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George Clinton

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Born 22 June 1941.

US funk musician

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Biography

George Clinton (born July 22, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter and music producer and the principal architect of P-Funk. He was the mastermind of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and began his work as a solo artist in 1981. He has been called one of the most prominent innovators of funk music, along with James Brown and Sly Stone. Clinton became a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, after being inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic.

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Albums releases

Release title Release date
George Clinton & His Gangsters of Love 2008
Sample Some of Disc - Sample Some of D.A.T., Volume 1 1993
Hey Man... Smell My Finger 1993
You Shouldn't-nuf Bit Fish 1983
Computer Games 1982
 

Credits

Role Artist Release
Composer Scott Grooves Mothership Reconnection (1998)
Vocal Primal Scream Give Out But Don't Give Up (1994)
Producer Otis Day & The Knights Shout (1989)
Producer Incorporated Thang Band Body Jackin' (1988)
Vocal Funkadelic One Nation Under a Groove (1978)
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