Their vocal group, the Parliaments, morphed into Parliament-Funkadelic, one of the wildest ... funkiest combination of psychedelic rock and thunderous R&B.” The stage shows accompanying the ...

Detroit madman and doo-wop veteran George Clinton spent the 1970s running two of the wildest bands in the galaxy: Funkadelic for guitar-crazed rock, Parliament for dance-floor boogie. Only a ...

Butler left the group in 1960 and had more than 55 Billboard Pop and R&B chart hits. He was inducted into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame in 2015. Following his singing career he served ...