Parliament

Parliament
	; Parliament- Funkadelic , 2006
	General information
Genre (s)	P-radio
founding	1964 as The Parliaments , 1974
resolution	1970, 2018
Founding members
Singing , songwriter	George Clinton

The American music group Parliament , one of the icons of P-Funk , was founded in 1968 by George Clinton .

The band was Clinton's second big project alongside Funkadelic, and Clinton relied for the most part on the same musicians - the double naming was mainly due to contractual reasons in connection with his record company .

history

George Clinton (2007)

Bootsy Collins

After recording their first single Testify, which had limited success, the group got problems with their band name, so George Clinton was forced to continue under the name Funkadelic for the time being. This was certainly the reason why the album Funkadelic was released in 1969, a year before the first Parliament album in 1970 entitled Osmium . Clinton and his colleagues, including such famous names as Bootsy Collins and Bernie Worrell in the early years , continued to work under the name Funkadelic in the following years. In 1974, Up for the Down Stroke Parliaments was released, the second album, which can be considered the first P-Funk album and which reached number 10 on the American R&B charts. In 1975 the third album was released with Chocolate City .

Clinton was able to strengthen the band around Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley in the meantime . In the same year, 1975, Mothership Connection, the first of three consecutive legendary albums by Parliament, was released. It reached number 13 on the pop charts as well as platinum status. Only half a year later, in 1976, The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein, an equally energetic masterpiece of the P-Funk era, albeit not as commercially successful as its predecessor. Although internal quarrels were already emerging in 1977, this year Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome released the most successful Parliament album. The title Flash Light was number one on the US R&B charts for three weeks. In the same year the album Live: P. Funk Earth Tour was released .

Motor Booty Affair followed in 1978 and Gloryhallastoopid (Or Pin the Tale on the Funky) in 1979 . The official last album by Parliament was Trombipulation and was released in 1980. In the following time contractual difficulties and a certain creative exhaustion were the decisive factors for Clinton to continue working under another name. Computer Games was released as a solo album in 1982 . George Clinton's band was renamed P-Funk Allstars in the mid-1980s. One of the best recordings of this band is the album Live at the Beverly Theater in Hollywood from 1990 with drummer Dennis Chambers .

The Rolling Stone listed Parliament and Funkadelic at number 58 of the 100 greatest musicians of all time , and Prince named the two songs Mothership Connection (Star Child) (1975) and Do That Stuff (1976) two of 55 songs that have inspired him musically .

Discography

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	Title music label	US	R&B	Remarks
1974	Up for the Down Stroke Casablanca 7002	-	R&B17 (10 weeks) R&B	First published: July 3, 1974 Producer: George Clinton
1975	Chocolate City Casablanca 7014	US91 (18 weeks) US	R&B18 (14 weeks) R&B	First published: April 8, 1975 Producer: George Clinton
1976	Mothership Connection Casablanca 7022	US13 platinum (37 weeks)US	R&B4 (33 weeks) R&B	First published: December 15, 1975 Producer: George Clinton
1976	The Clones of Dr. Sparkstone Casablanca 7034	US20th gold (22 weeks)US	R&B3 (24 weeks) R&B	First published: September 1976 Producers: George Clinton, Bootsy Collins
1977	Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome Casablanca 7084	US13 platinum (34 weeks)US	R&B2 (33 weeks) R&B	First published: November 28, 1977 Producer: George Clinton
1978	Motor Booty Affair Casablanca 7125	US23 gold (18 weeks)US	R&B2 (22 weeks) R&B	First published: November 20, 1978 Producer: George Clinton
1979	GloryHallaStoopid (Or Pin the Tale on the Funky) Casablanca 7195	US44 gold (9 weeks)US	R&B3 (23 weeks) R&B	First published: November 20, 1979 Producers: George Clinton, Walter Morrison
1980	Trombipulation Casablanca 7249	US61 (7 weeks) US	R&B16 (14 weeks) R&B	First published December 5, 1980 Producer: George Clinton

