September 2, 1967: "(I Wanna) Testify," by the Parliaments, enters the R 'n B singles chart.
George Clinton
It is a massive R 'n B hit (#3) that also rises to #20 on the pop Top Forty…
Seven years later it is recut by Parliament (with the s lopped off) as "Testify"…
Diaper Man
The Evolution of the FUNK side of
Rock ‘n Roll…
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George Clinton (born July 22, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and music producer and the principal architect of P-Funk…
For a period in the 1960s Clinton was a staff songwriter for Motown…
Despite initial commercial failure (and one major hit single, "(I Wanna) Testify" in 1967),
The Parliaments eventually found success under the name Parliament
Funkadelic in the seventies …
Parlaiment-Funkadelic…
P-Funk…
Well, George Clinton, the cat who masterminded it all—and still does!!!—was born on this date in The Evolution of Rock ‘n Roll…
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is a former singer with 1950s and 1960s doo-wop
group, The Parliaments...
He is a founding member of
the groundbreaking and influential 1970s funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic,
also known as Parliament-Funkadelic...
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He left Parliament-Funkadelic in 1977 to
pursue a solo career. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic…
Check out Fuzzy doin’
TANGERINE GREEN…
Haskins released his first solo album, A Whole Nother Thang,
in 1976...
The album featured P-Funk members: Tiki Fulwood and Cordell "Boogie"
Mosson on drums, and Bootsy Collins and Mosson on bass. Bernie Worrell makes an
appearance on keyboards, contributing horn and string arrangements as well...
Haskins served as producer, singer, songwriter, guitarist and even drummer on
one song. Haskins released his second album, Radio Active, two years
later... An Ace compilation from 1994 reissued both albums on one CD…
In 1981, Haskins, Simon, and Thomas formed a new funk band using
the name Funkadelic, appeared on Soul Train under that name, and
released the album, Connections & Disconnections...
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So, even though we LOVE George
Clinton AND Bootsy Collins, Fuzzy Haskins was
P-Funk, too!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FUZZY!!!
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