associated_acts years_active birth_place label name background birth_date instrument genre article_title birth_name occupation
the parliaments , parliament-funkadelic 1955 -- present elkins , west virginia , u.s. westbound , ace fuzzy haskins solo_singer 8 june 1941 singing , guitar , drums r & b , funk fuzzy haskins
 clarence eugene haskins musician , record producer
fuzzy haskins

clarence eugene `` fuzzy '' haskins -lrb- born june 8 , 1941 -rrb- is a former singer with 1950s and 1960s doo-wop group , the parliaments .
he is a founding member of the groundbreaking and influential 1970s funk bands parliament and funkadelic , also known as parliament-funkadelic .
he left parliament-funkadelic in 1977 to pursue a solo career .
he is a member of the rock and roll hall of fame , inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of parliament-funkadelic .
