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George Clinton (born July 22, 1941) is an American musician, widely considered one of the forefathers of funk. He was the mastermind of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and was a solo funk artist as of 1981.
He was born in Kannapolis, North Carolina, grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey, and currently resides in Tallahassee, Florida. In Plainfield, he ran a barber salon, where he straightened hair, and soon formed a doo wop group, inspired by Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, called The Parliaments. Despite initial commercial failures, The Parliaments eventually found success under the names Parliament and Funkadelic in the seventies (see also p-funk). This article focuses on Clinton’s solo efforts after 1981.
Beginning in the early 1980’s, Clinton recorded several nominal “solo” albums, although all of these records featured contributions from P-Funk’s core musicians. The primary reason for recording under his own name was legal difficulties, due to the complex copyright and trademark issues surrounding the name “Parliament” (primarily) and Polygram’s purchase of his former label (as part of Parliament), Casablanca Records. In 1982, Clinton signed to Capitol Records as a solo artist and as t...
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Top 10 George Clinton Songs
Atomic Dog
Booty Body Ready For The Plush Funk
Hollywood
Loopzilla
Funky Kind (Gonna Knock It Down)
Martial Law
Paint the White House black
Do Fries Go With That Shake
Hey Good Lookin' (Booty Enhanced Remix)
Mothership Connection Starchild (The Second Coming)
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Hey Man... smell my Finger
Six Degrees Of P-Funk: The Best Of George Clinton & His Funk Family
Greatest Hits
Extended Pleasure
George Clinton & His Gangsters Of Love
T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M. (The Awesome Power of a Fully Operational Mothership)
The Cinderella Theory
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