We remember Bernie Worrell. ‘Bernie M.P.’

This day (June 24, 2016) in Everson, Washington, died George Bernard 'Bernie' Worrell, Jr., an American keyboardist and composer best known as a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic and for his work with Talking Heads.

Tracklist :

1 . George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic - Keyboard Solo (2004)

2 . The Bernie Worrell Orchestra - Star Child (2012)

3 . w/ Pee Wee Ellis & Fred Wesley - Live @ Bear Creek (2010)

4 . w/ Doug Wimbish - At Howlin' Wolf (2008)

5 . Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop (1973)

6 . Parliament Funkadelic - Funky Woman (1971 )

Tracklist :

Bass On The Line . Up In The Hills . Dirty . Killer Mosquito . New Boss . Ok, You Can Leave Now . Celeste . Take Five . Watermelon Man . Take the 'A' Train .

Wikipedia: This day (June 24, 2016) in Everson, Washington, died George Bernard

This week In Soul Artists 29/52

Billie Holiday, The Temptations, Martha and The Vandellas, Etta James, Ray Charles, Natalie Cole, Jill Scott, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Chaka Khan, George Clinton, the P Funk All Stars, Bernie Worrell, the Woo Warriors

Funkadelic release their tenth album : ‘One Nation Under a Groove’ (1978)

Funkadelic's 'One Nation Under a Groove' is their tenth studio album released in September 1978 by Warner Bros.

1 . One Nation Under A Groove (Part 1) (D.C., 1979)

2 . One Nation Under A Groove (Part 2) (D.C., 1979)

3 . One Nation Under A Groove, Part 1

4 . One Nation Under A Groove, Part 2

5 . Cholly (Funk Gettin' Ready To Roll) (w/ Garry Shider )

6 . One Nation Under A Groove (Docu, 2005)

Track listing : 1.One Nation Under a Groove (George Clinton, Walter Morrison, Garry Shider) - 07:29 . 2.Groovallegiance (George Clinton, Walter Morrison, Bernard Worrell) - 07:00 . 3.Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock?! (George Clinton, Walter Morrison, Michael Hampton) - 06:18 . 4.Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad (The Doo Doo Chasers) (George Clinton, Garry Shider, Linda Brown) - 010:45 .

Parliament with George Clinton and Bootsy Collins release ‘The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein’ (1976)

Parliament's 'The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein' is an album featuring George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and others and released on July 20, 1976 by Casablanca.

1 . Gamin' On Ya (Mothership Connection, Houston, 1976)

2 . Dr. Funkenstein (Mothership Connection, Houston, 1976)

3 . Children of Productions (Mothership Connection, Houston, 1976)

4 . Funkin' For Fun (Mothership Connection, Houston, 1976)

Track Listing : 1.Prelude – 01:40 . 2.Gamin' On Ya! (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell)- 03:02 . 3.Dr. Funkenstein (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell)- 05:46 . 4.Children Of Productions (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell)- 03:57 . 5.Getten' To Know You – 5:20 . 6.Do That Stuff (George Clinton, Garry Shider, Bernie Worrell) – 04:47 . 7.Everything Is On The One

Funkadelic release their third album : ‘Maggot Brain’ (1971)

Funkadelic's 'Maggot Brain' is their third (and the last that featured the original lineup) studio album released on July 12, 1971 by Westbound.

1 . Maggot Brain (w/ Eddie Hazel & Mike Hampton)

2 . Maggot Brain (w/ Michael Hampton, Montreux)

Track Listing : 1.Maggot Brain (Eddie Hazel, George Clinton) - 10:20 . 2.Can You Get To That (George Clinton, Ernie Harris) - 02:50 . 3.Hit It And Quit It (George Clinton, Billy Bass Nelson, Garry Shider) - 03:50 . 4.You And Your Folks, Me And My Folks (George Clinton, Judie Jones, Bernie Worrell) - 03:36 . 1.Super Stupid (George Clinton, Eddie Hazel, Billy Bass Nelson, Tawl Ross) - 03:57 . 2.Back In Our Minds (Fuzzy Haskins) - 02:38 . 3.Wars Of Armageddon (George Clinton, Tiki Fulwood, Tawl Ross, Bernie Worrell) - 09:42

Musicians : George Clinton-

Sire release Talking Heads’s fifth album ‘Speaking in Tongues’ featuring ‘Burning Down the House’ (1983)

Talking Heads's 'Speaking in Tongues' feat. 'Burning Down the House' is their fifth studio album released on May 31, 1983 by Sire.

