Clarence Eugene "Fuzzy" Haskins was an American singer best known for being an original member of Parliament-Funkadelic and a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Haskins's musical career began in the 1950s as a founding member of the vocal group The Parliaments. He doubled as the lead singer and guitarist for the group. They released several singles without success until 1967 when they released (I Wanna) Testify which peaked at number 3 on the Billboard R&B singles chart. Haskins wrote and co-w... moreClarence Eugene "Fuzzy" Haskins was an American singer best known for being an original member of Parliament-Funkadelic and a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Haskins's musical career began in the 1950s as a founding member of the vocal group The Parliaments. He doubled as the lead singer and guitarist for the group. They released several singles without success until 1967 when they released (I Wanna) Testify which peaked at number 3 on the Billboard R&B singles chart. Haskins wrote and co-wrote some of Parliament-Funkadelic’s earliest classics, including ‘I Got A Thing’ and ‘I Wanna Know If It’s Good, To You America Eats Its Young, most notably on ‘Ms Lucifers Love. In the late 1970s he left the group and subsequently released his own solo album tittled A Whole Nother Thang, Haskins briefly rejoined P-Funk for their 1977 tour. After his retirement from music, Haskins became a preacher, but he remained in the P-Funk orbit. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. He received a lifetime achievement award from the Grammys for his contribution to P-Funk in 2019.
