Historical Figure
George Clinton
b. 1941
American musician (born 1941)
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Biography
George Edward Clinton is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and bandleader. His Parliament-Funkadelic collective developed an influential and eclectic form of funk music during the 1970s that drew on Afrofuturism, outlandish fashion, psychedelia, and surreal humor. He launched his solo career with the 1982 album Computer Games and would go on to influence 1990s hip-hop and G-funk.
Timeline
The story of George Clinton, told in moments.
Launched Funkadelic alongside Parliament. Two bands, same musicians, different labels. Parliament did slick funk. Funkadelic did psychedelic rock. Nobody else was doing either one that way.
Mothership Connection released. Parliament toured with a giant spaceship stage prop that actually landed during concerts. The Mothership weighed several tons.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Parliament-Funkadelic. By then, hip-hop producers had sampled his records so many times he couldn't keep count.
Played his farewell "One Nation Under a Groove" tour at 77. He'd been performing for over 60 years. The Mothership came out one last time.
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Artifacts (15)
Letter from George Washington to New York Governor George Clinton
George Washington|Tench Tilghman
Mrs. George Clinton (Cornelia Tappen)
Thomas Bluget De Valdenuit|Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Governor George Clinton
Thomas Bluget De Valdenuit|Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
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