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ARC-0148

collection

Collection on George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Collection)

1971-1988, undated

1.05 (Linear feet)

George Clinton is an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and music producer. He started the bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and launched a solo career in 1981. He has been cited as one of the innovators of funk music. Clinton was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic.

The Collection on George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic spans the years 1971 to 1988 with some undated materials and consists primarily of notebooks containing handwritten song lyrics and drawings done by George Clinton. Also included in the collection are business papers, printed materials, and two pieces of sheet music. The Collection on George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic provides rich documentation of Clinton's song writing process as well as insight into Clinton's impact of the evolution of funk and rock music. The Collection materials are arranged chronologically, with undated material located alphabetically at the end of each file.

: The Collection on George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic was received by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum, Inc. as a gift from Matthew Raska on January 29, 2009.

: [Identification of Item], Collection on George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Library and Archives, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

: Processed by Rachel Somerville, Project Archivist. Completed August 18, 2011. Revised by Jennie Thomas, Head Archivist. Completed February 6, 2015. Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS and local processing manual.

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