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James Brown performs "Try Me". Live at the Boston Garden. April 5, 1968.

James Brown performs "Try Me", a love ballad with background female vocalists.and an interlude by his saxophone players. Live at the Boston Garden, April 5, 1968.

In the aftermath of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination on April 4, 1968, rioting broke out in cities across the country. James Brown had been scheduled to perform at the Boston Garden on April 5th. Boston Mayor Kevin White had initially wanted to cancel all public events, including James Brown's show. As there was concern that the cancellation of the show might cause an escalation of the crisis. it was agreed that James Brown's show would go on. The show, one of the greatest in Boston's history, went on and the city of Boston remained relatively calm. James Brown consoled his mourning audience, dedicated the show to the memory of Dr. King and was instrumental in keeping the peace on the streets of Boston. This concert became known as " The Night James Brown Saved Boston"

James Brown's first #1 hit, "Try Me," was released in 1958. 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. James Brown recorded an instrumental version of "Try Me" for the Smash label in 1965 which charted #34 R&B and #63 Pop in the U.S. It was one of the few times in American music history that a song became a hit on two separate occasions in vocal and instrumental form by the same artist.

Video transcript:

James Brown: Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby. Try me. Try me. Darling tell me I need you. Try me.

Back Up Singers: Try me.

James Brown: Try me.

Back Up Singers: Try me.

James Brown: And your love will always be true. Oh I need you.

Back Up Singers: I need you.

James Brown: What should've I do? Hold me.

Back Up Singers: Hold me.

James Brown: Hold me.

Back Up Singers: Hold me.

James Brown: I want you right here, right here by my side. Hold me.