More albums

1970: Osmium (Invictus 7302; release: September)
1990: Rhenium (HDH 008)

Live albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	Title music label	US	R&B	Remarks
1977	Parliament Live: P.Funk Earth Tour Casablanca 7053	US29 gold (19 weeks)US	R&B6 (21 weeks) R&B	First release: April 1977 double album; Producer: George Clinton

More live albums

1985: The Mothership Connection: Live from Houston (with George Clinton and Funkadelic; Capitol 15021)
1993: Live Greatest Hits 1972–1993 (4 CDs; with P-Funk All Stars and Funkadelic; AEM Record Group 25821)

Compilations

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	Title music label	US	R&B	Remarks
1993	Tear the Roof Off: 1974-1980 Casablanca 514 417	-	R&B79 (3 weeks) R&B	First release: May 1993 double album

More compilations

1984: Parliament's Greatest Hits (Casablanca 822 637; US:gold)
1986: Uncut Funk - The Bomb: The Best of Parliament ( Club 18)
1992: First Thangs (HDH 3909)
1994: George Clinton with Parliament (Music Merchant 0605)
1995: The Best of Parliament: Give Up the Funk (Casablanca 526 995)
1999: The 12 "Collection and More (Casablanca 546 109; release: May 18th)
2000: Get Funked Up: The Ultimate Collection ( Spectrum Music 544 261)
2000: The Best of Parliament ( Mercury 546 998)
2002: Funked Up: The Very Best of Parliament (Mercury 440 063 330)
2005: Gold (2 CDs; Mercury 4197)
2011: Icon (Mercury 15245)
2016: 5 Classic Albums (box with 5 CDs; Spectrum Music 5370152; release: July 29th)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	Title album	US	R&B	Remarks
1967	(I want to) Testify	US20 (13 weeks) US	R&B3 (15 weeks) R&B	First published: May 1967 as The Parliaments Authors: George Clinton, Daron Taylor
1967	All Your Goodies Are Gone (The Loser's Seat)	US80 (7 weeks) US	R&B21 (8 weeks) R&B	First published: September 1967 as The Parliaments Authors: George Clinton, Fuzzy Haskins, Billy Nelson
1969	A New Day Begins	-	R&B44 (2 weeks) R&B	First published: March 1969 as The Parliaments Author: George Clinton
1971	Breakdown	-	R&B30 (5 weeks) R&B	First published: July 1971 Authors: George Clinton, Clyde Wilson, Ruth Copeland
1974	Up for the Down Stroke Up for the Down Stroke	US63 (9 weeks) US	R&B10 (16 weeks) R&B	First published: August 1974 Authors: George Clinton, Fuzzy Haskins, Bernie Worrell , Bootsy Collins
1974	Testify Up for the Down Stroke	-	R&B77 (5 weeks) R&B	First release: October 1974 new version of the 1967 hit
1975	Chocolate City Chocolate City	US94 (3 weeks) US	R&B24 (14 weeks) R&B	First published: April 1975 Authors: George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins
1975	Ride on Chocolate City	-	R&B64 (7 weeks) R&B	First published: September 1975 Authors: George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins
1976	P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up) Mothership Connection	-	R&B33 (10 weeks) R&B	First published: January 1976 Authors: George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins
	Tear the Roof off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk) Mothership Connection	US15th gold (17 weeks)US	R&B5 (16 weeks) R&B	First published: April 1976 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Authors: George Clinton, Jerome Brailey, Bootsy Collins
	Star Child (Mothership Connection) Mothership Connection	-	R&B26 (10 weeks) R&B	First published: July 1976 Authors: George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins
	Do That Stuff The Clones of Dr. Spark stone	-	R&B22 (15 weeks) R&B	First published: October 1976 Authors: George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Garry Shider
1977	Dr. Funkenstein The Clones of Dr. Spark stone	-	R&B43 (8 weeks) R&B	First published: January 1977 Authors: George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins
	Fantasy Is Reality Parliament Live: P.Funk Earth Tour	-	R&B54 (10 weeks) R&B	First published: July 1977 Authors: George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Leon Ware
	Bop Gun (Endangered Species) Funkentelechy Vs. the placebo syndrome	-	R&B14 (15 weeks) R&B	First published: October 1977 Authors: George Clinton, Garry Shider, Bootsy Collins
1978	Flash Light Funkentelechy Vs. the placebo syndrome	US16 gold (16 weeks)US	R&B1 (20 weeks) R&B	First published: January 1978 number 202 on the Rolling Stone 500 (2010 list) Authors: George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins
	Funkentelechy Funkentelechy Vs. the placebo syndrome	-	R&B27 (10 weeks) R&B	First published: March 1978 Authors: George Clinton, Bootsy Collins
	Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop) Motor Booty Affair	US89 (2 weeks) US	R&B1 (18 weeks) R&B	First published: November 1978 Authors: George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins
1979	Rumpofsteelskin Motor Booty Affair	-	R&B63 (5 weeks) R&B	First published: April 1979 Authors: George Clinton, Bootsy Collins
1979	Party People GloryHallaStoopid	-	R&B39 (10 weeks) R&B	First published: October 1979 Authors: George Clinton, Garry Shider, Bootsy Collins
1980	Theme from the Black Hole GloryHallaStoopid	-	R&B8 (16 weeks) R&B	First published: November 1979 Billboard Dance Charts: # 69 (2 weeks) Authors: George Clinton, Junie Morrison, Bootsy Collins
	The Big Bang Theory GloryHallaStoopid	-	R&B50 (7 weeks) R&B	First published: March 1980 Instrumental authors: George Clinton, Donnie Sterling, Ron Dunbar
	Agony of DeFeet Trombipulation	-	R&B7 (14 weeks) R&B	First published: November 1980
1996	Gettin 'It Gettin' It (Album Number Ten)	US68 (10 weeks) US	R&B49 (14 weeks) R&B	First release: August 1996 Too Short feat. Parliament-Funkadelic authors: George Clinton, Belita Woods, Gary Mudbone Cooper, Todd Shaw