1 . Burning Down the House (Official Video)

2 . Making Flippy Floppy (Stop Making Sense)

3 . Swamp

4 . Burning Down the House (Letterman '83)

5 . Burning Down the House (2002 Inductions)

Track Listing : 1.Burning Down The House (David Byrne, Talking Heads) - 04:01 . 2.Making Flippy Floppy (David Byrne, Talking Heads) - 05:53 . 3.Girlfriend Is Better (David Byrne, Talking Heads) - 05:42 . 4.Slippery People (David Byrne, Talking Heads) - 05:05 . 5.I Get Wild/Wild Gravity (David Byrne, Talking Heads) - 05:16 . 6.Swamp (David Byrne, Talking Heads) - 05:12 . 7.Moon Rocks (David Byrne, Talking Heads) - 05:45 . 8.Pull Up The Roots (David Byrne, Talking Heads) - 05:09

Happy Birthday David Byrne. ‘Headmaster’

This day (May 14, 1952), in Dumbarton, Scotland, is born David Byrne, American singer-songwriter and guitanist, frontman of Talking Heads

Tracklist :

1 . I Feel It In My Heart (w/ Talking Heads, The Kitchen ’76)

2 . Psycho Killer (w/ Talking Heads, CBGB, 1975)

3 . Don’t Worry About The Government (w/ Talking Heads)

4 . With Dick Clark (w/ Talking Heads)

5 . Warning Sign (w/ Talking Heads, Capitol Theatre, 1980)

6 . Once In A Lifetime (w/ Talking Heads)

7 . Big Blue Plymouth (w/ Talking Heads, Wembley, 1982)

8 . Big Business/I Zimbra (w/ Talking Heads, 1983)

9 . Girlfriend Is Better (w/ Talking Heads, from Stop Making Sense)

10 . Love For Sale (w/ Talking Heads, from True Stories)

11 . Sax And Violins (w/ Talking Heads)

12 . Dirty Old Town (1989)

13 . The Rose Tatoo (w/ Margareth Menezes,

Westbound publish Funkadelic’s ‘Standing on the Verge of Getting It On,’ their sixth album (1974)

Funkadelic's 'Standing on the Verge of Getting It On' is their sixth studio album produced by George Clinton and released on April 29, 1974 by Westbound.

1 . Red Hot Mama (11/6/1978, Capitol Theatre )

2 . Alice In My Fantasies (Paradiso)

3 . Alice In My Fantasies (2/19/2011 Keswick)

4 . Standing On The Verge Of Gettin' It On (Houston, 1976)

5 . Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On

Funkadelic - Standing on the Verge of Getting It On

Track Listing :

1.Red Hot Mama (Bernie Worrell, George Clinton, Eddie Hazel) - 04:54 . 2.Alice In My Fantasies (George Clinton, Eddie Hazel) - 02:26 . 3.I’Ll Stay (George Clinton, Eddie Hazel) - 07:16 . 4.Sexy Ways (George Clinton, Eddie Hazel) - 03:05 . 5.Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On (George Clinton, Eddie Hazel) - 05:07 . 6.Jimmy’S Got A…

Westbound publish Funkadelic’s seventh album : ‘Let’s Take It to the Stage’ (1975)

Funkadelic's 'Let's Take It to the Stage' is their seventh album produced by George Clinton and released on April 21, 1975 by Westbound Records.

