Ray Davis, of the groups Parliament and Funkadelic, has passed away from respitory complications. He was 65.
He was born in Sumter, S.C., and lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., before moving to Plainfield in 1958, where he resided until 1968.
Ray was, probably, most famous for providing the bass vocals on Parliament's funk songs 'Give Up The Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucka) and 'Flashlight.
He was later to do the same for the funk ensemble Funkadelic on songs such as 'One Nation Under A Groove'.
Ray was a founding member of Parliament, a group that was to influence the whole music scene throughout the Seventies.
Parliament were originally known as 'the Parliaments' and were a doo-wop group back in the 50's.
He was born in Sumter, S.C., and lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., before moving to Plainfield in 1958, where he resided until 1968.
Ray was, probably, most famous for providing the bass vocals on Parliament's funk songs 'Give Up The Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucka) and 'Flashlight.
He was later to do the same for the funk ensemble Funkadelic on songs such as 'One Nation Under A Groove'.
Ray was a founding member of Parliament, a group that was to influence the whole music scene throughout the Seventies.
Parliament were originally known as 'the Parliaments' and were a doo-wop group back in the 50's.
Ray Davis, of the groups Parliament and Funkadelic, has passed away from respitory complications. He was 65.
He was born in Sumter, S.C., and lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., before moving to Plainfield in 1958, where he resided until 1968.
Ray was, probably, most famous for providing the bass vocals on Parliament's funk songs 'Give Up The Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucka) and 'Flashlight.
He was later to do the same for the funk ensemble Funkadelic on songs such as 'One Nation Under A Groove'.
Ray was a founding member of Parliament, a group that was to influence the whole music scene throughout the Seventies.
Parliament were originally known as 'the Parliaments' and were a doo-wop group back in the 50's.
He was born in Sumter, S.C., and lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., before moving to Plainfield in 1958, where he resided until 1968.
Ray was, probably, most famous for providing the bass vocals on Parliament's funk songs 'Give Up The Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucka) and 'Flashlight.
He was later to do the same for the funk ensemble Funkadelic on songs such as 'One Nation Under A Groove'.
Ray was a founding member of Parliament, a group that was to influence the whole music scene throughout the Seventies.
Parliament were originally known as 'the Parliaments' and were a doo-wop group back in the 50's.
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