More singles

1959: Poor Willie (as The Parliaments; released June)
1960: Lonely Island (as The Parliaments)
1963: You're Not Hurting Him (You're Hurting Me) (as The Parliaments; release: September)
1966: That Was My Girl (as The Parliaments; released November)
1968: Little Man (as The Parliaments; released January)
1968: Look at What I Almost Missed (as The Parliaments; release: March)
1968: Good Old Music (as The Parliaments; released June)
1970: I Call My Baby Pussycat (as A Parliament Thang; release: March)
1971: Red Hot Mama
1972: Come In out of the Rain (release: June)
1974: The Goose (release: February)
1981: Crush It (released March)

Video albums

1998: The Mothership Connection (with George Clinton and Funkadelic; Gravity Limited 3014)
2005: Live at Montreux 2004 (with George Clinton and Funkadelic; Eagle 20074; release: May 21)

literature

Julia Edenhofer : The Great Oldie Lexicon . Bastei-Lübbe 1991, ISBN 3-404-60288-9 , p. 463.
Vladimir Gutkovich : Funk Is Its Own Reward (pdf) .

swell

↑ 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Rolling Stone , December 2, 2010, accessed August 8, 2017 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Chart sources: Billboard Hot 100 Billboard 200
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d gold / platinum database US
^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .
↑ RS500 Songs (List 2010)
^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7

[1] 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Rolling Stone , December 2, 2010, accessed August 8, 2017 .

[charts-2] Chart sources: Billboard Hot 100 Billboard 200

[gold-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d gold / platinum database US

[R&B-Alben-4] Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .

[5] Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .

[RS500-Songs-6] RS500 Songs (List 2010)

[7] Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7