1 . Good To Your Earhole (Electric Ballroom, July, 2015)

2 . Let's Take It To The Stage

3 . Get Off Your Ass And Jam

4 . Baby I Owe You (w/ Kendra Foster & George Clinton)

5 . Stuffs & Things (Toronto Jazz Festival, 2015)

6 . Stuffs & Thangs

Track Listing : 1.Good To Your Earhole (George Clinton

, Grace Cook, Fuzzy Haskins) - 04:34 . 2.Better By The Pound (George Clinton, Grace Cook) (Released As A Single-Westbound 5014) - 02:43 . 3.Be My Beach (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell) - 02:39 . 4.No Head No Backstage Pass (George Clinton, Ron Bykowski) - 02:40 . 5.Let'S Take It To The Stage (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Garry…

Casablanca publish Parliament’s ‘Chocolate City,’ an album produced by George Clinton (1975)

Parliament's 'Chocolate City' is an album (tribute to Washington D.C.) released on April 8th, 1975 by Casablanca.

Track Listing : 1.Chocolate City

(George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell) - 05:37 . 2.Ride On (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell) - 03:34 . 3.Together (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell) - 04:07 . 4.Side Effects (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Ahneua Hilson) - 03:13 . 5.What Comes Funky (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell) - 02:23 . 6.Let Me Be (George Clinton, Vivian Lewis) - 05:37 . 7.If It Don'T Fit (Don'T Force It) (George Clinton, Gary Shider, Bernie Worrell) - 02:07 . 8.I Misjudged You (George Clinton, Ernie Harris, Fuzzy Haskins) - 05:14 . 9.Bigfootin' (George Clinton, Fuzzy Haskins, Gary Shider) - 04:50

Musicians : George

Warner Bros. Records publish Bootsy’s Rubber Band’s third album : ‘Bootsy? Player of the Year’ (1978)

'Bootsy? Player of the Year' by Bootsy's Rubber Band is their third album led by Bootsy Collins and released on January 27, 1978 by Warner Bros. Records.

1 . Very Yes

2 . Bootzilla / RotoR(ooter - BB King Blues Club, NYC 6/13/12)

3 . Bootzilla/RotoR(ooter - SESC Pompéia, São Paulo)

Track Listing : 1.Bootsy? (What'S The Name Of This Town) (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Maceo Parker) - 06:59 . 2.May The Force Be With You (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Gary Cooper) - 06:02 . 3.Very Yes (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Gary Cooper) - 08:24 . 4.Bootzilla (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton) - 05:38 . 5.Hollywood Squares (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Frank Waddy) - 06:15 . 6.Roto-Rooter (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Phelps Collins) - 06:25 . 7.As In (I Love You) (Bootsy Collins, George

Parliament record a live double album : ‘Live: P-Funk Earth Tour’ at the Oakland Coliseum (1977)

Parliament's 'Live: P-Funk Earth Tour' is a live double album recorded on January 19, 1977 at the Los Angeles Forum and January 21, 1977 at the Oakland Coliseum.

1 . Do That Stuff (Mothership Connection, Houston, 1976)

2 . Undisco Kidd (Mothership Connection, Houston, 1976)

3 . Children Of Productions (Mothership Connection, Houston, 1976)

4 . Swing Down Sweet Chariot (Mothership Connection, Houston, 1976)

5 . Gamin On Ya / Undisco Kidd (w/ P-Funk All Stars )

6 . Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples (Mothership Connection, Houston, 1976)

Track Listing : 1.P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up) (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell) - 06:13 . 2.Dr. Funkenstein'S Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication Medley (Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Glenn Goins, George Clinton, Garry Shider) -

Warner Bros. publish Bootsy’s Rubber Band’s album : ‘Ahh…The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!’ produced by George Clinton (1977)

Bootsy's Rubber Band's 'Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!' is an album produced by George Clinton and Bootsy Collins and released on January 14, 1977 by Warner Bros. Records.

