He was signed as a recording artist after submitting a finished album: Come Get It. James developed a reputation as the King of Punk Funk at Motown as a staff songwriter. With the group the Mynah Birds, a contract was signed to Motown, though no record was ever released. James then 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, of Steppenwolf. At age 15, he ran away from home to join the Naval Reserves. He also was the nephew of Melvin Franklin, the bass vocalist of The Temptations. in Buffalo, NY he was the third of eight children of an autoworker and a former dancer. He was a Black singer songwriter and producer.īorn James Johnson, Jr. *Rick James was born on this date in 1948.
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