Gettin' Down to It is the 24th studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in May 1969, by King Records.[3][1] A pet project of Brown's, the album consists of standards sung in the jazz ballad style of Frank Sinatra, whom Brown greatly admired.[1] In addition, two of Brown's own compositions, "Cold Sweat" and an instrumental version of "There Was a Time", are included, reinterpreted in the same style.
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