions to the school in times of its need.