Timeline Parliament: Mothership Connection

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• 1955 Parliament begins as the Parliaments Plainfield, New Jersey George Clinton forms a doo-wop group in his barbershop.
• 1967 The Parliaments release (I Wanna) Testify First hit A top-twenty hit.
• 1968 Parliament's backing band becomes Funkadelic Name dispute After losing the rights to the name, Clinton launches Funkadelic.
• 1970 Parliament release Osmium First album as Parliament The first album under the name Parliament.
• 1972 Bootsy Collins joins Parliament From James Brown's band The bassist joins George Clinton.
• 1974 Parliament release Up for the Down Stroke Casablanca Records The start of their run on Casablanca.
• 1975 Parliament release Chocolate City Washington, D.C. A tribute to the Black majority of Washington.
• 1975 Parliament release Mothership Connection Give Up the Funk Their masterpiece, with Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker).
• 1976 Parliament's P-Funk Earth Tour The Mothership lands A spaceship lands on stage every night.
• 1978 Parliament top the R&B charts with Flash Light Number one R&B Bernie Worrell's synth bass.
• 1978 Funkadelic release One Nation Under a Groove Sister band The twin band's biggest hit.
• 1980 Parliament release Trombipulation Last album Their last album of the era.
• 1982 George Clinton releases Atomic Dog Solo hit Becomes one of the most sampled songs in hip hop.
• 1997 Parliament-Funkadelic inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Sixteen members inducted.
• 2011 Parliament's Mothership goes to the Smithsonian Museum piece The stage prop is donated to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.