The awning of the Apollo Theater in New York displays a message in tribute to James Brown on Dec. 27, 2006. Brown's body was to be on display to the public at the Apollo on Thursday before his burial in Georgia.
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.
The gold casket of singer James Brown is seen in a horse-drawn carriage before it is carried through the streets of Harlem on Dec. 28, 2006. A raucous throng of fans cheered as the casket was carried inside the historic Apollo Theater for a public viewing on Thursday afternoon.
A horse-drawn carriage carrying the golden casket of James Brown, "The Godfather of Soul," rolls toward the Apollo Theater in New York on Dec. 28, 2006. Brown, who died of congestive heart failure on Christmas Day, will lie in repose for a public viewing at the Harlem theater where he got his start in 1956 during an amateur night.
The horse-drawn carriage carrying James Brown's casket arrives at New York's Apollo Theater on Dec. 28, 2006. A raucous throng of thousands cheered as the gold casket with the body of the music legend was carried inside the historic theater, shortly after the carriage drawn by two white horses carried the "Godfather of Soul" through the streets of Harlem on Thursday afternoon.
Women at "It's A Wrap Hair Salon" in New York watch entertainer James Brown's casket go by on Dec. 28, 2006. Thousands of onlookers lined the streets to watch the procession of the casket through Harlem to the Apollo Theater. From left are Laylah Marie Wilson, M. Brown, B. Jenkins and Amanda Finigan.
Kevin Ferguson of New York holds a James Brown doll before the singer's casket is carried in a horse-drawn carriage through the streets of Harlem on Dec. 28, 2006.
Fans wait in line in front of the Apollo Theater in Harlem for a public viewing of the body of James Brown on Dec. 28, 2006.
A woman holds a sign of James Brown as his body passes in a horse-drawn carriage en route to the Apollo Theater in New York on Dec. 28, 2006, where Brown's body will lie in repose for a public viewing. Two more tributes are planned: a private ceremony at a church near Augusta, Ga., and a second, final public viewing of the singer's body on Saturday at Augusta's James Brown Arena.
The horse-drawn carriage carrying James Brown's casket makes its way down 125th Street in New York to the Apollo Theater on Dec. 28, 2006. Thousands cheered as the gold casket with the body of the music legend was carried inside the historic theater, shortly after the carriage, drawn by two white horses, carried the "Godfather of Soul" through the streets of Harlem.
Pallbearers carry the casket carrying James Brown's body into New York's Apollo Theater on Dec. 28, 2006. Fans of the late "Godfather of Soul" began lining up outside the Harlem landmark early Thursday to pay their last respects as Brown's body was driven from Georgia for his last date on the historic stage.
The Rev. Al Sharpton stands next to the body of James Brown as it lies in repose during a viewing at Harlem's Apollo Theater in New York on Dec. 28, 2006. On the stage where he made his 1956 debut, the man known as the "Godfather of Soul" lay in an open coffin, resplendent in a blue suit, white gloves and silver shoes.
People walk past the body of "The Godfather of Soul," James Brown, on Dec. 28, 2006, at Harlem's Apollo Theater in New York. Brown, who shaped American rhythm-and-blues, funk and disco genres for a half-century and was a charter inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, died of complications from pneumonia in Atlanta on Dec. 25. He was 73.
The Rev. Al Sharpton stands next to the body of James Brown as it lies in repose during a viewing at the Apollo Theater in New York on Dec. 28, 2006. Brown's famous wails and growls resounded through Harlem landmark as fans quietly marched past.
The body of "The Godfather of Soul," James Brown, lies in repose at Harlem's Apollo Theater in New York during a public viewing on Dec. 28, 2006. Thousands danced in the streets outside the theater waiting for a chance to file past his open gold coffin. Brown died on Christmas Day at age 73.
Abdullah Muhammad holds a sign as he joins New Yorkers waiting in line outside the Apollo Theater in Harlem to view the body of "The Godfather of Soul," James Brown, on Dec. 28, 2006.