The whole Parliament/Funkadelic thang in the 70's started out innocently enough in the 50's as a Jersey doo-wop group called the Parliaments, named after the cigarette brand. This Top 5 R&B tune was their one hit. George Clinton was the only member who appeared on the record, as the others couldn't afford to travel to Detroit for the session. The label went broke and George couldn't keep the band name, so they added a horn section and became Funkadelic, which evolved into Parliament and P-Funk, and that outfit released some of the best funk and dance music of the 70's. But how did they get from this to "Flash Light"???
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