Parliament-Funkadelic singer Calvin Simon dies at age 79
Parliament-Funkadelic singer Calvin Simon passes away at 79. Stay updated with the latest music news and tributes on SoulTracks.
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(January 7, 2022) He is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his role in Parliament-Funkadelic, but he found perhaps his most rewarding work singing praises later in life. Today we say a sad goodbye to Calvin Simon, a great singer who overcame adversity to create a career that lasted over a half century. He was 79. The news came out through social media posts of other P-Funk members this morning.
Former bandmate Bootsy Collins posted, "We just lost another Original member from Parliament/Funkadelic. A friend, bandmate & all around cool classic guy, Mr. Calvin Eugene Simon was a former member of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic. (SHARE UR LOVE FOR HIS FAMILY & FRIENDS) We will miss u & thx u for ur gift of life & light to this world)! R.I.P. We love u. Hug the Catfish & the rest of the P for all of us."
The West Virginia-born Simon joined George Clinton in the late 1950s as part of the doo wop group The Parliaments, and he stayed for two decades – from “(I Wanna) Testify” to “Tear The Roof Off The Sucker (Give Up The Funk)” - as the group morphed into the pioneering act Parliament-Funkadelic, with Simon playing a role in some of the group’s most iconic albums. Simon left the act in the late 70s, teaming with other former P-funk stars to create the act The Original P, but he rejoined the Mothership a little more than a decade later as part of the P-Funk Allstars.
