ArtistInfo

The Parliaments

Band, US
R&B/Soul

They Parliaments were formed by Little Archie and William Banks (died 2011 age 74) in Huntington, West Virginia, USA and totally un-aware of the existence of a group with the same name The Parliaments from New Jersey, that were recording up in Detroit. The conflict with the name eventually came to a head and a judge found in their favour and the The Parliaments changed it's name to Funkadelic. Even though this group kept the name, they never saw the same success as their namesakes fronted by George Clinton. The group recorded two 45's on Cabell Recordsl including the uptempo classic 'This is my rainy day', one on the Symbol Records (2) label, produced by Juggy Murry and one on their own Unpredictable (3) label. After trying hard to get a hit with little success the group broke up. Little Archie went on to record in his own right on Dial records. Most of the band stayed around the Huntington area. In their short time together they created some classic soul sides and where much admired as a on stage group.

Members

Little Archie voc *1942