Skip to content
Vinony
English
EnglishDeutschEspañolFrançaisItalianoNederlandsPolskiPortuguêsSvenskaРусскийالعربيةفارسیไทย한국어中文日本語
George Clinton

File:GeorgeClinton.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ336272· pop 39· linked from 1,757 articles

George Clinton

Sign in to save

Also known as George Edward Clinton

American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and music producer

OverviewAI-generated

George Clinton (born July 22, 1941, in Kannapolis, North Carolina) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and conductor. He is a male musician who works in the fields of funk, p-funk, rock and indie, soul, jazz, and reggae. Clinton performs on the electronic keyboard and uses his voice. He has been active in the music industry since 1955 and is associated with Capitol Records.

Clinton is known by the nickname "Doctor Funkenstein." He received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and was nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song. His official website is georgeclinton.com. He speaks English.

Synthesized by Vinony from 41 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Wikiquote, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
26 July 1739
Died
20 April 1812
Works
14

Top works

  • Governor's speech
  • A letter to John Lansing, Junior, Esquire, at present chancellor of the state of New-York
  • General Orders
  • To His Excellency George Clinton, Esquire, governor, and the other the Honourable members composing the Board, constituted by law for the temporary government of the southern district of the state
  • Remarks on the manufacturing of maple sugar

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA

George Clinton (born July 22, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and music producer and the principal architect of P-Funk. He was the mastermind of 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 foremost innovators of funk music, along with James Brown and Sly Stone. Clinton was inducted…

Known for

  • The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel — Self - Record Producer2026
  • Once Upon a Time the Documentary — Self2026
  • SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) — Self2025
  • We Want the Funk! — Self2025
  • Get Lit — Player2024
  • Good Burger 2 — George Clinton2023
  • They All Came Out to Montreux — Self2023
  • Agent Elvis — George Clinton (voice)2023
  • Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James — Self2021
  • The Dancing Man of L.A. — Self (archive footage)2021

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1941
funkp-funkrock and indie

Discography

Member of

Official siteDiscogsStream

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
310,742
Total plays
2,051,712

Tags

funkp-funksouljazzreggae

George Clinton (born July 22, 1941) is an American musician, widely considered one of the forefathers of funk. He was the mastermind of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and was a solo funk artist as of 1981. He was born in Kannapolis, North Carolina, grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey, and currently resides in Tallahassee, Florida. In Plainfield, he ran a barber salon, where he straightened hair, and soon formed a doo wop group, inspired by Frankie Lymon & th

via Last.fm · George Clinton

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. A short history of<i>SHELX</i>

    · 2007 · cited 79,955x

  2. Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test

    · 1997 · cited 48,650x

  3. Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>

    · 2015 · cited 40,940x

  4. <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination

    · 2015 · cited 27,696x

  5. A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity

    · 1961 · cited 23,207x

via Crossref · CC0

Quotes

  • “What is soul? I don't know! Soul is a hamhock in your cornflakes... Soul is a joint rolled in toilet paper.”

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

Key facts

Born
George Edward Clinton , ( 1941-07-22 ) July 22, 1941 (age 84) , Kannapolis, North Carolina , U.S.
Origin
Plainfield, New Jersey , U.S.
Genres
Funk psychedelic funk electro-funk avant-funk progressive soul
Occupations
Singer songwriter record producer bandleader
Instrument
Vocals
Works
With Parliament with Funkadelic
Years active
1955–present
Labels
Westbound Revilot Capitol EMI Paisley Park Warner Bros. 550 Epic SME Shanachie Brainfeeder
Member of
Parliament-Funkadelic
Formerly of
Parliament Funkadelic Bootsy's Rubber Band
Website
georgeclinton .com

via Wikipedia infobox

~19 min read

Encyclopedic overview

George Edward Clinton (born July 22, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and bandleader. His Parliament-Funkadelic collective (which primarily recorded under the distinct band names Parliament and Funkadelic) developed an influential and eclectic form of funk music during the 1970s that drew on Afrofuturism, outlandish fashion, psychedelia, and surreal humor. He launched his solo career with the 1982 album Computer Games and went on to influence 1990s hip-hop and G-funk.

Clinton is regarded, along with James Brown and Sly Stone, as one of the foremost innovators of funk. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, alongside 15 other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. In 2019, he and Parliament-Funkadelic were given Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “George Clinton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (4)

Available in 34 languages

Show 15 more

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0