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Parliament is tagged as: funk, p-funk, soul, 70s, psychedelic soul

Parliament was originally The Parliaments, a doo-wop group based out of George Clinton’s Plainfield, New Jersey barber shop. The name was soon abandoned due to legal issues with Revilot and Atlantic Records, and most of the same people recorded under the name Funkadelic, which consisted of The Parliaments’ backing musicians. Billy “Bass” Nelson is credited with creating the name Funkadelic. He also switched from 6-string guitar to bass, creating room for his childhood friend Eddie Hazel to join the group. Soon, Parliament was created in addition to Funkadelic and the two bands consisted of essentially the same people, though both released albums under their respective names.
The legal problems with the name “The Parliaments” were resolved in 1970, and Clinton signed all of Funkadelic to Invictus Records under the name Parliament, releasing Osmium (“The Breakdown” reached #30 on the R&B charts in 1971) but the name Parliament was then abandoned for some time, as Funkadelic was much more successful.
In the early 1970s, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins and Catfish Collins joined Funkadelic, which released five albums by 1974. With only moderate success, Funkadelic signed with Casablanca Records as Parliament, releasing “U...
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Top 10 Parliament Songs
Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)
Flash Light
Mothership Connection (Star Child)
Unfunky UFO
Up For The Down Stroke
Handcuffs
Do That Stuff
Chocolate City
Dr. Funkenstein
P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)
More Parliament Songs
Top 10 Parliament Albums
Mothership Connection
Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome
The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein
Up For The Down Stroke
Tear the Roof Off 1974-1980 (2 of 2)
Chocolate City
The Best Of Parliament: Give Up The Funk
Motor Booty Affair
Osmium
The Best Of Parliament - Give Up The Funk
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