Artist
Parliament
Parliament is a funk artist from Plainfield, New Jersey, USA formed in 1968. 29 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Funk · Plainfield, New Jersey, USA · Best funk albums
- 29
- Releases
- 1970–2025
- Active years
- 1968
- Formed
Artist
Parliament is a funk artist from Plainfield, New Jersey, USA formed in 1968. 29 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Funk · Plainfield, New Jersey, USA · Best funk albums
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Mothership Connection
1975 · 8 tracks
Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome
1977
Chocolate City
1975
Motor Booty Affair
1978
Up for the Down Stroke
1974
Trombipulation
1980
Live: P.Funk Earth Tour
1977
Tear the Roof Off: 1974-1980
1993
The Early Years
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Mood Control (Live Detroit '77)
2025
The Mind Of The Universe (Live Passaic '78)
2023
Mother Call (Live Boston '76)
2022
Funkoween
2020
Medicaid Fraud Dogg
2018
Gloryhallastoopid
2018
Greatest Hits (The Bomb) - Parliament
2018
Gold
2018
Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein
2008
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Parliament
2000
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Parliament
2000
The 12" Collection And More
1999
First Thangs
1998
The Best Of Parliament: Give Up The Funk
1995
Rhenium
1989
Parliament's Greatest Hits
1984
Gloryhallastoopid (Or, Pin the Tail on the Funky)
1979
The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein
1976
Osmium
1970
Parliament was a soul funk band most prominent during the 1970s. Both Parliament and its sister act, Funkadelic, were led by George Clinton. Parliament was originally The Parliaments, a doo-wop vocal group based at a Plainfield, New Jersey barbershop. The group was formed in the late 1950s and included George Clinton, Ray Davis, Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon, and Grady Thomas. Clinton was the group leader and manager. The group finally had a hit single in 1967 with "(I Wanna) Testify" on Revilot Records. To capitalize, Clinton formed a backing band for a tour, featuring teenage barbershop employee Billy Bass Nelson on bass and his friend Eddie Hazel on guitar, with the lineup eventually rounded out by Tawl Ross on guitar, Tiki Fulwood on drums, and Mickey Atkins on organ. During a contractual dispute with Revilot, Clinton temporarily lost the rights to the name "The Parliaments," and signed the ensemble to Westbound Records as Funkadelic, which Clinton positioned as a funk-rock band featuring the five touring musicians with the five Parliaments singers as uncredited guests. With Funkadelic as a recording and touring entity in its own right, in 1970 Clinton relaunched the singing gro…
