{"id":2804,"date":"2022-01-07T19:46:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T00:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhythmnation.online\/?p=2804"},"modified":"2022-01-31T20:51:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T01:51:13","slug":"transitions-former-parliament-funkadelic-rock-and-roll-hall-of-famer-calvin-simon-dead-at-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhythmnation.online\/index.php\/2022\/01\/07\/transitions-former-parliament-funkadelic-rock-and-roll-hall-of-famer-calvin-simon-dead-at-79\/","title":{"rendered":"TRANSITIONS | Former Parliament\/Funkadelic & Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Calvin Simon Dead at 79"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
A few media outlets are now reporting the death, at age 79, of Calvin Simon \u2013 one of the founding singers with the Parliament – Funkadelic entourage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Simon was born in West Virginia in 1942 and in the late 50s joined George Clinton in his doo-wop\/embryonic soul group The Parliaments. Old soul fans will have fond memories of their \u2018I Can Feel The Ice melting\u2019 and \u2018Don\u2019t Be Sore At Me\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n