1 . The Name Is Bootsy Baby (1998)

2 . Ah The Name Is Bootsy Baby / Disco To Go

3 . Pinocchio's Theory

4 . What's A Telephone Bill (The Key Club, Hollywood)

5 . We Want Bootsy... (Paris, 2011)

Track Listing : 1.Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby (William Collins, George Clinton, Maceo Parker) - 06:52 . 2.The Pinocchio Theory (William Collins, George Clinton) - 06:08 . 3.Rubber Duckie (William Collins, George Clinton, Garry Shider) - 03:18 . 4.Preview Side Too (William Collins, George Clinton, Gary Cooper) - 00:56 . 5.What'S A Telephone Bill? (William Collins, George Clinton, Gary Cooper) - 05:58 . 6.Munchies For Your

Sire publish David Byrne’s ‘The Catherine Wheel,’ a musical score commissioned by Twyla Tharp (1981)

David Byrne's 'The Catherine Wheel' is a musical score commissioned by Twyla Tharp for her dance project and released in December 1981 by Sire.

1 . My Big Hands (Fall Through The Cracks)

2 . My Big Hands (Fall Through The Cracks) (w/ David Byrne, Cagliari, 2009)

3 . Big Business / I Zimbra (Live, 1983)

Track Listing : 1.His Wife Refused (David Byrne) - 04:26 . 2.Two Soldiers (David Byrne, Brian Eno) (David Byrne) - 04:45 . 3.The Red House (David Byrne) - 03:17 . 4.My Big Hands (Fall Through The Cracks) (David Byrne) - 02:45 . 5.Big Business (David Byrne, John Chernoff) – 5:16 . 6.Eggs In A Briar Patch (David Byrne) - 03:31 . 7.Poison (David Byrne) - 02:38 . 8.Cloud Chamber (David Byrne) - 02:42 . 9.What A Day That Was (David Byrne) - 05:32 . 10.Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open) (David

Funkadelic release the album : ‘First Ya Gotta Shake the Gate’ (2014)

Funkadelic's 'First Ya Gotta Shake the Gate' is an album released on December 23, 2014, 33 years after their last official album, by The C Kunspyruhzy.

Track Listing : 1.Baby Like Fonkin' It Up (George Clinton, Novena Carmel, Tracey Lewis, Tra'Zae Lewis-Clinton & Gilberto Fuentes) - 09:37 . 2.Get Low (George Clinton, Tairee Parks, Lashonda Clinton & Tracey Lewis) - 05:44 . 3.If I Didn'T Love You (Novena Carmel) - 04:01 . 4.Fucked Up (George Clinton, Robert Johnson & Bouvier Richardson) - 07:43 . 5.Ain'T That Funkin' Kinda Hard On You? (George Clinton, Robert Mandell) - 05:30 . 6.I Mo B Yodog Fo Eva (George Clinton, Tairee Parks & Tracey Lewis) - 05:14 . 7.In Da Kar (George Clinton, Novena Carmel, Eli Goldstein, Charles Levine) - 08:50 . 8.Radio Friendly (George Clinton& Tracey Lewis) -

Casablanca Records publish Parliament’s fourth album : ‘Mothership Connection’ (1975)

Parliament's 'Mothership Connection' is their fourth (and the first to feature Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley) album released on December 15, 1975 by Casablanca Records.

1 . Give Up The Funk

2 . Give Up The Funk (Mothership Connection, Houston, 1976)

3 . Sick Nasty Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication

4 . Give Up The Funk

5 . Give Up The Funk (Rockefeller Park, NYC, 7/12/12)

6 . One Nation Under A Groove (Documentary, 2005)

Track Listing : 1.P. Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up) (George Clinton, William Collins, Bernard Worrell) - 07:41 . 2.Mothership Connection (Star Child) (George Clinton, William Collins, Bernard Worrell) - 06:13 . 3.Unfunky Ufo (George Clinton, William Collins, Garry Shider) - 04:23 . 4.Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication (George Clinton, William Collins, Garry Shider,

Casablanca publish Parliament’s album : ‘Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome’ (1977)

Parliament's 'Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome' is an album released on November 28, 1977 and featuring George Clinton, Garry Shider and Bernie Worrell by Casablanca.

