Fuzzy Haskins

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Fuzzy Haskins
Birth nameClarence Eugene Haskins
Born(1941-06-08)June 8, 1941
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Clarence Eugene "Fuzzy" Haskins (June 8, 1941 – March 16, 2023) was an American singer. He performed with 1950s and 1960s

Grammy
Lifetime Achievement Awards.

Early life

Haskins was born in

Billboard
R&B singles chart. The song was actually recorded by George Clinton and a group called The Holidays, as the other Parliaments didn't make it to Detroit that week. Revilot went out of business, and in the process, the group lost their name, The Parliaments.

Career

By 1970, the five Parliaments singers were touring with five backing musicians known separately as

P-Funk. Haskins contributed to P-Funk as a writer through 1972. He toured and appeared on P-Funk albums as a singer, and occasionally as a guitarist, throughout the 1970s. In June 1977 at the height of P-Funk's popularity, Haskins (along with other original Parliaments Calvin Simon and Grady Thomas
) left the ensemble over financial and management disputes with Clinton.

Haskins released his first solo album,

Cordell "Boogie" Mosson on drums, and Bootsy Collins and Mosson on bass. Bernie Worrell makes an appearance on keyboards, contributing horn and string arrangements as well. Haskins served as producer, singer, songwriter, guitarist and even drummer on one song. Haskins released his second album, Radio Active
, two years later. An Ace compilation from 1994 reissued both albums on one CD.

In 1981, Haskins, Simon, and Thomas formed a new funk band using the name Funkadelic, appeared on

Who's a Funkadelic? in 1992. In the 1990s, Haskins toured with Original P, a group made up of four of the original five Parliaments.[1]

Personal life and death

Haskins was married twice, to Estelle James and Lorraine Debney, with both marriages ending in divorce. He had five children, two of whom predeceased him.[1] He lived in Southfield, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.[1]

Haskins suffered a serious stroke in 2022. He died from complications of diabetes in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, on March 16, 2023, at the age of 81.[2][3]

Discography

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Genzlinger, Neil (March 24, 2023). "Fuzzy Haskins, 81, Who Helped Create P-Funk Music, Dies". The New York Times. p. A21. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  2. ^ Kreps, Daniel (March 18, 2023). "Fuzzy Haskins, Original Member of Parliament-Funkadelic, Dead at 81". MSN. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  3. ^ Genzlinger, Neil (March 23, 2023). "Fuzzy Haskins, Who Helped Turn Doo-Wop Into P-Funk, Dies at 81". The New York Times. Retrieved March 26, 2023.

Sources

  • Bowman, Rob (1992). Music for Your Mother [CD liner notes]. Westbound Records.
  • Bowman, Rob (1994). A Whole Nother Radio Active Thang 1976–1978 [CD liner notes]. Ace Records Ltd.
  • Bowman, Rob (1996). Live: Meadowbrook, Rochester, Michigan – September 12, 1971 [CD liner notes]. Westbound Records.
  • Hamilton, Andrew. "I Wanna Testify". AllMusic.
  • Vincent, Rickey (1996). Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One.
    ISBN 0-312-13499-1
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