The Parliaments – I Wanna Testify

Funkadelic – Funkadelic
May 11, 1970
Funkadelic – Funkadelic
May 11, 1970

01. I Wanna Testify
02. Time
03. Good Ole Music
04. I Can Feel the Ice Melting
05. Don’t Be Sore at Me
06. All Your Goodies Are Gone
07. Little Man
08. The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg
09. What You Been Growing
10. Look at What I Almost Missed
11. A New Day Begins
12. Let’s Make It Last
13. All Your Goodies Are Gone
14. Baby I Owe You Something
15. I’ll Wait

The Parliaments were a doo-wop quintet from Plainfield, New Jersey, formed in the back room of a barbershop in the late 1950s and named after the cigarette brand. After some early personnel changes their lineup solidified with George Clinton, Ray Davis, Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon, and Grady Thomas. Clinton was group leader and manager, and part owner of the barbershop where the group convened to entertain customers. Modelled after Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, they recorded for a bunch of small labels in the 60’s. Their biggest hit is “I Wanna Testify” (1967). The group later evolved into the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic, which found success in the 1970s.