Fuzzy Haskins

Fuzzy Haskins

Person from United States

Genres: funk, p-funk, r&b, soul, under 2000 listeners

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About Fuzzy Haskins

Fuzzy Haskins (born Clarence Eugene Haskins in Elkins, West Virginia, on 8 June 1941; died 17 March 2023) was an American singer. He performed with 1950s and 1960s doo-wop group, The Parliaments, and was a founding member of the groundbreaking and influential 1970s funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic, also known as Parliament-Funkadelic. He left Parliament-Funkadelic in 1977 to pursue a solo career. He became a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. In 2019, he and Parliament-Funkadelic were given Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards. He released two solo albums (reportedly due to Clinton's mismanagement of funds), "A Whole Nother Thang" in 1976 and "Radio Active" in 1978. While being solo projects, they were heavily influenced by the P-Funk sound, and many of the instrumentalists play on the albums, with Clinton credited as arranging several of the songs. In 1981, Haskins (laong with Parliament-Funkadelic members Calvin Simon and Grady Thomas) formed a new funk band using the name Funkadelic, appeared on Soul Train under that name, and released the album, Connections & Disconnections. The album was later reissued on CD in 1992 with the title "Who's a Funkadelic?". In the 1990s, Haskins toured with Original P, a group made up of four of the original five Parliaments.

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