Rick James is the final R&B, soul singer to be covered on "Unsung" in 2014. His real birth name was James Ambrose Johnson, Jr. who passed away on 6 August 2004 from pulmonary failure and cardiac failure. In 1978 he released his very first single titled "You and " and it went all the way to #1 on the R&B charts. This was followed up in the same year with "Mary Jane" that peaked at #3. He went on to have 3 more #1 hits on the R&B charts up to 2006. His other #1 hits were "Give It To Me Baby" in 1981, "Cold Blooded" in 1983 and finally "Loosey's Rap" featuring Roxanne Shanté in 1988. He also had 2 #1 hits over the years on the Billboard Dance charts in "Super Freak" in 1981 and "Glow" in 1985.