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Prior to their first release ("Please, Please, Please") the group was billed first as "The Flames", then as the "The Famous Flames" with James Brown being billed as a group member. With their first release they changed their name to "James Brown & The Famous Flames". From then on "The Famous Flames" were the vocal accompaniment of James Brown, thus being a part of "James Brown & The Famous Flames".
In 1968 "The Famous Flames" split from James Brown and - with a completely new line-up that was formerly recording as - became a stand-alone group that released some singles from 1970 to 1975.
