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success in subsequent years (the disco-era “Love Machine

[Part 1]” hit number one on the pop charts in 1975), while

Robinson produced such solo hits as “Cruisin’” (1979) and

“Being with You” (1981). He also unintentionally inspired

the new soul radio format that took its name from the

title track of his 1975 conceptual album A Quiet Storm.

Robinson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of

Fame in 1987.

Parliament-Funkadelic

The original members were George Clinton (b. July 22, 1941,

Kannapolis, N.C., U.S.), Raymond Davis (b. March 29, 1940,

Sumter, S.C., U.S.), Calvin Simon (b. May 22, 1942, Beckley, W.Va.,

U.S.), Fuzzy Haskins (b. June 8, 1941, Elkhorn, W.Va., U.S.), and

Grady Thomas (b. Jan. 5, 1941, Newark, N.J., U.S.). Later members

included Michael Hampton (b. Nov. 15, 1956, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.),

Bernie Worrell (b. April 19, 1944, Long Beach, N.J., U.S.), Billy Bass

Nelson (b. Jan. 28, 1951, Plainfield, N.J., U.S.), Eddie Hazel (b. April 10,

1950, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.—d. Dec. 23, 1992), Tiki Fulwood (b.

May 23, 1944, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.—d. Oct. 29, 1979), Bootsy

Collins (b. Oct. 26, 1951, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.), Fred Wesley (b.

July 4, 1943, Columbus, Ga., U.S.), Maceo Parker (b. Feb. 14, 1943,

Kinston, N.C., U.S.), Jerome Brailey (b. Aug. 20, 1950, Richmond,

Va., U.S.), Garry Shider (b. July 24, 1953, Plainfield, N.J., U.S.), Glen

Goins (b. Jan. 2, 1954, Plainfield, N.J., U.S.—d. July 29, 1978,

Plainfield), and Gary (“Mudbone”) Cooper (b. Nov. 24, 1953,

Washington, D.C., U.S.)

P

arliament-Funkadelic, also known as P-Funk, was a

massive group of performers that greatly influenced

black music in the 1970s.

The group scored 13 Top Ten rhythm-and-blues and

pop hits from 1967 to 1983 (including six number one

rhythm-and-blues hits) under a variety of names, including