Try Me!

Try Me!
Studio album by James Brown and the Famous Flames
Released	July 1959 (1959-07)
Recorded	February 4, 1956 – January 30, 1959 (1956-02-04 – 1959-01-30) [1] [2]
Studio	King Studios (Cincinnati, Ohio) [1] [2] Beltone Studios (New York City, New York) [1] [2]
Genre	Rhythm and blues, soul
Length	40:55
Label	King
James Brown and the Famous Flames chronology
Please Please Please (1959) Try Me! (1959) Think! (1960)
Singles from Try Me!
"I Want You So Bad" Released: February 14, 1959 "I've Got to Change" Released: April 11, 1959 "It Was You" Released: July 19, 1959

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

Try Me! is the second studio album by James Brown and the Famous Flames. It is a collection of singles, B-sides, and outtakes from their first album, Please Please Please . ^[5] It was reissued by King Records in 1964 under the title The Unbeatable James Brown: 16 Hits. ^[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by James Brown; except where indicated

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"There Must Be a Reason"		2:28
2.	"I Want You So Bad"		2:47
3.	"Why Do You Do Me"	Bobby Byrd, Sylvester Keels	3:01
4.	"Got to Cry"		2:37
5.	"Strange Things Happen"	Roy Hawkins	2:10
6.	"Fine Old Foxy Self"		2:10
7.	"Messing With The Blues"	Floyd Hunt	2:12
8.	"Try Me (I Need You)"		2:33
9.	"It Was You"		2:45
10.	"I've Got to Change"		2:27
11.	"Can't Be The Same"		2:21
12.	"It Hurts to Tell You"	James Brown, Albert Shubert (Andy Gibson)	2:54
13.	"I Won't Plead No More"	Bobby Byrd, Sylvester Keels	2:28
14.	"You're Mine, You're Mine"	James Brown, Nafloyd Scott	2:33
15.	"Gonna Try"		2:46
16.	"Don't Let It Happen To Me"		2:51

Personnel

• James Brown – lead vocals
• Bobby Byrd – backing vocals, piano
• Johnny Terry – backing vocals
• Sylvester Keels – backing vocals
• Nashpendle Knox – backing vocals
• Bill Hollings – backing vocals
• J.W. Archer – backing vocals
• Louis Madison – backing vocals
• John B. Brown – alto saxophone
• George Dorsey – alto saxophone
• Ray Feldor – tenor saxophone
• Cleveland Lowe – tenor saxophone
• Wilbert “Lee Diamond” Smith – tenor saxophone
• Clifford Scott or Hat “Cornbread” Singer – tenor saxophone
• J.C. Davis – tenor saxophone
• Louis Madison – organ, piano
• Alvin "Fats" Gonder – piano
• Ernie Hayes – piano
• Nafloyd Scott – guitar
• Eddie Freeman – guitar
• Kenny Burrell – guitar
• Bobby Roach – guitar
• Clarence Mack – bass
• Edwyn Conley – bass
• Carl Pruitt – bass
• Bernard Odum – bass
• Reginald Hall – drums
• David “Panama” Francis – drums
• Nat Kendrick – drums

References

1. Leeds, Alan (April 2006). The Singles, Volume 1: 1956–1960 (published September 1, 2006). pp. 12–14.
2. Leeds, Alan (December 2006). The Singles, Volume 2: 1960–1963 (published March 27, 2007). p. 19.
3. Ruhlmann, William. "Try Me! - James Brown / James Brown & His Famous Flames". AllMusic. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
4. Cross, Charles R. (2004). "James Brown". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  108. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
5. "iTunes - Music - Try Me! by James Brown & His Famous Flames". iTunes . Retrieved July 4, 2015.