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Parliament's Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the American funk band Parliament, released in 1984 by Casablanca Records. [4] It contains 10 Parliament singles recorded between 1974 and 1979. It omits songs from Trombipulation .
Year Album details Certifications (sales thresholds)1984 Parliament's Greatest Hits. Released: Label: Casablanca, Def Jam Recordings; Format: US: Gold [2]; 1991 The Best Nonstop Mix Compilation
[2] 20th Century Masters uses eight of the ten songs from Parliament's Greatest Hits (1984), and is essentially an update of that collection. Album versions of the songs "Up for the Down Stroke"; "Mothership Connection (Star Child)" and "Aqua Boogie" are also used in place of the edited versions used on Greatest Hits.
Parliament was an American funk band formed in 1968 by George Clinton as a flagship act of his P-Funk collective. Evolving out of an earlier vocal group , Parliament became associated with a more commercial and less rock -oriented sound than its sister act Funkadelic .
"Flash Light" is a song by funk band Parliament, written by George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, and Bootsy Collins and released in January 28, 1978, on the album Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome. [2] It was the first No. 1 R&B hit by any of the P-Funk groups and spent four months on the U.S. pop chart, peaking at No. 16. [3] [2]
George Bernard Worrell, Jr. (April 19, 1944 – June 24, 2016) [1] was an American keyboardist and record producer best known as a founding member of the Parliament-Funkadelic collective. In later years, he also worked with acts such as Talking Heads , Bill Laswell , and Jack Bruce .
Tear the Roof Off: 1974–1980 is a 2-CD compilation album by the funk group Parliament featuring songs recorded for Casablanca Records during the band's career with that label from 1974 to 1980. The compilation was released in 1993.
Trombipulation is the ninth album by the funk band Parliament (see 1980 in music).It was released by Casablanca Records.It was the last album of original material produced by the group for 38 years, until Medicaid Fraud Dogg in 2018.