Parliament was an American R&B band that existed in two phases between 1955 and 1981. The first incarnation, as The Parliaments, yielded a string of doo-wop and soul singles on Revilot and other labels between 1959 and 1968, culminating with the 1970 album Osmium, released as Parliament on Invictus. Singer–producer George Clinton reactivated Parliament as […]
Ruth Copeland (born 1946) is an English soul-rock singer who moved stateside in the late 1960s and released the 1970/71 albums Self Portrait and I Am What I Am on Invictus. After several years singing backup for Parliament, she wrapped her career with the 1976 RCA release Take Me to Baltimore. Background Ruth Copeland was […]
Parlet was an American soul-funk vocal trio comprised of P-Funk backing singers. They released the 1978–80 Casablanca albums Pleasure Principle, Invasion of the Booty Snatchers, Play Me or Trade Me and scored R&B hits with “Ridin’ High” and “Wolf Tickets.” Members: Mallia Franklin (1978-79), Debbie Wright (1978), Janice Evans (1979-80), Shirley Hayden, Jeanette Washington Background George […]
Eddie Hazel (April 10, 1950 — Dec. 23, 1992) was an American guitarist from Brooklyn who played in the bands Funkadelic and Parliament during the 1970s as well as the collective offshoot P-Funk All Stars during the 1980s. As a solo artist, he released the 1977 album Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs on Warner Bros. […]
Bernie Worrell (April 19, 1944 — June 24, 2016) was an American funk keyboardist, composer, and arranger with lengthy Seventies tenures in Funkadelic, Parliament, and Bootsy’s Rubber Band, followed by Eighties stints with Material and the Golden Palominos. As a solo artist, he made the 1978 Arista album All the Woo in the World. Background […]
