Godfather Of Soul's NY Farewell
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Charles Bradley, a James Brown impersonator who calls himself "Black Velvet," sings like Brown in front of the Apollo Theater in New York on Dec. 28, 2006. Bradley is a formerly homeless man who says he met James Brown as a teenager. (Photo: AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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