From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia George Clinton born July 22 1941 is an American singer songwriter bandleader and music producer and the principal architect of PFunk 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 into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 with fifteen other members of ParliamentFunkadelic Description above from the Wikipedia article George Clinton licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia