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Clinton, 63, who headed the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic — and the collaboration later known as P-Funk — in the 1970s and 1980s is considered a father of the genre. In 1983, Clinton's solo record "Atomic Dog," hit number one on the R&B charts.

He still tours P-Funk (or the P-Funk All-Stars or as "Parliament/Funkadelic").

I would also say that he is not the father of the genre. That title will always belong to James Brown. James changed the sound and the industry is forever indebted to him.

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This may be a simple case of semantics, but James Brown is the Godfather of Soul and Soul is a wee bit different than Funk. Don't ask how you havta havta havta havta get down with the good gah, and get on up, huhhh, hep me!