1 . Bop Gun (Houston, 1978)

2 . Bop Gun ("Endangered Species")

3 . Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk (Bernie Worrell Orchestra)

4 . Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk (On Stage)

5 . Funkentelechy (Houston 1978)

6 . Funkintelecky

7 . Funkentelechy (11/25/11, Tilburg, Netherlands)

8 . Flash Light (11/6/1978, Capitol Theatre)

9 . Flash Light (Houston, 1978)

10 . Flashlight (Watt, Rotterdam; 30/07/09)

Track Listing : 1.Bop Gun (Endangered Species) (George Clinton, Garry Shider, Bootsy Collins) - 08:31 . 2.Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk (Pay Attention - B3M) (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell) - 10:04 . 3.Wizard Of Finance (George

Columbia publish Nas’ fourth album : ‘Nastradamus’ (1999)

Nas' 'Nastradamus' is his fourth studio album released on November 23, 1999 by Columbia Records.

1 . Nastradamus

2 . Come Get Me (Live)

3 . You Owe Me (w/ Ginuwine, Official Video)

Track Listing : 1.The Prediction (Nasir Jones, Richard Jackson, Jessica Care Moore) - 01:19 . 2.Life We Chose (Nasir Jones, Leshan Lewis, Fred Wesley Jr.) - 04:08 . . 3.Nastradamus (Nasir Jones, Leshan Lewis, James Brown) - 04:11 . . 4.Some Of Us Have Angels (Nasir Jones, Damon Blackmon) - 04:15 . 5.Project Windows (Nasir Jones, Nashiem Myrick, Carlos Broady) - 04:55 . 6.Come Get Me (Nasir Jones, Christopher Martin) - 05:31 . . 7.Shoot 'Em Up (Nasir Jones, Kejuan Muchita) - 02:53 . . 8.Last Words (Nasir Jones, Leshan Lewis, Ralph Middlebrooks, James Williams, Billy Beck, Clarence Satchell, Leroy Bonner,

Casablanca publish Parliament’s ‘Motor Booty Affair’ featuring ‘Rumpofsteelskin’ and ‘Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)’ (1978)

Parliament's 'Motor Booty Affair' is an album featuring 'Rumpofsteelskin' and 'Aqua Boogie' and released on November 20th, 1978 by Casablanca.

1 . Mr. Wiggles (Live, 1979)

2 . Mr Wiggles

3 . Rumpofsteelskin / Much Thrust (w/ Bernie Worrell )

4 . Aqua Boogie (D.C., 1979)

5 . Aqua Boogie (w/ George Clinton + P Funk Allstars, Paradiso, Amsterdam, 2014/07/27)

6 . Motor Booty Tour, 1979

7 . Rumpofsteelskin

Track Listing : 1.Mr. Wiggles (George Clinton, Michael Hampton, Bernie Worrell) - 06:46 . 2.Rumpofsteelskin (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins) - 05:37 . 3.(You'Re A Fish & I'M A) Water Sign (George Clinton, Richard "Kush" Griffith, Garry Shider, J.S. Theracon) - 04:42 . 4.Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop) (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell) - 06:43 . 5.One Of

Capitol publish George Clinton’s debut solo album : ‘Computer Games’ (1982)

George Clinton's 'Computer Games' is his debut solo album self produced and released by Capitol Records on November 5, 1982

1 . Atomic Dog

2 . Atomic Dog

Track Listing : 1.Get Dressed (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins) - 03:41 . 2.Man'S Best Friend/Loopzilla (George Clinton, Kenneth Gambrell, Garry Shider, David Spradley) - 12:51 . 3.Pot Sharing Tots (George Clinton, Walter Morrison) - 03:45 . 4.Computer Games (George Clinton, Walter Morrison) - 06:46 . 5.Atomic Dog (George Clinton, Garry Shider, David Spradley) - 04:47 . 6.Free Alterations (Darryl Clinton, George Clinton) - 04:20 . 7.One Fun At A Time (George Clinton, Walter Morrison) - 04:29

Musicians : George Clinton - Vocals . Junie Morrison - Keyboards, Vocals . Bernie Worrell - Keyboards . Bootsy Collins- Bass . Terry Jones -