Dorsey Burnette

Dorsey Burnette died of a massive coronary in Canoga Park, California and is buried with his brother Johnny in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. On December 6, 2003, Clinton was charged with one felony count of cocaine possession and a misdemeanor count of possessing drug paraphernalia in Tallahassee, Florida.[1] (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/gclintonmug1.html) On August 11, 2004, he pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor drug-paraphernalia charges, while the felony charge was dropped. He is best known for his prolific writing talents, including songs recorded by then teen idol Ricky Nelson. Most recently he appears as the voice of "The Funkopus"; a disc jockey within the Grand Theft Auto game, "San Andreas" [2004]. He played bass in his younger brother Johnny Burnette's rockabilly group, and as a solo artist had a few significant hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s such as Tall Oak Tree, Big Rock Candy Mountain and Hey Little One. Clinton also became active in composing and recording songs for the movie industry with credits in PCU, Can't Hardly Wait (1998), Muppets From Space (1999), Romeo Must Die and Charlie's Angels (both from 2000). Dorsey Burnette (December 28, 1932 - August 19, 1979) was an early Rockabilly singer in Memphis, Tennessee.
In the 1990s, Clinton appeared in films such as Graffiti Bridge (1990) and PCU (1994).

. Albums released under the name "George Clinton:". (the awesome power of a fully operational mothership) in 1996, having reunited with several old members of Parliament and Funkadelic. Clinton then signed with Sony 550 and released T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M.

This was followed by Hey Man, Smell My Finger. In 1989, Clinton released The Cinderella Theory on Paisley Park, Prince's record label. His popularity waned in the mid 1980s, but was revived by the rise of rap music (particularly, in the 1990s, G Funk), as many rappers cited him as an influence and began sampling him. In the next three years, Clinton released three more studio albums (You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish, Some of My Best Jokes Are Friends and R&B Skeletons in the Closet) as well as a live album, Mothership Connection (Live from the Summit, Houston, Texas) and charting three singles in the R&B Top 30, "Nubian Nut," "Last Dance," and "Do Fries Go with that Shake." This period included multiple legal problems (resulting in financial difficulties) due to complex royalty and copyright issues.

"Loopzilla" hit the Top 20 R&B charts, followed by "Atomic Dog," which reached #1 R&B but peaked at #101 on the pop chart. In 1982, Clinton signed to Capitol Records as a solo artist and as the P.Funk All-Stars, releasing Computer Games that same year. The primary reason was legal difficulties, due to the complex copyright and trademark issues surrounding the name "Parliament" (primarily) and Polygram's purchase of his former label (as part of Parliament), Casablanca. Usually recording under the name George Clinton & the P.Funk All-Stars, Clinton recorded several solo albums.

For information on The Parliaments, Parliament or Funkadelic, see their respective articles, or P-Funk. This article will focus on his solo efforts after 1981. Despite initial failures, the Parliaments eventually found success under the names Parliament and Funkadelic in the seventies (see also P-Funk). In Plainfield, he ran a barber salon, where he straightened hair, and soon formed a doo wop group, inspired by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, called The Parliaments.

He was born in Kannapolis, North Carolina, and grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey. He was the mastermind of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and was a solo funky artist as of 1981. George Clinton (born July 22, 1940) is an American musician, considered one of the fathers of funk.